Geography and Environmental Management Staff

  Prof Stuart Piketh

  Director: School for Geo- and Spatial Sciences
  +27 18 299 1582
  Stuart.Piketh@nwu.ac.za
  Building E4, Room G36, Potchefstroom
  PhD
  Atmospheric Research
NRF rating: B2

  Prof Claudine Roos

  Professor and Subject Group Chair
  018 299 1477
  Claudine.Roos@nwu.ac.za
  Building E4, Room G17, Potchefstroom
  PhD Environmental Sciences
  Environmental Management and Waste Management in Protected Areas


   Prof Adeline Ngie

  Associate Professor
  +27 16 910 3551
  Adeline.Ngie@nwu.ac.za
  Building 8, Room 3, Vanderbijlpark
  PhD (EM - UJ), MSc (EM - UJ), BSc Hons. (Geo. – UJ), BSc (Env. Sci. – UB)
  GIS and Remote Sensing applications in Agric. Studies & Urban climates


  Dr Brigitte Language

  Senior Lecturer
  Brigitte.Language@nwu.ac.za
  Building E4, Room G35, Potchefstroom
  PhD
  Physical Geography; Geomorphology; Atmospheric Science; Air Pollution; Climate Change


   Prof Chris Munyati

  Associate Professor
  +27 18 389 2325
  20562187@nwu.ac.za
  PhD
  Environmental assessment; Vegetation analysis using Remote Sensing
NRF rating: C2

  Prof Christo Coetzee

  Professor
  +27 18 299 1630
  Christo.Coetzee@nwu.ac.za
  Building E4, Room 112, Potchefstroom
  PhD Development and Management (Disaster Risk Management)
  Disaster Risk Studies; Disaster Resilience; Disaster Risk Governance and Urban Disaster Risk
NRF rating: Y2

  Dr Danie Boshoff

  Senior Lecturer
  +27 16 910 3558
  Danie.Boshoff@nwu.ac.za
  Building A22, Vanderbijlpark
  PhD
  Fire science and examining fire events from a geographical perspective.


  Dr Delia Ah Goo

  Senior Lecturer
  +27 16 910 3457
  Delia.Ahgoo@nwu.ac.za
  Building A22, Room G16, Vanderbijlpark
  PhD Geography
  Urban regeneration (gentrification and displacement), urban informality, sustainable livelihoods.


  Prof Dewald van Niekerk

  Professor
  +27 18 299 1634
  Dewald.Vanniekerk@nwu.ac.za
  Building D1, Room G09, Potchefstroom
  PhD Disaster Risk Reduction
  Disaster risk governance, resilience building, complexity and complexity theory, anticipatory governance, building institutional capacities for disaster risk reduction, and transdisciplinary disaster risk reduction
NRF rating: B3

  Prof Dirk Cilliers

  Associate Professor
  +27 18 299 1589
  Dirk.Cilliers@nwu.ac.za
  Building D1, Room G14, Potchefstroom
  PhD
  Environmental management; Conservation planning; Spatial analysis
NRF rating: Y2

   Mr Emile Hoffmann

  Lecturer
  +27 16 910 3559
  emile.hoffmann@nwu.ac.za
  Building 8, room G04, Vanderbijlpark
  M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences
  GIS, Hydrology, Environmental impact studies


  Dr Henno Havenga

  Senior Lecturer
  +27 18 285 4001
  Henno.Havenga@nwu.ac.za
  Building E4, Room G55, Potchefstroom
  PhD Environmental Science
  Anthropogenic Impact on Storms; Ambient Air Pollution; Climatology; Remote Sensing; GIS


  Dr James Drummond

  Senior Lecturer
  0723262816
  James.Drummond@nwu.ac.za
  Room 109, New Science Building A12A, Mahikeng
  MA (Soc Sci) (Hons), University of Glasgow; MA (cum laude), University of the Witwatersrand; PhD, University of Johannesburg.
  Socio-economic and spatial legacies of the Bophuthatswana Bantustan, with specific reference to the cultural and creative economy


  Mrs Kobie Fourie

  Administrative Officer
  018 299 1505
  Kobie.Fourie@nwu.ac.za
  Building E4, Room G36, Potchefstroom


  Prof Leandri Kruger

  Associate Professor
  +27 18 299 1006
  Leandri.Kruger@nwu.ac.za
  Building E4, Room 122, Potchefstroom
  PhD Geography and Environmental Management
  Environmental Management; Disaster Risk Management.; Social dimension of Environmental Management and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Social Impact Assessment (SIA), social resilience and Disaster Risk Assessment (DRA).
NRF rating: Y2

  Dr Lindo Myeni

  Senior Lecturer
NRF rating: Y2

  Prof Livhuwani Nemakonde

  Professor
  +27 18 299 1671
  livhu.nemakonde@nwu.ac.za
  Building E4, Room G49, Potchefstroom
  PhD Development and Management
  Disaster risk governance, climate change adaptation, systems thinking and building community resilience.


  Prof Lobina Palamuleni

  Professor
  +27 18 389 2027
  Lobina.Palamuleni@nwu.ac.za
  Building A12, Room 101, Mahikeng
  PhD Geography and Environmental Management
  Applied Remote Sensing and Water Resources Management


  Dr Mandla Dlamini

  Senior Lecturer
  0169104493
  Mandla.dlamini@nwu.ac.za
  Building A22, Room GO6, Vanderbijlpark
  PhD in Geography and Environmental Studies
  Freshwater ecosystems ecology, remote sensing, GIS


  Ms Monica Mosala

  Administrative Officer
  0610172464
  20559887@nwu.ac.za
  Building A12A, Room 102, Mahikeng


  Dr Monray Belelie

  Senior Lecturer
  0182992531
  Monray.Belelie@nwu.ac.za
  Building 20, Room G09, Vanderbijlpark
  PhD in Environmental Sciences
  Climate Change, Air Quality, and Earth Observation


   Ms Namhla Mkiva

  Principal Lab Technician
  +27 18 389 2327
  namhla.mkiva@nwu.ac.za
  Building A12, Room 112, Mahikeng
  MSc (NWU)
  Climate variability and change especially extreme events, Mirco & synoptic climatology, climate-surface process interactions


  Ms Ncobile Nkosi

  Lecturer
  +27 60 771 9765
  Ncobile.Nkosi@nwu.ac.za
  Building A12, Room 112, Mahikeng
  MSc Environmental Sciences
  Air quality, Geomorphology, Water borne diseases, Climate change and science communication


  Ms Nicole van Gessellen

  Lecturer
  +27 18 389 2793
  Nicky.VanGessellen@nwu.ac.za
  Building A12, Room G06A, Mahikeng
  MSc Environmental Sciences
  Aquatic Ecosystem Health, with specific reference to Marine Ecotoxicology


   Dr Nisa Ayob

  Senior Lecturer
  +27 18 389 2812
  nisa.ayob@nwu.ac.za
  Building A12, Room 110, Mahikeng
  GIS, Severe Weather and Climatology


  Dr Nomfundo Sibiya

  Lecturer
  Nomfundo.Sibiya@nwu.ac.za
  Building E4, Room G41, Potchefstroom
  PhD Geography and Environmental Studies
  Climate change adaptation, community resilience building, rural and urban livelihoods


  Prof Roelof Burger

  Professor
  +27 18 299 4269
  Roelof.Burger@nwu.ac.za
  Building D1, Room G15, Potchefstroom
  PhD
  Atmospheric Science
NRF rating: C3

  Dr Sammy Bett

  Senior Laboratory Technician


  Dr Smangele Dlamini

  Lecturer
  018 389 2836
  Smangele.Dlamini@nwu.ac.za
  Building A12, Room 108, Mahikeng
  PhD Geography and Environmental Studies
  Waste management, Environmental Education, Climate Change, Environmental management and Sustainability


  Dr Theuns De Klerk

  Senior Lecturer
  +27 18 299 1583
  theuns.deklerk@nwu.ac.za
  Building G23A, Room 117, Potchefstroom
  PhD
  GIS


   Ms Vernice Botha

  Secretary / Administrative officer
  +27 18 299 1511
  vernice.swarts@nwu.ac.za
  Building E4, room G46, Potchefstroom