South African research chairs
The Department of Science and Innovation's South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) is managed by the National Research Foundation (NRF).
The Department of Science and Innovation's South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) is managed by the National Research Foundation (NRF). The chairs are held by individuals. Their purpose is to strengthen the ability of our universities to produce high-quality research and nurture students.
Read more about UCT’s SARChI Chairs
Faculty of Commerce
- DSI/NRF-NDP Chair in Creation of Decent Work and Sustainable Livelihood – Professor Ines Meyer
- DSI/NRF Chair in Governance and Economics for Ecological Infrastructure – Professor Martine Visser
- DSI-NRF SA/Switzerland Bilateral Chair in Blockchain Technology as the Foundation for Digital Property Rights and Data Markets – TBC
Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment
- DSI/NRF Chair in Industrial Computational Fluid Dynamics – Professor Arnaud Malan
- DSI/NRF Chair in Nanomaterials for Catalysis – Professor Patricia Kooyman
- DSI/NRF Chair in Reaction Engineering – Professor Eric Van Steen
- DSI/NRF-CSIR Chair in Smart Mobility – Professor Marianne Vanderschuren
- DSI/NRF Chair in Sustainable Catalysis – Associate Professor Nico Fischer
- DSI/NRF-Sasol Chair in Energy and Power Systems Modelling: Grid Modelling – Associate Professor Sunetra Chowdhury
Faculty of Humanities
- DSI/NRF-UK Bilateral Research Chair in Digital Media Sociology – Professor Tanja Bosch
Faculty of Health Sciences
- DSI/NRF Chair in Biomedical Engineering and Innovation – Professor Sudesh Sivarasu
- DSI/NRF Chair in Cancer Biology – Professor Stefan Barth
- DSI/NRF Chair in Dermatology and Toxicology – Professor Nonhlanhla Khumalo
- DSI/NRF Chair in Global Environmental health – Professor Aqiel Dalvie
- DSI/NRF Chair in Interruption Antimicrobial Resistance Amplification – Professor Keertan Dheda
Faculty of Law
- DSI/NRF-NDP Chair in Intellectual property, Innovation and Development – Professor Caroline Ncube
- DSI/NRF Chair in Mineral Law in Africa – Professor Hanri Mostert
Faculty of Sciences
- DSI/NRF Chair in Environmental and Social Dimensions of the Bio-economy – Professor Rachel Wynberg
- DSI/NRF Chair in Extragalactic Multi-wavelength Astronomy – Professor DJ Pisano
- DSI/NRF Chair in Ocean and Atmospheric Modelling – Professor Babatunde Abiodun
- DSI/NRF Chair in Physical Cosmology – Professor Amanda Weltman
- DSI/NRF Chair in Fast Transients and Gravitational Waves Counterparts – Professor Paul Groot
- DSI/NRF Chair in Stable Isotopes in Archaeology and Paleo-environmental Studies – Professor Judith Sealy
- DSI/NRF Chair in Systems Biology Studies on Plant Desiccation Tolerance for Food Security – Professor Jill Farrant
- DSI/NRF-UCT Chair in Artificial Intelligence (AI) Systems – Associate Professor Deshen Moodley