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SIX NEW ACADEMICS
INDUCTED TO THE UCT
COLLEGE OF FELLOWS
The annual awards are among the highest accolades an academic
staff member can receive at the university.
Recognising members of permanent
academic staff for original and distinguished
academic work that merits special
recognition, the UCT Council awarded six
new fellows into the UCT College of Fellows.
The celebration of the 2020 fellows, held
online for the first time, invited the fellows
to share personal moments from their
academic journeys, crucible moments,
their biggest mistakes or biggest surprises.
Professor Myer was unable to attend the
event.
Council also recognised seven recipients
of the College of Fellows Young Researcher
Awards:
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Professor Linda-Gail Bekker
Deputy director of the Desmond
Tutu HIV Centre at UCT’s Institute
of Infectious Disease and Molecular
Medicine
The fork in the road offers the
option of a planned, well thoughtthrough path, or the way of the heart
and of passion. I’ve been fortunate
that I have not ever regretted following
the path of passion.”
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Associate Professor Markus Arnold
(Department of French Language and
Literature)
Dr Susan Cunningham (FitzPatrick
Institute of African Ornithology)
Associate Professor Nico Fischer
(Department of Chemical Engineering)
Dr Itumeleng Monageng (Department
of Astronomy)
Dr Ryan Nefdt (Department of
Philosophy)
Dr Elona Toska (Centre for Social
Science Research)
Dr Christopher Trisos (African Climate
and Development Initiative).
