Staff

Name Area of Expertise  
Prof Sudesh Sivarasu
Head of Division
SARChI Chair for Biomedical Engineering & Innovation
Director: Biomedical Engineering Research Centre		 Biomechanics, biomechatronics, medical devices  
Dr Nailah Conrad
Lecturer, Programme convener: MPhil Health Innovation		 Health innovation, design thinking
Dr Lindie Du Plessis
Lecturer, Programme convener: PGDip Healthcare Technology Management		 Healthcare technology management
Dr Jia Fan
Research Officer		 Diffusion tensor imaging and resting-state fMRI
Prof Thomas Franz
 		 Cell and tissue mechanobiology
Dr Ghodeejah Higgins
Lecturer		 Cellular biophysics
Dr Martha Holmes
Senior Research Officer		 Brain imaging
Stephen Jermy
Junior Research Fellow		 Cardiac MRI
Dr Bessie Malila
Junior Research Fellow
Programme co-convener: MSc Biomedical Engineering		 Health innovation, digital health, telemedicine
Prof Ernesta Meintjes
Director: Cape Universities Body Imaging Centre		 Magnetic resonance imaging
Assoc Prof Frances Robertson
Programme co-convener: MSc Biomedical Engineering		 Magnetic resonance imaging
Dr Fleur Warton
Junior Research Fellow		 Magnetic resonance imaging

 

Postdoctoral Research Fellows

Name Area of Expertise  
Dr Samuel Bayih Magnetic resonance imaging
Dr Amy Graham Magnetic resonance imaging
Dr Isaac Khobo Magnetic resonance imaging
Dr Elizabeth Kruse Cancer mechanobiology
Dr Joanah Madzime Magnetic resonance imaging
Dr Chibuike Mbanefo Medical devives
Dr Farai Mberi Magnetic resonance imaging
Dr Dodzi Motchon Computational modelling in cardiac diseases
Dr Juliet Nagawa
Postdoctoral representative		 Computational modelling of cardiac mechanics in preeclampsia
Dr Majahonkhe Shabangu
UCT Carnegie DEAL Postdoctoral Fellow		 Cancer mechanobiology
Dr Habtamu Yimamu Orthopaedic biomechanics

 

Technical Staff

Name and Position Area of Expertise  
Ms Sarah McEwan
Senior Technical Officer		 Medical device development

Mr Edmund Wessels
Electronic Engineer

 Medical device development
Mrs Petronella Samuels
Principal Technical Officer, CUBIC		 Magnetic resonance imaging
Mrs Patricia Mazwi Maishi
Senior MR Radiographer, CUBIC		 Magnetic resonance imaging
Ms Mariaan Jaftha
Senior MR Radiographer, CUBIC		 Magnetic resonance imaging

 

Administrative Staff

Name and Position    
Ms Busisiwe Booi-Shologu
Administrative Assistant		 Division of Biomedical Engineering, MIRU

 

Honorary, Emeritus and Visiting Academic Staff

Name and Position Area of Expertise  
Dr Tamer Abdalrahman
Honorary Research Associate		 Cellular mechanobiology
 
Assoc Prof Bhushan Borotikar
Honorary Assoc Professor		 Statistical shapes and medical imaging to evaluate the human musculoskeletal system
Prof Valerie Burdin
Honorary Professor		 Medical image analysis and understanding
Assoc Prof Robert Colin Carter
Honorary Associate Professor		 Child development
Dr Jill Fortuin
Honorary Senior Lecturer		 Healthcare technology management, eHealth
Prof Joseph Jacobson
Honorary Professor		 Child development
Prof Sandra Jacobson
Honorary Professor		 Child development
Dr Marcin Jankiewicz
Honorary Senior Lecturer		 MRI physics
Prof Georges Limbert
Honorary Professor		 Skin mechanics, tissue regeneration
Prof Tinashe Mutsvangwa
Adjunct Professor		 Data science, 3D image reconstruction, statistical shape modelling
Dr Jerry Ochola
Honorary Research Associate		 Computational biomechanics
Dr Kevin Sack
Honorary Research Associate		 Cardiac modelling
Prof Andre van der Kouwe
Honorary Professor		 Magnetic resonance imaging
Prof Kit Vaughan
Emeritus Professor		 Mammography