Staff

Name Area of Expertise  
Prof Ernesta Meintjes
Head of Division
Director: Cape Universities Body Imaging Centre		 Magnetic resonance imaging
Assoc Prof Tinashe Mutsvangwa
Deputy Head of Division
Programme co-convener: MSc Biomedical Engineering		 3D image reconstruction, statistical shape modelling
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
Junior Research Fellow		 Diffusion tensor imaging and resting-state fMRI
Prof Thomas Franz Cell and tissue mechanobiology
Dr Martha Holmes
Senior Research Officer		 Brain imaging
Stephen Jermy
Junior Research Fellow		 Cardiac MRI
Dr Bessie Malila
UCT Carnegie DEAL Junior Research Fellow		 Health innovation, digital health, telemedicine
Dr Frances Robertson
Senior Research Officer
Programme co-convener: MSc Biomedical Engineering		 Magnetic resonance imaging
Prof Sudesh Sivarasu
SARChI Chair for Biomedical Engineering & Innovation
Director: Biomedical Engineering Research Centre		 Biomechanics, biomechatronics, medical devices  
Dr Fleur Warton
Junior Research Fellow		 Magnetic resonance imaging

 

Postdoctoral Research Fellows

Name Area of Expertise  
Dr Periola Ayodele  
Dr Roopam Dey Orthopaedic biomechanics
Joanah Madzime Magnetic resonance imaging
Dr Kedibone Masenya Magnetic resonance imaging
Farai Mberi Magnetic resonance imaging
Dr Dodzi Motchon
UCT Carnegie DEAL Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Postdoctoral representative		 Computational modelling, finite element modelling, machine learning

 

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
Mr Liam McEvoy
Laboratory Assistant		 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
 
Dr Colin Andrew
Honorary Research Associate		 EEG, neurosciences
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
Dr Kylie de Jager
Honorary Research Associate		 Health innovation
Prof Joseph Jacobson
Honorary Professor		 Child development
Prof Sandra Jacobson
Honorary Professor		 Child development
Prof Georges Limbert
Honorary Professor		 Skin mechanics, tissue regeneration
Dr Kevin Sack
Honorary Research Associate		 Cardiac modelling
Dr Mazin Sirry
Honorary Research Associate		 Cardiovascular biomechanics
Assoc Prof Andre van der Kouwe
Honorary Associate Professor		 Magnetic resonance imaging
Prof Kit Vaughan
Emeritus Professor		 Mammography