Staff | Division of Biomedical Engineering

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 Lindie Du Plessis Lecturer Programme convener: PGDip Healthcare Technology Management	Healthcare technology management
Dr Jia Fan Research Officer	Diffusion tensor imaging, resting-state fMRI
Prof Thomas Franz	Cell and tissue mechanobiology
Dr Ghodeejah Higgins Lecturer	Cellular biophysics
Dr Martha Holmes Senior Research Officer	Brain imaging
Mr Stephen Jermy Junior Research Fellow	Cardiac MRI
Prof Ernesta Meintjes Director: Cape Universities Body Imaging Centre Head of Department: Human Biology	Magnetic resonance imaging
Assoc Prof Frances Robertson Programme convener: MSc Biomedical Engineering	Magnetic resonance imaging
Dr Fleur Warton Research Officer	Magnetic resonance imaging

Postdoctoral Research Fellows

Name	Area of Expertise
Dr Amy Graham	Magnetic resonance imaging
Dr Isaac Khobo	Magnetic resonance imaging
Dr Elizabeth Kruse	Cancer mechanobiology
Dr Chibuike Mbanefo	Medical devices
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 Yimam	Orthopaedic biomechanics

Support Staff

Name	Position
Mr Michael Awood	Chief Technical Officer MedTech
Ms Busisiwe Booi-Shologu	Administrative Assistant Division of Biomedical Engineering
Ms Maureen Etuket	Research Coordinator MedTech
Ms Mariaan Jaftha	Senior MR Radiographer CUBIC
Mr Chris-Jasper Jooste	Scientific Officer Low-field MRI
Ms Misha Krynauw	Communications Assistant MedTech
Mr Liam Mcevoy	Research Staff MedTech
Mr Joel Philpot	Senior Technical Officer MedTech
Mrs Petronella Samuels	Principal Technical Officer CUBIC
Ms Lesa Sivewright	Finance Administrator MedTech
Dr Edmund Wessels	Research Lecturer MedTech
Mrs Aamena Wyngaard	Senior MR Radiographer CUBIC
Ms Lumka Zantsi	Senior Secretary MedTech

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 Associate 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