List of University of Cape Town faculty

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This list of University of Cape Town faculty includes current, emeritus, former, and deceased professors, lecturers, and researchers. Faculty members who have become Institute Professors, or have earned other significant awards and made significant contributions are listed below.

Commerce[]

  • William Harold Hutt, professor of Commerce and originator of the term "Consumer Surplus".
  • Francis Wilson, founded and was the director of the Southern African Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU)

Engineering & the Built Environment[]

  • Jo Noero, Director of the School of Architecture and Planning
  • Alphose Zingoni, professor of structural engineering and mechanic
  • , Emeritus Professor of Water Quality Engineering. Order of Mapungubwe Silver (OMS) (2013)

Health Sciences[]

  • Frances Ames, Neurologist, psychiatrist, human rights activist. She earned her MD degree in 1964 from UCT, the first woman to do so. Led medical ethics inquiry into death of Steve Biko who died in 1977. Awarded Star of Africa, SA’s highest civilian honour.
  • Christiaan Neethling Barnard, head surgeon of the medical team who performed the world's first successful human-to-human heart transplant.
  • Tania Douglas, professor of biomedical engineering
  • Bongani Mayosi (b. 1967 – d. 2018) cardiology professor, the Order of Mapungubwe (Silver), Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences.
  • Valerie Mizrahi, Director of the University's . TB researcher that received the Order of Mapungubwe (silver) in 2007 for her contributions to "biochemistry and molecular biology, including TB drug validation".
  • Elmi Muller from the Department of Surgery performed the first kidney transplant from a HIV-positive donor to a HIV-positive recipient.
  • Hamilton Naki, a laboratory assistant to cardiac surgeon Christiaan Barnard
  • Timothy Noakes, controversial professor of exercise and sports science and author of several books on endurance sports and, recently, diet. Awarded the Order of Mapungubwe (silver) in 2007 for his contributions to the science of physical exercise.

Humanities[]

Languages and Literatures[]

History[]

  • Eric A. Walker (historian) (1886-1976), British historian, King George V Professor of History at the University of Cape Town and Professor Emeritus of Imperial History at the University of Cambridge
  • Nigel Worden, historian of slavery in South Africa and Cape Town.

Psychology[]

Law[]

Sciences[]

Staff[]


References[]

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  2. ^ "Lists of Royal Society Fellows 1660-2007". London: The Royal Society. Archived from the original on 24 March 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Higher education's Naledi Pandor caps string of qualifications with doctorate". TimesLive. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
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