People
AEON thrives through a wide diversity of permanent and transient members in self-organised units that work on-site and remotely as learners and mentors, researchers, technicians, and administrators.
Find out more about the players and their expertise by following the links in the sections below.
Positions/Fellowships under advertisement
Information about staff positions and/or fellowships that are currently being advertised at AEON can be obtained from the PDF file(s) linked below.
Geochronologist & Laboratory Manager (PDF 42KB) MSc / PhD students (PDF 111KB) Senior Fellow (PDF 36KB) Post Doctoral Fellow (PDF 37KB)Founder Members
DE WIT Maarten J - Geology - Science Director
DOUCOURÉ Moctar - Geophysics - Managing Director
DUNCAN Andy - Volcanology, Geochemistry, IT - Chief Executive Officer 2005-2008
BELL David - Geochemistry, Petrology
CHINSAMY-TURAN Anusuya - Zoology, Paleontology
DADA Rehana - Science & Environmental Journalist
DE VILLIERS Stephanie - Geochemistry, Chemical Oceanography
HALL Simon - Archaeology, Anthropology
JACOBS Zenobia - Archaeology, Archaeometrics
LEE-THORP Julia - Archaeology, Geochemistry
MASTERS Judith - Zoology, Evolutionary Biology
MILLER Duncan - Archaeology, Metallurgy
ROYCHOUDHURY Alakendra - Geochemistry, Geohydrology
RÜTHER Heinz - Geodesy, Geometrics
THIART Christien - Statistics, Data Management
TREDOUX Marian - Geochemistry, Geoeducation
VALE Peter - Political Science
WILSON Francis - Economics, Social Science
Staff
HASSEN Nazla - Administrator, Research Assistant
BARTON Erika - Senior Scientific Officer, Geochronology
LE ROUX Petrus - Isotope Geochemistry
Students
LINOL Bastien - PhD 2008
HOFFMAN Vera - MSc 2009
DECKER John - PhD 2008
MIELKE Christiaan - PhD - 2010
MAHED Gaathier - PhD 2010
KASANZU Charles - PhD 2009
FLÜGEL Tyrel - PhD 2010
BOYD Donna - MSc 2009
LINDEQUE Ansa - MSc 2008
GOODIER Sarah - MSc 2008
MACLENNAN Scott - MSc 2010
ALLISON Chazanne - MSc 2010
NTHOLI Thakane - MSc 2010
MOODLEY Lynessa - MSc 2010
BRANCH Thomas - MSc 2010
SCHARF Taryn - MSc 2010
DHANSAY Taufeeq - MSc 2010
COMMINS Morgan - MSc 2011
CHERE Naledi - Honours 2010
ESTERHUIZEN Lynise - Honours 2010
Fellows
COTTERILL Fenton P D - Eranda Research Fellow, Evolutionary Biology and Geomorphology
STEPHEN Njome Manga - Lonmin Postdoctoral Fellow, African Volcanology and Hazard Mitigation
TOTEU Sadrack Félix - Lonmin senior research fellow
Associate Members
ECKARDT Frank - Geomorphology and Remote Sensing
ANDERSON John Malcolm - Palaeobotany, Biodiversity and Evolutionary History of our Civilisation
REEVES Colin - Regional geophysical surveys
REID David - Engineering Geology and Mineralisation
COETZE Henk - Environmental Geosciences