Big wins at SAIP 2025 Annual Conference, Astrophysics Division for two phenomenal UJ PhD students!
A Huge congratulations to our incredible astrophysicists at CAPP at UJ,
at the SAIP 2025 Annual Conference
Tamador Aldooma received Best PhD Oral Presentation for her talk:
“Constraints on Cosmological Parameters Using a Large Sample of Gamma-Ray Bursts with Redshifts Derived by Machine Learning”
Thando Mothogoane (Kekana) was awarded Best PhD Poster Presentation for her poster:
“The Evolution of the Infrared鈥揜adio Correlation with Redshift and Stellar Mass for Galaxies in the MIGHTEE-COSMOS Field”
These remarkable women are shining bright in astrophysics, and we couldn’t be prouder!
Honouring Excellence: Dimakatso Maheso Named Top Master鈥檚 Student in UJ Science Faculty
We are incredibly proud to celebrate one of our brightest stars, Dimakatso Maheso, who has been awarded the prestigious Dean of Science Award for being the Top Master鈥檚 Student in the Faculty of Science at the 欧美福利100000 of Johannesburg for the 2024 academic year!
Achieving an exceptional overall average of 90%, Dimakatso鈥檚 academic journey is a shining example of hard work, resilience, and brilliance. As a former member of the Centre for Astro-Particle Physics, she has not only contributed to cutting-edge research but has also been an inspiring presence within the UJ science community.
This award marks a major milestone in her academic career, and we have no doubt that it is only the beginning of many more achievements to come.
South African Institute of Physics conference 2024
PhD students Mfuphi Ntshatsha and Lutendo Nyadzani attended the annual South African Institute of Physics conference, between the 1st聽and 5th聽of July 2024. The conference was held at Rhodes 欧美福利100000 in the Eastern Cape as it celebrated its 120th聽anniversary. This year鈥檚 theme was 鈥淭o the next 100, South Africa鈥檚 future in physics,鈥� inspired great talks, presentations, and posters. Read more about the conference:聽
Awards
Mr. Lutendo Nyadzani was awarded the 鈥楤est PhD Presentation in Astrophysics鈥� for the second year in a row.
SAIP 2023
Staff and students from the Department of Physics and the Centre for Astro-Particle Physics (CAPP) attended the 鈥樷�� at the 欧美福利100000 of Zululand, Richards Bay Campus from July 3-7, 2023.
Contributed Talks:
- Prof. Soebur Razzaque:聽
- Ms. Dimakatso Maheso:聽
- Mr. Lutendo Nyadzani:聽
- Ms. Getrude Thando Mothogoane:聽
Posters:
- Mr. Thabo Msiza:聽
Awards:
- Mr. Lutendo Nyadzani: Best PhD Presentation in the Astrophysics Division (See his contributed talk here:聽)
Ms. Dimakatso Maheso: UJ Conference 2022 – 2nd Prize (Oral Presentation & People鈥檚 Choice Award)
Ms. Dimakatso Maheso, a master’s student under the supervision of Prof. Soebur Razzaque at the Centre of Astro-Particle Physics, has just been awarded the 2nd prize for her oral presentation for MSc in 4IR at the UJ Conference. Dimakatso was also awarded the People’s choice award. We would like to formally congratulate you on your awards and look forward to seeing what you accomplish next!
Ms. Tamador Aldowma: OWSD PhD Fellowship Award 2021
The OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early Career Women Scientists honour and support women in poor countries who are in the early phases of their scientific careers and have faced significant obstacles to attain excellence in research. Ms. Tamador Aldowma, a new PhD student from Sudan, was awarded the prestigious OWSD PhD fellowship in 2021. Tamador is a lecturer at Omdurman Islamic 欧美福利100000, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department Of Astronomy and Meteorology in Omdurman-Sudan.
Dr. Ushak Rahaman: Postdoctoral Fellows Research Excellence Awards 2021
The Postdoctoral Excellence Awards recognizes Postdoctoral Research Fellow鈥檚 who have distinguished themselves by their research outputs and academic citizenship at the 欧美福利100000 of Johannesburg. Dr. Ushak Rahaman was awarded the Postdoctoral Excellence Award in 2021 for his research in neutrino oscillation, CP violation in neutrino sector, neutrino mass and mixing models.
Ushak was awarded with a gift voucher in honour of his award, which he graciously donated to the centre. The centre was able to buy astronomy and physics books for the students to read.
