Dr Gugulethu Mabuza-Hocquet
Mabuza-Hocquet’s interests are leading research groups to produce ground-breaking research, development an innovation in the areas of electronic countermeasures, surveillance and physical security for the modern era. The intention is to localise and commercialise CSIR technologies for absorption in South Africa and globally.
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Mabuza-Hocquet holds a PhD (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) from the University of Johannesburg. She joined the CSIR in 2011 as a PhD candidate. She is the research group leader for surveillance and countermeasure systems. She has authored and co-authored numerous peer-reviewed papers, especially on iris biometric methods for identity authentication of both adults and children.
Expertise: Iris biometric methods for identity authentication
- PhD (Electrical and Electronic Engineering), University of Johannesburg, 2018
- MSc (Electronic and Electrical Systems), ESIEE Amiens, France, Paris, 2011
- MTech (Electrical Engineering), Tshwane University of Technology, 2011
- BTech (Elec Eng Telecommunications), Tshwane University of Technology, 2007
- National Diploma (Electrical Engineering), University of Johannesburg, 2007
- National Diploma (Secondary Teaching), Elijah Mango College of Higher Education, 1999
