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To meet its mandate of improving the quality of life of South Africans, the CSIR relies on its most important asset, its people. The CSIR’s multidisciplinary nature positions the organisation to help solve the increasingly complex problems of our time. This multidisciplinary science, engineering and technology base is made up of individuals who are highly specialised in their respective fields. They are geneticists, virologists, software developers, polymer chemists, applied mathematicians and industrial engineers, just to name a few.
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Musvoto’s research interests include regenerative food systems, sustainable development, global environmental change and its implications for African agriculture, environmental implications of agricultural land use and the role of agriculture in a green economy.
Rutkowska’s research interest lies in the development of novel veterinary vaccines and diagnostics using transient plant and mammalian expression systems.
Naidoo’s research is centered on laser beam shaping for the generation of transverse higher-order modes in solid-state laser resonators.
Govindaraj’s research interests lie in establishing high-performance synthetic biology platform, generating systems/synthetic biology approaches for novel metabolic biosystems and establishing a drug sensitivity screening platform for cancer precision medicine for South Africa.