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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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Lopis’ main role is to support chemistry and materials science users of high-performance computing, while his research interests entail atomistic modelling (molecular dynamics) of very high temperature molten slag systems in collaboration with the Pyrometallurgy Division at Mintek.
Beraki’s research interests focus on climate modelling at various timescales and the applications of climate models.
Tantoh’s research interests lie in studying gene expression and screening natural compounds using an RNAi high-content/throughput screening technology.
Rosman’s research interests focus on learning and decision-making in autonomous systems, in particular studying how learning can be accelerated through abstracting and generalising previously gained knowledge, and also on skill and behaviour learning for robots.