University of Cape Town

Professor Alphose Zingoni’s research has focused on the development of analytical methods for shell structures in engineering, the innovative use of shells in civil engineering, studies of symmetry in structural engineering, and the development of group-theoretic formulations for various problems in structural mechanics. After completing his MSc and PhD degrees at Imperial College London, he started his academic career at the University of Zimbabwe, where he became Dean of the Faculty of Engineering in 1997.

Honorary professor in the Department of Medicine, Wilkinson (MA, PhD, DTM&H, FRCP) is director of the Clinical Infectious Disease Research Initiative (CIDRI) and a full member of the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IDM). He has established an enviable track record in the study of infectious diseases, particularly TB (mycobacterium tuberculosis) and HIV. He has shed considerable light in areas such as TB-HIV drug interaction and early detection of treatment response.

Paediatric pulmonologist Professor Zar is head of the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health and director of the Division of Paediatric Pulmonology at the Red Cross War Memorial Childrens' Hospital. She has a PhD from UCT on respiratory illness in HIV-infected children. Her research focuses on child lung health and uses a translational approach to apply complex technology to clinical problems using a wide range of methodologies.