BSc (Hons) Witwatersrand MSc PhD Cape Town
Professor and Head of Department
Interests: Satellite remote sensing observations of SST, Chl, winds, altimetry; Coastal oceanography; Wind waves; Numerical modeling of Shelf Circulation.
Research Programme Affiliations: BCLME early warning systems, Shelf Circulation modeling; IRD Numerical modeling of Shelf Circulation; IOC Capacity Building panel

BSc (Hons) PhD Manchester
Emeritus Professor of Physical Oceanography
Interests: Development of Operational Oceanography.
Research Programme Affiliations: Chair of Global Ocean Observing Systems in Africa (GOOS Africa).

MSc DSc Cape Town PhD Washington FRSSAf
Professor of Ocean Climatology
Interests: Southern African large-scale to meso-scale oceanic behaviour (including the South-West Indian, South-East Atlantic and Southern Ocean); Using observations at sea; Remote sensing; Modelling
Research Programme Affiliations: SANAP - Circulation in the Southern Ocean; NRF - Circulation in the SW Indian Ocean; WRC - Effects of ocean on South African Climate ;LOCO - circulation in the Mozambique Channel; GoodHope - monitoring the oceans between Africa and Antarctica; MARE - mixing in Agulhas rings; ACSEX - sources of Agulhas rings

BSc (Hons) Cape Town MPhil City MSc PhD British Columbia
Professor
Interests: Southern Hemisphere climate variability, southern African rainfall variability, mesoscale and coastal meteorology, tropical meteorology and oceanography, severe weather, ocean-atmosphere interactions, Indian and South Atlantic Oceans, Southern Ocean, ocean and atmospheric modelling.
Research Programme Affiliations: CLIVAR - Variability in African Climate system; CLIVAR - Atlantic Ocean Panel; GOOS / CLIVAR - Indian Oceanl Panel; BCLME; ARGO - Geophysical reseach letters, Internation Journal of Climatology

MSc PhD Cape Town
Honorary Professor in Oceanography

BSc (Hons) Swansea MSc PhD Cape Town
Senior Lecturer
Interests: Physico-biological oceanography, Phytoplankton nutrient dynamics, ¹⁵Nitrogen uptake and regeneration, Carbon sequestration and Water quality analyses.
Research Programme Affiliations: Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT) - Climate change; Land Ocean Interaction in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ) - Estuarine N and P dynamics; Benguela Ecosystems - Shelf edge exchange processes

BSc (Hons) Plymouth MSc PhD Cape Town
Lecturer
Interests: Indian, Atlantic and Southern Ocean dynamics, Southern Ocean eddy transports of heat and salt, Frontal dynamics and variability in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and its effects on Subantarctic Islands, Agulhas Current, ARGO, Training of undergraduate and postgraduate students at sea
Research Programme Affiliations: IPY - BONUS, IPY - GEOTRACES, IPY - Bipolar Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation, IPY - Are Subantarctic Islands biodiversity hotspots? SANAP - Southern Ocean Climate and Variability Study (SOCAB); SANAP - Dynamics of the STC in the South Atlantic Ocean. GoodHope - monitoring the oceans between Africa and Antarctica, ARGO, NOAA - AX25.

MSc PhD Aix-Marseille
Chief Research Officer
Interests: Ocean-atmosphere interaction, Meteorology and Climatology, Understanding how the oceans influence the climate (droughts and floods) of Southern Africa, Atmospheric influences on oceans and ecosytems, Satellite remote sensing, Numerical model output and climate data, Development of a real time monitoring system around Africa

Administrative Assistant
Duties: Manages departmental, student and financial administration

Departmental Librarian
Duties: Providing easy access to library resources to academic staff and students.

MSc Cape Town
Senior Scientific Officer
Interests: Remote Sensing, Satellite Oceanography, Harmful Algal Bloom monitoring, Near Real-time ocean monitoring from space
Research Programme Affiliations: BCLME - Harmful Algal Bloom monitoring in St. Helena Bay; ACLME - Investigation of circulation in the Delagoa Bight; BENEFIT - Routine monitoring of southern African marine environment with satellite imagery

BSc Cape Town
Diving Supervisor

Diving Supervisor