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Prof Marian Tredoux, Associate Professor in the
Department of Geology at the University of the Free State,
recently had a mineral named after her.
Photo: Sonia Small
Prof Marian Tredoux is a geochemist and lecturer in the Department of Geology at the University of the Free State (UFS). Her research interests are rocks, particularly the chemistry of rocks and the minerals they are composed of – chemicals similar to those found in laboratories, although they occur in nature.
Prof Tredoux started her research career at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), after which she spent a number of years at the University of Cape Town (UCT). For the past 11 years, she has been at the UFS, which has brought her in close proximity of her primary field-research area in Barberton. This fascinating part of the country has been the focus of her research for 30 years. She has always been intrigued by the earth's crust in this area, which she describes as "very old, very strange, and very interesting".
Prof Tredoux has been collaborating with colleagues and peers overseas in an attempt to unravel the intricacies of this unusual geological area. Some of these colleagues recently discovered a new mineral in one of the rock formations of the Barberton mountain range. They decided to name the mineral after Prof Tredoux, dubbing it tredouxite. "I am very honoured by this, and very grateful that all these years of collaboration are being acknowledged," Prof Tredoux said.
Staff attend congress in Abu Dhabi
2007-07-26
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Five staff members of the Department of Public Management in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the University of the Free State (UFS) attended and delivered papers at the joint congress of the International Institute for Administrative Sciences (IIAS) and the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) held recently in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. From the left are, front: Prof. Koos Bekker (professor in the department) and Prof. Moses Sindane (Departmental Chairperson), back: Ms Alet Ness (Professional Officer), Prof. Hendri Kroukamp (Programme Director: Public Sector Management) and Ms Hestelle van Heyningen (research fellow). Another member of the faculty and Programme Director of Accountancy at the UFS, Prof. Hentie van Wyk, also attended the conference.
Photo: Supplied
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