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08 May 2024
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The Dean of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Prof Paul Oberholster, has the pleasure of inviting you to the inaugural lecture of Prof Dirk Opperman.
Date: 21 May 2024
Time: 17:30
Venue: Equitas
Click here to RSVP before Wednesday, 15 May 2024. Alternatively, contact Christelle van Rooyen on +27 51 401 9190.
About Prof Dirk Opperman
Prof Dirk Opperman obtained his PhD in Biochemistry at the University of the Free State in 2008. This was followed by postdoctoral research on directed evolution with Prof Manfred T Reetz at the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research (Germany). In 2010, he was appointed in the Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry. He subsequently established structural biology at the UFS, and his current research focus lies at the interface of evolutionary and structure-function relationships of biocatalysts, and their application in green chemistry. He is an NRF B-rated researcher with co-authored papers in Science, Nature Communications, and Angewandte Chemie.
His research has been funded by both local and international organisations, ranging from industries such as SASOL to the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF, UK). He has a long-standing collaboration with researchers at the Delft University of Technology (TUDelft, the Netherlands) and is currently part of a European Research Area Network Cofund (ERA-NET Cofund) partnership on Food Systems and Climate (FOSC) that develops biocatalysts for upcycling waste.
Economist Mike Schussler speaks at UFS
2012-11-08
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Mike Schussler
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08 November 2012
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Mike Schussler, the highly regarded economist and noted public speaker, will present a talk on The Meaning of the Census data.
- Date: Friday 9 November 2012
- Time: 16:00 – 17:00
- Venue: UFS Business School, Auditorium, Ground Floor.
There are limited spaces available and students, staff and outside visitors will be seated on a first-come first-seated basis.
Mr Schussler will explore the overt and hidden meanings of the data for development; the state of the nation; the possibilities of transformation; and the implications for research. Limited copies of the Census report will be available at the venue.
The speaker is the owner of Economists.co.za, an economic research house in South Africa. He has won numerous awards for his analysis and research on social, economic and development matters.