Distinguished Academics
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Through the GES initiative, UJ seeks to appoint distinguished academics in various categories to generate research and nurture the next generation of academics. These top professors will help establish strategic networks for improved research excellence, while contributing to expanding the global footprint of UJ. The University has appointed the following distinguished academics:
- Distinguished Professors
- Distinguished Visiting Professors
- Professors of Practice
- Visiting Associate Professors
- Visiting Professors
- Senior Research Associate
Distinguished Visiting Professors
College of Business and Economics
Prof Simplice Anutechia Asongu
Prof Arnoldus Bastiaan Bakker
Prof Tom Baum
Prof Evangelia Demerouti
Prof Michael Ewing
Prof Samuel Fosso-Wamba
Prof Augustin Kwasi Fosu
Prof Carol Lee Graham
Prof Sascha Kraus
Prof Edward Lorenz
Prof Wim Naude
Prof Robin Nunkoo
Prof Stefano Ponte
Prof Frank Heinrich Riedel
Prof Alfredo Saad-Filho
Prof Jarkko Juhani Saarinen
Prof Ulrich Schmidt
Faculty of Health Sciences
Prof Michael Hamblin
Prof Lehana Thabane
Faculty of Education
Prof Ndri Therese Assie-Lumumba
Prof Phillip Hallinger
Prof Kerry Kennedy
Prof Joseph Krajcik
Prof Jari Lavonen
Prof Carmel McNaught
Prof Tony Onweugbuzie
Prof Imanol Ordorika
Prof Catherine Elizabeth Snow
Prof Timothy Teo
Faculty of Humanities
Prof David Ewart George Boucher
Prof Chris Brink
Prof Olaf Dammann
Prof Jan Marie Fritz
Prof John N Lavis
Prof Darrel Moellendorf
Prof Sandy Oliver
Prof Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka
Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
Prof Sondipon Mohamed Adhikari
Prof Chimay Anumba
Prof Changbin Brad Yu
Prof Albert Chan
Prof David John Edwards
Prof Johan Heinrich Richter Enslin
Prof Chong Lin
Prof Paul Tarisai Mativenga
Prof Miklas Scholz
Prof Pierluigi Siano
Prof Miklas Sillanpaa
Prof Jitao Sun
Prof Adrianus Johannes Vinck
Prof Qing-Guo Wang
Faculty of Law
Prof Michael Gerhard Martinek
Faculty of Science
Prof Andrey Bekker
Prof Peter Convey
Prof Koop Lammertsma
Prof Abegaz Berhanu Molla
Prof Jan Nordstrom
Prof Gibson Stephen Nyanhongo
Prof Gregory Weiss
Prof Tarasakankar Pal
Prof Mohammad Mehdi Rashidi
Prof Suprakas Sinha Ray
Prof Steve Suib
GES 4.0 Appointments
Professors of Practice
Prof Miriam Altman (CBE)
Prof Steven Cinelli (CBE)
Prof Arkebe Oqubay (CBE)
Prof Beryl Leach (HUM)
Associate Professors of Practise
Prof Shafika Isaacs (EDU)
Visiting Senior Research Associates
Prof Belinda Azenui (CBE)
Prof Maty Konte (CBE)
Dr Lekan Amusan (FEBE)
Prof Titus Ebenezer Kwofie (FEBE)
Prof Emmanuel Oke (FEBE)
Prof Satyakaama Paul (FEBE)
Prof Raymond Sparrow (FEBE)
Visiting Professors
Prof Lee Keun (CBE)
Rasmus Lema (CBE)
Nripendra Rana (CBE)
Adel Alimi (FEBE)
CW Lim (FEBE)
Tao Liu (FEBE)
Charles Mbohwa (FEBE)
Ahmed Noor (FEBE)
Andreas Pitsillides (FEBE)
Mouquan Shen (FEBE)
Serestina Viriri (FEBE)
Liz Gunner (HUM)
Xiaoming Li (HUM)
Visiting Associate Professors
Prof Antonio Andreoni (CBE)
Prof Cai Yiyu (EDU)
Prof Nicholas Chileshe (FEBE)
Prof Willie Chinyamurindi (FEBE)
Dr Nicolin Govender (FEBE)
Dr Mercy Manyuchi (FEBE)
Porf K Frost-Arnold (HUM)
Prof Christian Linder (HUM)