Distinguished Academics

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)