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
Faculty of Health Sciences
Prof David Ewart George Boucher
Faculty of Humanities
Prof David Ewart George Boucher
Prof Jan Marie Fritz
Prof John N Lavis
Prof Darrel Moelllendorf
Prof Sandy Oliver
Prof Adebayo Olorunimbe Olukoshi
Prof Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka
Faculty of Law
Prof Michael Gerhard Martinek
College of Business and Economics
Prof Arnoldus Bastiaan Bakker
Prof Tom Baum
Prof Evangelia Demerouti
Prof Naresh Kumar Malhotra
Prof R Nunkoo
Prof Stefano Ponte
Prof Frank Heinrich Riedel
Dr. Jarkko Juhani Saarinen
Prof Ulrich Schmidt
Faculty of Education
Prof Ndri Therese Assie-Lumumba
Prof Antonia Darder
Prof Phillip Hallinger
Prof Kerry Kennedy
Prof Jane Knight
Prof Jari Lavonen
Prof Bruce John MacFarlane
Prof Carmel McNaught
Prof Elias Mpofu
Prof Tony Onweugbuzie
Prof Imanol Ordorika
Prof Catherine Elizabeth Snow
Prof Hsin-Kai Wu
Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
Prof Sondipon Adhikari
Prof Chimay Anumba
Prof D Edwards
Prof Johan Heinrich Richter Enslin
Prof C Lin
Prof Paul Tarisai Mativenga
Pal Prof S Pal
Prof Seeram Ramakrishna
Prof Miklas Scholz
Prof Jitao Sun
Prof Adrianus Johannes Vinck
Faculty of Science
Prof Adekunle Olusola Adeyeye
Prof Tom Hjelm Andersen
Prof Andrey Bekker
Prof Suprakas Sinha Ray
Prof Tarasakankar Pal
Prof Gregory Weiss
Prof Laurence Robb
Prof Abegaz Berhanu Molla
Prof Koop Lammertsma
GES 4.0 Appointments
| Distinguished Professors | Professor of Practice | Visiting Associate Professor |
| Prof J.L Neels (Law) | Prof C.M Andendorff (CBE) | Prof C Yiyu (Education) |
| Prof T.H Metz (Humanities) | Dr M.M Altman (CBE) | Prof A Andreoni (CBE) |
| Prof K.G Tomaselli (Humanities) | Prof S.S Cinelli (CBE) | Prof C Linder (Humanities) |
| Prof Q Wang (FEBE) | Prof W Chinyamurindi (FEBE) | |
| Prof G Nhanyongo (Science) | | Prof M Manyuchi (FEBE) |
| Prof J.L Nordström (Science) | | |
| Prof C.Y Brad (IIS and FEBE) | | |
| Visiting Professor | Senior Research Associate | |
| Prof T Liu (FEBE) | Dr S Paul (FEBE) | |
| Prof M Shen (FEBE) | Dr S Sparrow (FEBE) | |
| Prof S.S Viriri (FEBE) | | |
| Prof C.K Zhang (FEBE) |