Rhodes University Institute for Water Research Postgraduate Programmes
Postgraduate
The IWR offers postgraduate research degrees (MSc and PhD) in Hydrology and Water Resource Science within the Faculty of Science at Rhodes University.
The IWR also offers an Honours course in Environmental Water Management in collaboration with the Department of Geography.
Applications to study towards these degrees should be made through the Faculty of Science.
The Honours course is hosted within the Geography Department, and applications for Honours need to reflect this.
Current Students
| Mr Bongile Bhomela | PhD (Water Resource Science) |
| Mr Dennis Choruma | PhD (Water Resource Science) |
| Ms Pumza Dubula | PhD (Water Resource Science) |
| Mr Augustine Edegbene | PhD (Water Resource Science) |
| Mr Adebayo Farounbi | PhD (Water Resource Science) |
| Mr Zwidofhelangani Lidzhegu | PhD (Water Resource Science) |
| Ms Pindiwe Ntloko | PhD (Water Resource Science) |
| Ms Asanda Chili | MSc (Water Resource Science) |
| Mr William Liversage-Quinlan | MSc (Water Resource Science) |
| Mr Siyabongu Ndlovu | MSc (Water Resource Science) |
| Ms Primrose Ramukhuvhathi | MSc (Water Resource Science) |
| Mr Sinetemba Xoxo | MSc (Water Resource Sciences) |
| Mr Anthony Fry | MSc (Sustainability Science) |
2019 Graduated Students
| Mr Matthew Weaver | PhD (Water Resource Science) |
| Ms Notiswa Libala | PhD (Water Resource Science) |
| Ms Mateboho Ralekhetla | PhD (Water Resource Science) |
| Ms Margaret Wolff | MEd |
| Mr Frank Akamagwuna | MSc (Water Resource Science) |
| Ms Qawekazi Mkabile | MSc (Water Resource Science |
| Ms Caitlin Smith | MSc (Hydrology) |
| Mr Kyle Smetherham | MSc (Hydrology) |
2018 GRADUATED STUDENTS
| Mr Emmanuel Vellemu | PhD (Water Resource Science) |
| Mr Onalenna Gwate | PhD (Hydrology) |
| Ms Tia Keighley | MSc (Water Resource Science) |
| Ms Ntombekhaya Mgaba | MSc (Water Resource Science) |
| Mr Gareth Thomson | MSc (Water Resource Science) |
| Ms Vuyelwa Mvandaba | MSc (Hydrology) |
| Ms Nadia Oosthuizen | MSc (Hydrology) |
| Mr Mzwanele Mkatali | BSc (Hons) |
| Ms Sinako Mtakati | BSc (Hons) |
| Ms Caleena de Carvalho | BSc (Hons) |
Past Students
- Emmanuel Captain Vellemu PhD (Water Resource Science)
- The ecological risk of acid mine drainage in a salinising landscape
- Dr Alexandra Holland (PhD) (Water Resource Science)
- Assessment of fluctuating asymmetry as an indicator of water quality stress in South Africa
- Mr Garth Barnes MEd (Environmental Education)
- An exploration of the way in which values and valuing processes might strengthen social learning in water stewardship practices in South Africa
- Ms Louise Bryson MSc (Water Resource Science)
- An erosion and sediment delivery model for semi-arid catchments
- Ms Jane Burt PhD (Environmental Education)
- Dr Jai Clifford-Holmes PhD (Water Resource Science)
- Fire and water: A transdisciplinary investigation of water governance in the lower Sundays River valley, South Africa
- Dr Ahmed Desai PhD (Water Resource Science)
- Development of a hydraulic sub-model as part of a desktop environmental flow assessment method
- Dr Helen Fox PhD (Water Resource Science)
- Social-ecological resilience for well-being: A Critical Realist case study of Boksburg Lake, South Africa
- Dr Pearl Gola PhD (Water Resource Science)
- The value of locally isolated freshwater micro-algae in toxicity testing for water resource management in South Africa
- Dr Andrew Gordon PhD (Water Resource Science)
- Assessing the effect of a laundry detergent ingredient (LAS) on organisms of a rural South African river
- Mr Haden Jacobs MSc (Hydrology)
- Dr Evison Kapangaziwiri PhD (Hydrology)
- Regional application of the Pitman monthly rainfall-runoff model in southern Africa incorporating uncertainty
- Mr Sbongiseni Mazibuko MSc (Hydrology)
- Mr Felike Mekiso MSc (Hydrology)
- Hydrological processes, chemical variability, and multiple isotopes tracing of water flow paths in the Kudumela wetland-Limpopo province, South Africa
- Dr Paul Mensah PhD (Water Resource Science)
- Environmental water quality management of glyphosate-based herbicides in South Africa
- Dr Thabiso Mohobane PhD (Hydrology)
- Water resources availability in the Caledon River basin: Past, present and future
- Mr Matthew Muller MSc (Water Resource Science)
- Linking institutional and ecological provisions for wastewater treatment discharge in a rural municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Dr Nelson Odume PhD (Water Resource Science)
- An evaluation of macroinvertebrate-based biomonitoring and ecotoxicological assessments of deteriorating environmental water quality in the Swartkops River, South Africa
- Dr Boluwaji Onabolu PhD (Water Resource Science)
- Evaluating the post-implementation effectiveness of selected household water treatment technologies in rural Kenya
- Mr Hugo Retief MSc (Water Resource Science)
- Investigating integrated catchment management using a simple water quantity and quality model: A case study of the Crocodile River Catchment, South Africa
- Ms Asiphe Sahula MSc (Water Resource Science)
- Exploring the development of an integrated, participative, water quality management process for the Crocodile River catchment, focusing on the sugar industry
- Dr Andrew Slaughter PhD (Water Resource Science)
- Modelling the relationship between flow and water quality in South African rivers.
- Dr Jane Tanner PhD (Hydrology)
- Understanding and modelling of surface and groundwater interactions.
- Dr Sithabile Tirivarombo PhD (Hydrology)
- Climate variability and climate change in water resources management of the Zambezi River basin
- Dr Raphael Tshimanga PhD (Hydrology)
- Hydrological uncertainty analysis and scenario-based streamflow modelling for the Congo River basin
- Dr Madaka Tumbo PhD (Hydrology); based at Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique
- Uncertainties in modelling hydrological responses in gauged and ungauged sub-basins
- Dr Agostinho Vilanculos PhD (Hydrology)
- The use of hydrological information to improve flood management – integrated hydrological modelling of the Zambezi River basin
- Mr Bret Whiteley MSc (Hydrology)
- Mr Bonga Zuma MSc (Water Resource Science)
- Microbial ecology of the Buffalo River in response to water quality changes
- Yvonne Chiliboyi
- MSc (Water Resource Science)
- Athina Copteros
- PhD (Geography)
- Ms Alex Holland
- PhD (Water Resource Science)
- Thabiso Mohobane
- PhD (Hydrology)
- Teboho Mosuoe
- PhD Anthropology
- Ian Preston
- Masters in Commerce Management (Water)
- Mr DCH (Hugo) Retief
- MSc (Water Resource Science)
- Asiphe Sahula
- MSc (Water Resource Science)
- Gareth Thomson
- MSc (Water Resource Science)