ObjectivesResearchStaff Publications

Staff

Name

Job Title

Area of Interest

E-mail

 

Dr Rajendra Maharaj

Director

Vector biology and control, integrated vector management. Improving management of malaria control programmes and developing regional capacity towards more efficient malaria control.

rmaharaj@mrc.ac.za

Rajendra Maharaj

Dr Jaishree Raman

Specialist Scientist

Molecular biology, drug resistance, chloroquine, Plasmodium falciparum, nested PCR, Lab Manager.

jraman@mrc.ac.za

Jaishree Raman

Dr Andre Laas

Specialist Scientist (Entomologist)

Vector biology and control. Building entomological capacity in the region. Manage and participate in field-based research projects.

alaas@mrc.ac.za

 

Alistair Barker

 Scientist

 Biologist:  providing entomological support to scientists within the programme and assist collaborators to develop entomological capacity

abarker@mrc.ac.za

 

Mbuso Dlamini

Senior Research Technician

Insectary assistant

mdlamini@mrc.ac.za

Mbuso Dlamini

Liezl Fisher

Encoder

Data Entry

lfisher@mrc.ac.za

 

Colleen Fraser

Chief IT Advisor

Database management

cfraser@mrc.ac.za

Colleen Fraser

Reshma Gayaram

Research Technologist

Analysis of plant samples for insecticidal properties

rgayaram@mrc.ac.za

Reshma Gayaram

Dayanandan Govender

Senior IT Advisor

Database design; Data entry supervision

dgovender@mrc.ac.za

 

Khumbulani Hlongwana

Scientist (Social Science)

Social science aspect of Malaria

khlongwane@mrc.ac.za

Khumbelani Hlongwana

Amanda Jackson

Chief IT Advisor

Web page development; Web-GIS applications; spatial decision support systems.  

ajackson@mrc.ac.za

Amanda Jackson

Val Kelly

Chief Research Technologist

Malaria cultures; Drug resistance

vkelly@mrc.ac.za

Val Kelly
Mandla Kweyama

Research Technician

Insectary assistant

   

Zandile Malloy

Executive Secretary

Secretarial assistance to the Director, and  to Senior Members of the MRP Staff.
 

malloyz@mrc.ac.za

Zandile Malloy

Edison Mavundza

Public health scientist

Cross-cutting research on malaria and other infectious diseases, including the interaction between  malaria,  HIV/AIDS, and TB.

emavundza@mrc.ac.za

 

Ntombifikile Mbatha

Encoder

Data Entry

nmbatha@mrc.ac.za

 

Nicole Miller

Chief Officer

Finances and project management

ngrobler@mrc.ac.za

Nicole Miller

Elda Mohapi

Vector Control Biologist

Observing, comparing and assisting with IRS implementation in countries within the SADC region. Detecting malaria vector resistance to available insecticides.

elda.mohapi@mrc.ac.za

 

David Mthembu

Chief Research Technologist

Malaria vector control

dmthembu@mrc.ac.za

David Mthembu

Inbarani Naidoo

Senior Scientist

MARA - antimalarial drug efficacy studies;Mapping flow of resistance genes; GIS and spatial analysis

inaidoo@mrc.ac.za

Inbarani Naidoo

Varsha Ramdeen

Research Technologist

Laboratory species identification; Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC) project

vramdeen@mrc.ac.za

Varsha Ramdeen

Ashokoomar Saikoolal

Chief Research Technologist

Laboratory Animal Technology and Insectary Management.
 

saikoolala@mrc.ac.za

Ashokoomar Saikoolal

Ishen Seocharan

Chief IT Advisor

MARA (Mapping Malaria Risk accross Africa) databases; MIS; database development and management; Manager Database section
 

iseocharan@mrc.ac.za

 

Joseph Shozi

Chief Research Technologist

Insectary Management
 

jshozi@mrc.ac.za

Joseph Shozi

Jabulani Zikhali

Senior Research Technician

Malaria vector control

jzikhali@mrc.ac.za

Jabulani Zikhali

 

 
Health GIS Centre

 

 

Name

Job Title

Area of Interest

Email

 

Natashia Morris

Chief Research Technologist

GIS and Health; Manager: Health GIS Centre

nmorris@mrc.ac.za

Natashia Morris

Nkululeko Bhengu

GIS Data Analyst

GIS analysis

Nkululeko Bhengu

Nkululeko Bhengu

Sarel Coetzer

Chief Research Technologist

Research and implement open source Web GIS software solutions

scoetzer@mrc.ac.za

Sarel Coetzer

Michael Gebreslasie

Senior Scientist

GIS and Remote Sensing data analyst/Researcher

mgebreslasie@mrc.ac.za

 

Ndabazitha Shezi

Senior Research technician

Digitising; GIS analysis and map production

SheziN@mrc.ac.za

Ndabezitha Shezi