Meet the Staff
Researchers
Prof Marius Smuts
Director +27 18 299 2086 Marius.Smuts@nwu.ac.za Building G16, Room 140, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom PhD Nutrition; - NRF Rating B3 Fatty acids and Micronutrients
Prof Johann Jerling
Professor +27 18 299 2481 Johann.Jerling@nwu.ac.za Building G16, Room 154, Potchefstroom PhD Nutrition - NRF Rating C2 Haemostasis, Leadership Development and Micronutrients
Prof Salomé Kruger
Professor +27 18 285 2672 Salome.Kruger@nwu.ac.za Building G16, Room 253, Potchefstroom PhD Nutrition, NRF Rating C1 Public Health Nutrition
Prof Marlien Pieters
Professor +27 18 299 2462 Marlien.Pieters@nwu.ac.za Building G16, Room 248, Potchefstroom PhD Nutrition, NRF Rating C1 Nutrition, Haemostasis and Cardiovascular diseases
Prof Lize Havemann-Nel
Associate Professor +27 18 299 2482 Lize.HavemannNel@nwu.ac.za Building G16, Room 254, Potchefstroom PhD Exercise Science, Sport Nutrition Sport Nutrition
Prof Cornelie Nienaber-Rousseau
Associate Professor +27 18 299 2482 cornelie.nienaber@nwu.ac.za Building G16, Room 151, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom PhD Nutrition; NRF Rating C2 Nutrigenetics
Prof Linda Malan
Associate Professor +27 18 299 4237 Linda.Malan@nwu.ac.za Building G16, Room159, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom PhD Nutrition, NRF Rating C2 Management of Research Laboratory and Training
Prof Robin Dolman-Macleod
Associate Professor, Program Leader +27 18 299 4059 Robin.Dolman@nwu.ac.za Buiding G16, Room 153, Potchefstroom PhD Dietetics Management of Critically-ill Patients, Hospital Malnutrition
Prof Tertia van Zyl
Associate Professor +27 18 299 2467 Tertia.VanZyl@nwu.ac.za Building G16, Room 148, Potchefstroom PhD Dietetics Dietary assessment, dietary intake and cardiovascular disease in adults, food service management
Prof Martani Lombard
Associate Professor +27 18 299 2085 Tani.Lombard@nwu.ac.za Building G16, Room 147, Potchefstroom PhD Dietetics, NRF Rating C2
Dr Zelda de Lange-Loots
Senior Lecturer +27 18 285 2292 Zelda.DeLange@nwu.ac.za Building G16, Room 247, Potchefstroom PhD Nutrition - NRF Rating Y2 Haemostasis and Lipids
Dr Mariaan Wicks
Senior Lecturer, Subject Chair +27 18 299 2468 13009494@nwu.ac.za Building G16, Room 156, Potchefstroom Campus , Potchefstroom PhD Dietetics Nutrition-focused interventions to combat and prevent obesity and non-communicable diseases with a special interest in nutrient profiling.
Dr Lizelle Zandberg
Senior Lecturer +27 18 299 4018 Lizelle.Zandberg@nwu.ac.za G16, Room 243, Potchefstroom, Potchefstroom PhD Biochemistry, NRF Rating Y2 Genetics, Functional Pathway Analysis, Introductory Bioinformatics
Dr Christine Taljaard-Krugell
Senior Lecturer +27 18 299 2399 Christine.Taljaard@nwu.ac.za Building G16, Room 146, Potchefstroom PhD Nutrition Leadership Development
Dr Arista Nienaber
Senior Lecturer +27 18 299 2461 Arista.Nienaber@nwu.ac.za Building G16, Room 152, Potchefstroom PhD Dietetics Nutritional modulation of immunity and inflammation. Therapeutic nutrition and sports nutrition.
Dr Cornelia Conradie
Senior Lecturer +27 18 299 4037 Cornelia.conradie@nwu.ac.za Building G16, Room 157, Potchefstroom PhD Dietetics Nutrition and child behaviour and cognition
Ms Theodorah Modise
Lecturer +27 18 299 2473 20809964@nwu.ac.za Building G16, Room 144, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom MSc Dietetics Food Service Management, Food safety & Hygiene, Food Security
Miss Bakang Olifant
Lecturer +27 18 299 4037 23687665@nwu.ac.za Building G16, Room 157, Potchefstroom MSc in Nutrition
Dr Thabo Putu
Senior Lecturer +27 822532565 Thabo.Putu@nwu.ac.za Building G16, Room 154, Potchefstroom Masters - Public Development, Public Management Governance; PhD - Christian Education Management and Leadership Development (Community Engagement, Advocacy and Lobbying Specialist)Extraordinary Professors
Prof Mieke Faber
Extraordinary Professor +27 18 299 2087 Mieke.Faber@mrc.ac.za Building G16, Room 141, Potchefstroom PhD Paediatrics and Child Health - NRF Rating C1 Food-based interventions improving nutritional status in infants and young children; Dietary quality assessment and impact on health; food security; infant and child feeding and nutritional status
Prof Jeannine Baumgartner
Extraordinary Associate Professor +27 18 299 2087 jeannine.baumgartner@kcl.ac.uk Building G16, Room 141, Potchefstroom PhD Nutrition Fatty Acids and MicronutrientsPost Doctoral Fellows
Dr Carlien van der Merwe
Postdoctoral Fellow +27 18 285 2672 23498889@nwu.ac.za Building G16, Room 253, Potchefstroom PhD Nutritional Sciences Diet, Eating Behaviour, Metabolic Health and Chrono-nutrition
Dr Mary Uyoga
Postdoctoral Fellow +27 18 285 267 44645104@nwu.ac.za Building G16, Room 253, Potchefstroom PhD in Human Nutrition Nutritional epidemiologist - Stable isotope technique for assessment of iron bioavailability, fatty acidsSupport staff
Dr Olutayo Adedayo Adeyemi
Project Manager: LEDA-NN Project +234 802 401 2328 44920059@nwu.ac.za Lagos, Nigeria, PhD Nutrition Sciences, Epidemiology & Public Affairs
Mr Sunday Adekunle Oladiran
Snr Administrative Assistant - LEDA-NN Project +234 806 451 6507 46066489@nwu.ac.za Ibadan, Nigeria, MPH - Masters in Public Health
Ms Yetunde Modu Akinmolayan
Snr Administrative Assistant - LEDA-NN Project +234 806 451 6507 46066489@nwu.ac.za Ibadan, Nigeria, BSc (Hons) Human Nutrition
Sr Alida Anthony
Clinical Research Support Manager +27 18 299 2480 Alida.Anthony@nwu.ac.za Building G17, Room G26, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom B.Soc.Sc Hons Intensive Care Nursing Medical-, Surgical- and Cardio-thorax intensive Care Nursing
Mrs Ronel Benson
Senior Admin Assistant & Secretary +27 18 299 2087 Ronel.Benson@nwu.ac.za Building G16, Room 141, Potchefstroom
Mrs Henriëtte Claasen
Administrative Officer +27 18 299 4036 22896589@nwu.ac.za Building G16, Room 141, Potchefstroom
Mrs Cecile Cooke
Head Laboratory Technician +27 18 299 2469 Cecile.Cooke@nwu.ac.za Building G16, Room 163, Potcehfstroom Campus, Potchefstroom
Mrs Noloyiso Matiwane
Senior Laboratory Technician +27 18 299 2475 20992262@nwu.ac.za Building G16, Room 150, Potchefstroom M Tech Food Service Management
Mr Thabang Phinda
Research Assistant +27 18 299 4018 Phinda.Phinda@nwu.ac.za Building G16, Room 245, Potchefstroom
Ms Mamokete Pule
Senior Laboratory Technician +27 18 299 2469 27020134@nwu.ac.za Building G16, Room 163, Potchefstroom BSc Agriculture