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B-rated researchers are those who enjoy considerable international recognition by their peers for the high quality and impact of their recent research.
C-rated researchers are regarded as established researchers with a sustained recent record of productivity in their field.
Y-rated researchers are 40 years of age or younger, who have held a doctorate or equivalent qualification for five years at the time of application, and who are recognised as having the potential to establish themselves within a five-year period of the evaluation.
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            Centre for Higher Education Development
	- Adams, Sabirah
 
	- Archer, Arlene
 
	- Bangeni, Abongiwe
 
	- Cox, Glenda
 
	- Gachago, Daniela
 
	- Le Roux, Catherine
 
	- Mhakure, Duncan
 
	- Taylor, Dale
 
Faculty of Commerce
	- Alhassan, Abdul Latif
 
	- Bhorat, Haroon
 
	- Bick, Geoff
 
	- Brown, Irwin
 
	- Budree, Adeesh
 
	- Charteris, Allie
 
	- Chigona, Wallace
 
	- Conradie, Beatrice
 
	- de Jager, Phillip
 
	- Ferreira, Caitlin
 
	- Geeling, Sharon
 
	- Gossel, Sean
 
	- Hollander, Hylton
 
	- Huang, Chun-Sung
 
	- Jaga, Ameeta
 
	- Kabanda, Salah
 
	- Kotze, Kevin
 
	- Kyobe, Michael
 
	- Luiz, John
 
	- Madinga, Nkosivile
 
	- Maughan-Brown, Brendan
 
	- Mattes, Robert
 
	- Meyer, Ines
 
	- Ngwenyama, Ojelanki
 
	- Nikolaidou, Eftychia
 
	- Musango, Josephine
 
	- Olalere, Oluwaseyi
 
	- Ophoff, Jacques
 
	- Parker, Hamieda
 
	- Rivett, Ulrike
 
	- Ronnie, Linda
 
	- Samuelsson, Mikael
 
	- Sarr, Mare
 
	- Seymour, Lisa
 
	- Tanner, Maureen
 
	- Van Belle, Jean-Paul
 
	- Van Rensburg, Paul
 
	- Van Walbeek, Corne
 
	- Willows, Gizelle
 
Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment
	- Alexander, Mark
 
	- Barendse, Paul
 
	- Bello-Ochende, Tunde
 
	- Beushausen, Hans
 
	- Boje, Edward
 
	- Bowen, Paul
 
	- Broadhurst, Jennifer
 
	- Brown-Luthango, Mercy
 
	- Case, Jenni
 
	- Chung Kim Yuen, Steeve
 
	- Cohen, Brett
 
	- Cole, Megan
 
	- Corin, Kirsten
 
	- Fagan-Endres, Marijke
 
	- Falowo, Olabisi
 
	- Fischer, Nico
 
	- Folly, Komla
 
	- Ho, Wei Hua
 
	- Isafiade, Adeniyi
 
	- Kloot, Bruce
 
	- Kooyman, Patricia
 
	- Kuppuswamy, Ramesh
 
	- Levecque, Pieter
 
	- Lewis, Alison
 
	- Mainza, Aubrey
 
	- Malan, Arnaud
 
	- Moghayedi, Alireza
 
	- Mooya, Manya
 
	- Mphuthi, Siphiwe
 
	- Mwangama, Joyce
 
	- Ngoepe, Malebogo
 
	- Odendaal, Nancy
 
	- Odera, Patroba
 
	- Ontong, Krystle
 
	- Oyedokan, David
 
	- Patel, Amir
 
	- Petersen, Jochen
 
	- Pillay, Pragasen
 
	- Shoko, Moreblessings
 
	- Sitas, Rike
 
	- Skatulla, Sebastian
 
	- Tucker, Andrew
 
	- Vanderschuren, Marianne
 
	- Van Steen, Eric
 
	- Von Blottnitz, Harro
 
	- Whittal, Jennifer
 
	- Windapo, Abimbola
 
	- Zuidgeest, Marcus
 
	- Winkler, Tanja
 
Faculty of Health Sciences
	- Albertus, Yumna
 
	- Amponsah-Dacosta, Edina
 
	- Arowolo, Afolake
 
	- Ataguba, John
 
	- Barnes, Karen
 
	- Bhagwandin, Adhil
 
	- Blackburn, Jonathan
 
	- Blom, Dirk
 
	- Brombacher, Frank
 
	- Chetty, Alisha
 
	- Cohen, Karen
 
	- Colvin, Chris
 
	- Constant, Deborah
 
	- Dalvie, Aqiel
 
	- Dalvie, Shareefa
 
	- Dandara, Collet
 
	- Davies, Neil
 
	- Dawson-Sqibb, John-Joe
 
	- de Vries, Jantina
 
	- Delobelle, Peter
 
	- Denti, Paolo
 
	- Dippenaar, Enrico
 
	- Donald, Kirsty
 
	- Dzanibe, Sonwabile
 
	- Figaji, Anthony
 
	- Franz, Thomas
 
	- Friedling, Jacqui
 
	- Galvaan, Roshan
 
	- Gibbon, Victoria
 
	- Gray, Diane
 
	- Gray, Clive
 
	- Green, Lesley
 
	- Hadebe, Sabelo
 
	- Guler, Reto
 
	- Heckmann, Jeannine
 
	- Hlela, Carol
 
	- Hockman, Dorit
 
	- Horsnell, William
 
	- Hsu, Nai-Jen
 
	- Jacobs, Muazzam
 
	- Jeebhay, Mohamed
 
	- Kathard, Harsha
 
	- Koen, Nastassja
 
	- Laguette, Nancy
 
	- Lambert, Vicki
 
	- Lang, Dirk
 
	- Langerak, Nelleke
 
	- Lazarus, John
 
	- Lecour, Sandrine
 
	- Levin, Michael
 
	- London, Leslie
 
	- Luabeya, Angelique Kany
 
	- Marais, Suzaan
 
	- Maswime, Salome
 
	- Matzopoulos, Richard
 
	- Mckenzie, Judith
 
	- Meintjes, Ernesta
 
	- Morrow, Brenda
 
	- Mowla, Shaheen
 
	- Mtintsilana, Asanda
 
	- Mutsvangwa, Tinashe
 
	- Navsaria, Pradeep
 
	- Okpechi, Ikechi
 
	- Oluwole, Oluwafemi
 
	- Oputu, Ogheneochuko
 
	- Orrell, Catherine
 
	- Parihar, Suraj
 
	- Parker, Romy
 
	- Pascoe, Michelle
 
	- Prince, Sharon
 
	- Rabie, Stephan
 
	- Rae, Dale
 
	- Ramma, Lebogang
 
	- Rauch, Laurie
 
	- Rayner, Brian
 
	- Rohlwink, Ursula
 
	- Ross, Ian
 
	- Scott, Christiaan
 
	- Schäfer, Georgia
 
	- Seebregts, Chris
 
	- Senekal, Marjanne
 
	- September, Alison
 
	- Shamley, Delva
 
	- Shey, Muki Shehu
 
	- Sinxadi, Phumla
 
	- Sliwa-Hahnle, Karen
 
	- Stassen, Willem
 
	- Swart, Jeroen
 
	- Thomford, Nicholas
 
	- Vanker, Aneesa
 
	- Van Wyk, Jacqueline (Jacky)
 
	- Van Zyl-Smit, Richard
 
	- Von Pressentin, Klaus
 
	- Wiesner, Joachim Lubbe
 
	- Wilmshurst, Jo
 
	- Yssel, Ansie
 
	- Zilla, Peter
 
	- Zühlke, Liesl
 
Faculty of Humanities
	- Adhikari, Mohamed
 
	- Arnold, Markus
 
	- Boonzaier, Floretta
 
	- Bosch, Tanja
 
	- Bruinders, Sylvia
 
	- Brundrit, Jean
 
	- Burger, Barbara
 
	- Cochrane, Jim
 
	- Cooper, Linda
 
	- Coovadia, Imraan
 
	- Cornille, Jean-Louis
 
	- Crankshaw, Owen
 
	- Dessi, Ugo
 
	- Evans, Martha
 
	- Hardman, Joanne
 
	- Hattingh, Annemarie
 
	- Haupt, Adam
 
	- Hoadley, Ursula
 
	- Ismail, Salma
 
	- Josephy, Svea
 
	- Kaminer, Debbie
 
	- Kelly, Jane
 
	- Lipinska, Malgorzata
 
	- Long, Wahbie
 
	- Loots, Sonja
 
	- Makhubu, Nomusa
 
	- Masango, Charles
 
	- McKinney, Carolyn
 
	- Moore, Elena
 
	- Morreira, Shannon
 
	- Murris, Karin
 
	- Ndlovu, Musawenkozi
 
	- Ng'ambi, Dick
 
	- Nyamnjoh, Francis
 
	- Ouma, Christopher
 
	- Pentecost, Michelle
 
	- Porcu, Elisabetta
 
	- Prinsloo, Mastin
 
	- Raju, Jayarani
 
	- Raju, Reggie (Rajandren)
 
	- Ross, Fiona
 
	- Rossi, Michael
 
	- Sandmeier, Rebekka
 
	- Saunders, Chris
 
	- Schrieff-Brown, Leigh
 
	- Shaikh, Sa'diyya
 
	- Shain, Milton
 
	- Shongwe, Mzwandile Muzi
 
	- Tayob, Abdulkader
 
	- Toska, Elona
 
	- Tredoux, Colin
 
	- van der Schijff, Johann
 
	- Ward, Catherine
 
	- Wardle, David
 
	- Wild, Lauren
 
	- Young, Sandra
 
Faculty of Law
	- Barnard-Naude, Jaco
 
	- Boonzaier, Leo
 
	- Chirwa, Danwood
 
	- Darch, Colin
 
	- Du Toit, Francois
 
	- Louw, Michelle
 
	- Mosaka, Tshepo
 
	- Mostert, Hanri
 
	- Murcott, Melanie
 
	- Ncube, Caroline
 
	- Ordor, Ada
 
	- Osman, Fatima
 
	- Titus, Afton
 
	- Woolaver, Hannah
 
Faculty of Science
	- Abiodun, Babatunde
 
	- Abrahams, Miengah
 
	- Ackermann, Rebekka
 
	- Altieri, Katye
 
	- Altwegg, Res
 
	- Amar, Arjun
 
	- Anderson, Pippin
 
	- Blyth, Sarah
 
	- Bolton, John
 
	- Bordy, Emese
 
	- Bourne, Susan
 
	- Caira, Mino
 
	- Casini, Giovanni
 
	- Chavula, Josiah
 
	- Chimphango, Samson
 
	- Chirikure, Shadreck
 
	- Cole, Katie
 
	- Crespo, Olivier
 
	- Cunningham, Susan
 
	- Daya, Shari
 
	- De la Cruz-Dombriz, Alvaro
 
	- De Moor, Carryn
 
	- Diener, Johann
 
	- Dietel, Thomas
 
	- Dominguez, Cesareo
 
	- Driver, Kathy
 
	- Dunsby, Peter
 
	- February, Edmund
 
	- Gain, James
 
	- Gillson, Lindsey
 
	- Govender, Romala
 
	- Gridley, Teresa
 
	- Groot, Paul
 
	- Gumedze, Freedom
 
	- Haines, Linda
 
	- Hapgood, Janet
 
	- Haque, Shajid
 
	- Harris, Chris
 
	- Hawkins, HEIDI
 
	- Hitzeroth, Inga
 
	- Hoffman, Timm
 
	- Holden, Petra
 
	- Howarth, Geoffrey
 
	- Huggett, Jenny
 
	- Hutton, Tanya
 
	- Illing, Nicola
 
	- Ingle, Rob
 
	- Janion-Scheepers, Charlene
 
	- Janney, Phil
 
	- Keaveney, James
 
	- Keet, Maria
 
	- Klak, Cornelia
 
	- Kuttel, Michelle
 
	- Le Roux, Petrus
 
	- Leadbeater, Thomas
 
	- Lennard, Christopher
 
	- Luyt, Julie
 
	- Makhado, Azwianewi Benedict
 
	- Marais, Patrick
 
	- Marchetti, Lucia
 
	- Marco, Heather
 
	- Meyers, Paul
 
	- Meyers, Ann
 
	- Midgley, Jeremy
 
	- Moodley, Deshendran
 
	- Muasya, Muthama
 
	- Nassimbeni, Luigi
 
	- Nitschke, Geoff
 
	- Odoulami, Romaric
 
	- O'Farrell, Patrick
 
	- Oliver, Clive
 
	- O'Ryan, Colleen
 
	- Patel, Zarina
 
	- Parkington, John
 
	- Petersen, Wade
 
	- Peterson, Steve
 
	- Pinto, Izidine
 
	- Pisano, Daniel Joseph
 
	- Quiros, Diego
 
	- Rafudeen, Mohamed Suhail
 
	- Rakotonirainy, Rosephine
 
	- Ramutsindela, Maano
 
	- Russo, Francesco
 
	- Schauerte, Anneliese
 
	- Sealy, Judith
 
	- Shannon, Lynne
 
	- Silal, Sheetal Prakash
 
	- Simpson, Nicholas
 
	- Singh, Vinayak
 
	- Skokos, Haris
 
	- Slingsby, Jasper
 
	- Sloan, Alastair
 
	- Smith, Greg
 
	- Stynder, Deano
 
	- Taylor, Andrew
 
	- Robert Thomson
 
	- Vaccari, Mattia
 
	- Varzinczak, Ivan
 
	- Veale, Clinton
 
	- Verboom, Tony
 
	- Vichi, Marcello
 
	- Von Holdt, Johanna
 
	- West, Adam
 
	- Wiggins, Harry
 
	- Wolski, Piotr
 
	- Woudt, Patrick
 
	- Wynberg, Rachel
 
	- Yacoob, Sahal
 
	- Ziervogel, Gina