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Aubreya Adams
Ph. D. Structural Seismology Candidate, The Pennsylvania State University
USA
Thesis Title: Earthquate Distribution in the Zagros Mountains, and Crust and Upper Mantle Structure in Southern and Eastern Africa
Advisor: Prof. Andrew Nyblade
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Email: ana136@psu.edu
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Nada Ahmed Nada Ahmed
Ph.D.. Degree Candidate, University of the Witwatersrand
Sudan
Thesis Title: Crustal Structure of Sudan
Advisor: Prof. Andrew Nyblade and Prof. Ray Durrheim
Sponsor: Schlumberger
Email: nada_ahmed99@hotmail.com
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Mayshree Bejaichund (Singh)
M.S. Degree Candidate, University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa
Thesis Title: Assessing the potential for earthquake generated ground motion
Advisor: Prof. Paul Dirks and Prof. A.K. Kijko
Sponsor: National Research Foundation and Council for Geoscience
Email: Mayshree@geoscience.org.za
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Beyene Binyam Beyene
Ph.D. Degree Candidate, University of the Witwatersrand
Ethiopia
Thesis Title: Source Mechanism of Mine Induced Earthqukes from
Carltonville Mining District, South Africa Using Amplitude-Spectra
Moment tensor inversion
Advisor: Prof. Ray Durrheim
Sponsor:
Email: binyam.beyene@students.wits.ac.za
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Martin Brandt
Ph.D. Degree Candidate, University of the Witwatersrand and University of Texas-Austin
USA
Thesis Title: Imaging the African Superplume using AfricaArray broadband seismic data
Advisor: Prof. Steve Grand (University of Texas), Prof. Gordon Cooper and Prof. Ray Durrheim
Sponsor: National Science Foundation and Council for Geoscience
Email: martinb@geoscience.org.za
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Elizabeth M. Desser
M.S. Structural Seismology Candidate, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Thesis Title: Using shear-wave splitting and ambient noise tomography to investigate the crust and upper mantle structure of eastern and southern Africa
Advisor: Prof. Andrew Nyblade
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Email: emd214@psu.edu

Michelle Grobbelaar
M.S. Degree Candidate, University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa
Thesis Title: Blast measurements and Interpretation
Advisor: Prof. Arthur Cichowicz and Prof. Ray Durrheim
Sponsor: National Research Foundation and Council for Geoscience
Email: michelle@geoscience.org.za
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Zibusiso Gumede
Ph.D. Degree Candidate, University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa
Thesis Title: Interpretation Techniques for Potential Field Methods in Africa
Advisor: Prof. Ray Durrheim and Prof. Paul Dirks
Sponsor: National Research Foundation
Email: Zibusiso.Gumede@wits.ac.za
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Havenga Marinda Havenga
M.S. Degree Candidate, University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa
Thesis Title: A structural analysis of the geophysical relationship between linear features and plug-like bodies of sheets 2229ab and 2229ad in the Limpopo Province, South Africa
Advisor: Prof. Sue Webb and Prof. Jay Barton
Sponsor: Council for Geoscience
Email: marindah@geoscience.org.za
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Celeste Johnson
M.S. Degree Candidate, University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa
Thesis Title: Wavelet and semblance analysis of geophysical borehole data from the Bushveld Complex
Advisor: Prof. Sue Webb, Prof. Gordon Cooper and Prof. Fabio Frescura
Sponsor: National Research Foundation
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Kgarume 75 Thabang Kgarume
M.S. Degree Candidate, University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa
Thesis Title: Mine aftershocks and implications for seismic hazard assessment
Advisor: Prof. Steve Spottiswoode (CSIR); Prof. Ray Durrheim
Sponsor: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Email: tkgarume@csir.co.za
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Eldridge Kgaswane
Ph.D. Degree Candidate, University of the Witwatersrand and Penn State University
South Africa
Thesis Title: Crustal and upper mantle structure in southern Africa from modeling receiver functions and surface wave dispersion
Advisor: Prof. Andrew Nyblade
Sponsor: National Science Foundation and Council for Geoscience
Email: ekgaswane@geoscience.org.za
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  David Khosa
M.S. Degree Candidate, University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa
Thesis Title:
Advisor: Prof. Alan Jones
Sponsor: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies; Southern African Magnetotelluric Experiment (SAMTEX)
Email: snowk@dbsa.org
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Tarzan Kwadiba
Ph.D. Degree Candidate, University of the Witwatersrand
Botswana
Thesis Title: Determination of the structure of the southern African lithosphere by the tomographic inversion of body wave arrival times
Advisor: Prof Ray Durrheim and Prof. David James
Sponsor: Botswana Geological Survey, the Kellogg Foundation and National Science Foundation
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Ledwaba Lesiba Ledwaba
M.S. Degree Candidate, University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa
Thesis Title: Seismic damage mechanism at Impala Platinum Mines
Advisor: Prof. Steve Spottiswoode (CSIR) and Prof. Ray Durrheim
Sponsor: Impala Platinum
Email: Lesiba.ledwaba@implats.co.za
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Letticia Loots

Letticia Loots
M.S. Degree Candidate, University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa
Thesis Title: Processing and interpretation of a reflection seismic profile across the Cape Fold Belt
Advisor:Prof. Michael Weber (GFZ Germany) and Prof. Ray Durrheim
Sponsor: Council for Geoscience and Inkaba Ye Afrika
Email: lloots@geoscience.org.za
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Azangi Mangongolo
M.S. Degree Candidate, University of the Witwatersrand
D.R. Congo
Thesis Title: 3-D surface wave tomography of the SW block of the Congo Craton
Advisor: Prof. Andrew Nyblade and Prof. Ray Durrheim
Sponsor: AA Congo Craton Project, BHP Billiton, De Beers, Rio Tinto
Email: amangongolo@mme.gov.na
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  Musa Manzi
M.S. Degree Candidate, University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa
Thesis Title: Interpretation of 3D Vibroseis data from the Carletonville goldfield, Witwatersrand Basin
Advisor: Prof. Ray Durrheim and Prof. Kim Kein
Sponsor: Gold Fields Mining
Email: doctorphys@yahoo.com
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  Kudzanayi Mgodi
M.S. Degree Candidate, University of the Witwatersrand
Zimbabwe
Thesis Title: African Plate Project
Advisor: Prof. Paul Dirks and Prof. Guy Charlesworth
Sponsor:
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Isaac Mulamba Isaac Mulamba
M.S. Degree Candidate, University of the Witwatersrand
D.R. Congo
Thesis Title: Seismic velocity structure of the crust and upper mantle in Sudan
Adivsor: Prof. Ray Durrheim, Prof. Andrew Nyblade
Sponsor: Congo Craton Project
Email: isaac.mulamba@gmail.com
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Gabriel Daudi Mulibo
Ph.D. Degree Candidate, Penn State University
Tanzania
Thesis Title: Seismicity and lithospheric structure in Tanzania
Advisor: Prof. Andrew Nyblade
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Email: gdm135@psu.edu
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  Richard Munyai
M.S. Degree Candidate, University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa
Thesis Title: Structural controls and 3-D geometry of gold mineralization at Consort Gold Mine and along the northern margin of the Archaean Barberton Greenstone Belt, Barbeton
Advisor: Prof. Paul Dirks
Sponsor: National Research Foundation
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a Angela (Mouse) Marie Reusch
Ph. D. Structural Seismology Candidate, The Pennsylvania State University
USA
Thesis Title: Investigating the upper mantle structure beneath Cameroon and Antarctica
Advisor: Prof. Andrew Nyblade
Sponsor: National Sciene Foundation
Email: aml301@ psu.edu
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Rouse Stewart Rouse
M.S. Degree Candidate, The Pennsylvania State University
USA
Thesis Title: Sn and Pn velocity structure of the Ethiopian upper mantle
Advisor: Prof. Andrew Nyblade
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Email: sdr171@psu.edu
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  Pieter-Ewald Share
M.S. Degree Candidate, University of the Witwatersrand
Thesis Title:
Advisor: Prof. Alan Jones and Prof. Sue Webb
Sponsor: Southern African Magnetotelluric Experiment (SAMTEX), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and National Research Foundation
Email: 204005523@nmmu.ac.za
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Getachew Ebuy Tedla
Ph.D. Candidate, International Training Center, Enschede University
Ethiopia
Thesis Title: Gravity and African Tectonics
Advisor: Mark van der Meijde
Sponsor: International Training Center
Email: tedla@itc.nl
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Fred Tugume
Ph.D. Degree Candidate, The Pennsylvania State University
Uganda
Thesis Title: Crust and upper mantle structure of the western branch of the East African rift system
Adivsor: Prof. Andrew Nyblade
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Email: fat108@psu.edu
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tuluka George Mavonga Tuluka
Ph.D. Degree Candidate, University of the Witwatersrand
D. R. Congo
Thesis Title: Geohazard assessment for Democratic Republic of Congo and the surrounding areas, Western Rift Valley of Africa
Advisor: Ray Durrheim
Sponsor: Belgium Technical Cooperation Agency
Email: mavotul@yahoo.fr
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  Jose Maria Wanassi
M.S. Degree Candidate, University of the Witwatersrand
Angola
Thesis Title: Seismicity and seismic hazard in Angola
Advisor: Prof. Paul Dirks, Prof. Ray Durrheim and Prof. Andrew Nyblade
Sponsor: AA Congo Craton Project, BHP Billiton, DeBeers, Rio Tinto
Email:
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