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Name: Chris Curtis
Location: D3 Lab 328 Auckland Park Kingsway Campus
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Tel: +27 (0) 11 559 4745
Email: cjcurtis@uj.ac.za
About Prof Chris Curtis
Chris Curtis is a professor of physical geography in the Department of Geography, Environmental Management and Energy Studies at UJ. He is a biogeochemist, palaeolimnologist and field scientist interested mainly in environmental change in aquatic systems. His research has focussed primarily on the impacts of water and air pollution as well as climate change on wetlands, lakes and streams from Africa to the Arctic. His current research looks at the multiple pressures on aquatic systems in Southern Africa, including acid mine drainage, eutrophication, climate change, atmospheric deposition, aquatic invasive species and feedbacks into greenhouse gas emissions. More recently he has been exploring the potential roles of community activism and citizen science in the monitoring, protection and stewardship of threatened aquatic resources.
Recent Publications
Curtis, C.J., Rose, N.L., Yang, H., Turner, S.D., Langerman, K.E., Fitchett, J.M., Milner, A.M., Kabba, A., Shilland, J. (2024) Contamination of depressional wetlands in the Mpumalanga Lake District of South Africa near a global emission hotspot. Science of the Total Environment 938, 173493. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173493
Fitchett, J.M., Holmes, J.A., Dahms-Verster, S., Curtis, C.J., Mackay, A.W. (2024) Spatial Variability in Stable Isotopes from Lesotho Surface Waters: Insights into Regional Moisture. Climate Dynamics 62, 3417-3430. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-023-07073-2
Levin, J., Woodford, D, Curtis, C.J. (2024) A nested multi-spatial scale assessment of land-use stress on water quality in headwater streams in the Platinum Belt, South Africa. Science of the Total Environment 927, 172180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172180
Makwinja, R., Inagaki, Y., Tesfamichael, S., Curtis, C.J. (2024) Novel methods for monitoring low chlorophyll-a concentrations in the large, oligotrophic Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa (LMNN). Journal of Environmental Management 364, 121462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121462
Makwinja, R., Curtis, C.J., Tesfamichael, S. (2024) Vulnerability of Ecosystem Services and Functions of Elephant Marsh, Malawi, to Land Use and Land Cover Change. Wetlands 44:102.
Curtis, C.J., Rose, N.L., Khanzada, T., Turner, S., Yang, H., Humphries, M. (2023) Anthropocene environmental change in an overlooked South African lake: Mountain Lake, Matatiele, Eastern Cape. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 78, 45-66. https://doi.org/10.1080/0035919X.2023.2177361
Dlamini, V., O’Brien, G., Samson, M., Curtis, C. (2023) Co-opting small scale fishers’ knowledge with scientific data to improve understanding of fish community structures in the Lower Komati River. Marine and Freshwater Research. 74(2), 111-124. https://doi.org/10.1071/MF22169
Omo-Okoro, P.N. Adeiga, O.I., Velempini, T., Prabakaran E., Curtis, C.J. Pillay, K. (2023) Nickel ion removal from aqueous media using polyaniline-macadamia nutshells and its reuse for photodegradation of orange 2 dye. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 20, 8655-8672. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-022-04527-8
Omo-Okoro, P.N., Curtis, C.J., Emenike, C. (2023) Current trends in wood preservation with emphasis on approaches for the remediation of soils contaminated with pentachlorophenol and creosote. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 23, 4788-4804. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42729-023-01522-x
Mompati, M.K., Piketh, S.J., Aas, W., Van Zyl, P.G.. Pienaar, J.J. and Curtis, C.J. (2022) Rainwater chemistry and total deposition of acidity from the northern savanna to the southern coastal fynbos of South Africa. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 233(7), 1-18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11270-022-05714-6
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