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Deputy HOD: Research
Name: Siyabonga Majola
Location: John Orr Building 7156 Doornfontein Campus
Physics Academic Staff Staff Members
Contact Details:
Tel: 011 559 6008
Email: smajola@uj.ac.za
About Dr. Siyabonga Majola
Fields of Specialisation: Nuclear Physics, Nuclear Structure Physics, Applied Radiation Science and Physics Education.
NRF rating: C2
Publications: https://inspirehep.net/literature?sort=mostrecent&size=25&page=1&q=S.N.T%20Majola
Scopus h index:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_works&hl=en&user=KwAykaYAAAAJ
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=35520152900
Recent Research Highlights:
- Developed successful research programs on the “Investigation of low-lying collective states in the transitional rare earth region”.
- Has authored and co-authored over 30 research papers in some of the leading international peer-reviewed journals [such as Physical Review C (Impact Factor=3.1), European Physical Journal A (IF=2.6), Physics Letters B (IF=4.4) and Physics Review letters (IF=9.16)] and over 15 peer-reviewed conference proceedings. The majority of these research outputs have resulted from numerous international (atleast 70%) and local collaborations. He has a Google scholar h-index of 13 citations.
- Successfully trained 11 MSc students to completion who were registered at the Universities of Western Cape, Zululand and Johannesburg.
- Ten of the 11 candidates completed their MSc projects in record time and 7 candidates have proceeded to do their PhDs.
- Recently supervised and co-supervised two PhD students to completion.
- Currently supervising and co-supervising 4 PhD and 4 MSc students.
- Recently invited to join one of the leading nuclear physics journals, namely the European Physical Journal A (EPJA), as a reviewer.
- Recently published a “review” article {EPJA 55: 15 (2019)} they recently (2019) at the “invitation” of the European Physical Journal.