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Project	Supervisor		Affiliation	Node
Re-checking the orientational isotropy of astrophysical binaries	Rob	Fender	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT)
A tale of a bent-tail radio galaxy	Zara	Randriamanakoto	South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO)	(UCT) (UKZN) (NWU)
Super-orbital modulation of the Be disc in LS I +61 303	Itumeleng	Monageng	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT)
Long-term Be disc structural study of Be X-ray binaries using MeerLICHT and SALT	Itumeleng	Monageng	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT)
Studying HI properties of some of the lowest mass galaxies.	D.J.	Pisano	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT)
Commensal Searches of Radio Transient in the field of UGCA320	Zwidofhela	Khangale	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT)
Simulations of giant radio galaxies	Jacinta	Delhaize	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT)
Characterising radio emission high-redshift (z > 4) AGN with MIGHTEE-MOONS	Sthabile	Kolwa	University of South Africa (Unisa)	(UCT) (UKZN) (NWU)
Influence of Vegetation on Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensor Soil Moisture Measurements	Katlego	Moloto	North-West University (NWU)	(NWU)
Feeding and Feedback in the Cosmic Web	D.J.	Pisano	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT)
The evolution of the 21 cm emission from the intergalactic medium in the 6 < z < 200 range	Oleg	Smirnov	Rhodes University (RU)	(UCT)
Identifying HI-Selected Galaxy Groups in the LADUMA Field	Abhisek	Mohapatra	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT)
Galaxy Cluster Mergers in X-ray and Radio: A Comparative Analysis	Swarna	Chatterjee	Rhodes University (RU)	(UCT) (UKZN) (NWU)
Studying the radio properties of an MGCLS galaxy cluster	Kenda	Knowles	Rhodes University (RU)	(UCT) (UKZN) (NWU)
Studying anomalous radio emission in MERGHERS images	Kenda	Knowles	Rhodes University (RU)	(UCT) (UKZN) (NWU)
Synthetic HI Line Observations of Simulated Galaxies using Simba-C and MARTINI	Renier	Hough	North-West University (NWU)	(UCT) (UKZN) (NWU)
Investigating the Stellar Mg/Fe Trends in Group and Cluster Central Galaxies Using the Simba-C Cosmological Simulation	Renier	Hough	North-West University (NWU)	(UCT) (UKZN) (NWU)
Testing and Integrating a New SALT Acquisition Camera	Lisa	Crause	South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO)	(UCT)
Multi-Wavelength and Radio Studies of Star-Forming Galaxies and AGN	Lucia	Marchetti	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT)
Characterizing Ionized Gas and HI properties of Nearby Galaxies	Moses	Mogotsi	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT) (NWU)

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Project	Supervisor		Affiliation	Node
Data Science in Astronomy Tourism	Catherine	Cress	University of South Africa (Unisa)	(UCT) (UKZN) (NWU)
The Clustering of Galaxy Clusters	Catherine	Cress	University of South Africa (Unisa)	(UCT) (UKZN) (NWU)
Measurement of the DESI Galaxy cluster bulk velocity with kSZ Signals from ACTPol Data Release 4	Mthokozisi	Mdlalose	University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN)	(UKZN)
CHARACTERISING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF A2626 GALAXIES	Sarah	Blyth	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT)
Machine Learning for Enhanced Lightcurve Classification	Rudi	Kuhn	South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO)	(UCT)
Atypical radio galaxies from the ROGUE I catalogue	Zara	Randriamanakoto	South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO)	(UCT)
The SC2RG Survey: investigating blue stellar clumps in a sample of collisional ring galaxies	Zara	Randriamanakoto	South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO)	(UCT)
Simulating the Structure and Stability of Relativistic Neutron Stars	Bishop	Mongwane	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT) (UKZN) (NWU)
Long-term optical monitoring of Be-white dwarf binaries with SALT and MeerLICHT	Itumeleng	Monageng	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT)
Modelling polarization from RMHD simulations	Izak	van der Westhuizen	University of the Free State (UFS)	(UCT) (UKZN) (NWU)
Disentangling the emission mechanisms of blazars	Brian	van Soelen	University of the Free State (UFS)	(UCT) (UKZN) (NWU)
Searching for Parity Violation in the Planck Full-Sky CMB Maps	Martin	Bucher	Stellenbosch University (SUN)	(UCT)
Searching for low-frequency radio-synchrotron emission from the filaments of the Cosmic Web with NenuFAR	Kshitij	Thorat	University of Pretoria (UP)	(UCT)
Diffuse environments of Bent-tailed radio galaxies	Kshitij	Thorat	University of Pretoria (UP)	(UCT)
Study of crustal and surface magnetic field of radio pulsars	Subharthi	Ray	University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN)	(UCT) (UKZN) (NWU)
Atmospheric Correction Factor Development for Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensor Soil Moisture Measurements	Katlego	Moloto	North-West University (NWU)	(NWU)
Revisiting Lorentz-factor constraints in blazars and gamma-ray bursts based on polarization-dependent gamma-gamma absorption	Markus	Boettcher	North-West University (NWU)	(NWU)
Feeding and Feedback in the Cosmic Web	D.J.	Pisano	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT)
Determining radio halo/mini-halo upper limits for MGCLS	Kenda	Knowles	Rhodes University (RU)	(UCT) (UKZN) (NWU)
Observations of the Epoch of Reionization with Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (HERA)	Oleg	Smirnov	Rhodes University (RU)	(UCT)