Experts at the Conference: Stefan Grab

School of Geography, Arch. & Enviro. Studies
University of the Witwatersrand
P/Bag 3
WITS 2050
South Africa
    

Education Background
1998: Ph.D. awarded from the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg. Thesis Title: n Evaluation of the Periglacial Morphology in the High Drakensberg and Associated Environmental Implications
           
Main professional Experience
2000 - Nominee for the University “Excellence in Teaching” award.
2001 - Promoted to Senior Lecturer in Geography & Environmental Studies
2005 – Promoted to Associate Professor in Geography & Environmental Studies
        
Field of expertise
Periglacial geomorphology and climate change analysis in African Mountain Environments
           
Main research activities
1995 : Mount Kenya, Kenya, periglacial geomorphology, slope geomorphology and Quaternary environmental change.
1996 : Sub-Antarctic Marion Island with the South African National Antarctic Programme
1998 :Simien and Bale Mountains, Ethiopia, periglacial geomorphology and Quaternary environmental change.
1998 to present: Past and present environmental change in Lesotho
1998 to 2000 : High Altitude Environmental Change Analysis over East Africa -
1999 to 2000 : Setting up an air temperature monitoring programme in the high Drakensberg for future climate change analysis.
2005: Geoecology projects in the ‘Rock and Pillar’ and ‘Old Man’ Ranges, South Island New Zealand.
2006 onwards : Assessing 19th century climate change in Lesotho based on documentary evidence.
2007 onwards : Establishing a snow disaster risk potential map for Lesotho based on spatial analysis and  change analysis of snow occurrence (Remote Sensing).