Current Students
PhD students
| Name | University |
|---|---|
| Lennart Heino | UCT |
| Fabio Luchsinger | UWC |
| Okkert Havenga | UCT |
| Fernando Ventura | UP |
Masters Students
| Name | University |
|---|---|
| Boikhutso Mabala | UWC |
| Heinrich van Deventer | UP |
| Stefro Millard | UP |
Graduated Students from IDIA Partner Universities
PhD students
| Name | University | Year | Where now? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Kerry Paterson | UCT | 2018 | Euclid Calibration Support Scientist (Germany) |
| Dr Emmanuel Ocran | UCT | 2020 | Postdoctoral Fellow (South Korea) |
| Dr Takalani Marubini | UWC | 2021 | |
| Dr Julia Healy | UCT | 2021 | Support Scientist, UK SRC |
| Dr Nikki Pekeur | UCT | 2023 | Test Engineer (the Netherlands) |
| Dr Charissa Button | UP | 2024 | SARAO Postdoctoral Fellow (UP) |
| Dr Simon de Wet | UCT | 2024 | Postdoctoral Fellow (Denmark) |
| Dr Sambatra Rajohnson | UCT | 2024 | Postdoctoral Fellow (Italy) |
| Dr Thato Manamela | UP | 2025 | SARAO Postdoctoral Fellow (UP) |
| Dr Brandon Engelbrecht | UWC | 2025 | Software developer (industry) |
| Dr Alex Sivitilli | UCT | 2025 | Postdoctoral Fellow (UK) |
| Dr Tariq Blecher | UP | 2025 | Data Scientist (SARAO) |
Masters Students
| Name | University | Year | Where now? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wathela Alhassan | UCT | 2018 | PhD student (Poland) |
| Modisha Tladi | UWC | 2019 | Senior Associate (Industry) |
| Narusha Isaacs | UWC | 2020 | PhD student (UWC), IDIA data analyst |
| Tristan Lambert | UCT | 2020 | Postdoctoral Fellow (Australia) |
| Kyle Harrison | UCT | 2020 | Data scientist (industry) |
| Solomon Kapfunde | UCT | 2021 | Library ICT (UWC) |
| Micaela Menegaldo | UP | 2021 | Software engineer (industry) |
| Xola Ndaliso | UWC | 2021 | PhD student (Wits) |
| Junaid Townsend | UWC | 2021 | PhD student (UWC) |
| Wanga Mulaudzi | UCT | 2021 | Data engineering consultant (industry) |
| Thato Manamela | UP | 2021 | PhD student (UP), Postdoctoral Fellow (UP) |
| Sriram Sankar | UCT | 2022 | PhD student (Australia) |
| Jacques Smulders | UP | 2022 | PhD student (Wits) |
| Leon Mtshweni | UP | 2022 | Data scientist (industry) / UP PhD student |
| Shilpa Ranchod | UP | 2022 | PhD student (Germany) |
| Aphiwe Bangiso | UCT | 2022 | Software developer (industry) |
| Timothy Roelf | UCT | 2022 | Data analyst (industry) |
| Robert Lees | UCT | 2022 | Data analyst (industry) |
| Mpendulo Sibiya | UWC | 2022 | Data analyst (SARAO) |
| Karina Santana | UP | 2022 | PhD student (Wits) |
| Kabelo Malapane | UWC | 2022 | Machine learning scientist (industry) |
| Fernando Ventura | UP | 2023 | PhD student (UP) |
| Mosima Masipa | UWC | 2023 | PhD student (UWC) |
| Daniel Johnson | UCT | 2023 | PhD student (France) |
| Nathan Peters | UCT/UvA | 2023 | |
| Duncan Tilley | UP | 2023 | Software engineer (industry) |
| Chaka Mofokeng | UWC | 2023 | Cloud support engineer (industry) |
| Lwandile Gwebushe | UWC | 2023 | PhD student (Rhodes) |
| Nadia Steyn | UCT | 2023 | Software engineer (ICRAR, Australia) |
| Isaac Magolego | UP | 2023 | PhD Student (Wits) |
| Walter Silima | UWC | 2023 | IDIA Astronomy support scientist |
| Sumari Faul | UCT | 2024 | PhD student (Germany) |
| Moses Mlangeni | UCT | 2024 | PhD student (UCT) |
| Reikantseone Diretse | UCT | 2024 | Data analyst at IDIA |
| Tilman Oelgeschlager | UCT | 2024 | PhD student (Germany) |
| Jade Lindsay Petersen | UWC | 2024 | Data analyst (industry) |
| Henco Arlow | UCT | 2024 | PhD student (UCT) |
| Martin Shanobe | UCT | 2024 | PhD student (UCT) |
| Boaz Gi | UCT | 2024 | Software developer (industry) |
| Toivo Samuel Mabote | UP | 2024 | PhD student (Rhodes) |
| Mikhail de Villiers | UCT | 2024 | PhD student (UCT) |
| Koketso Mohale | UWC | 2023 | PhD student (UWC) |
| Andrew Firth | UCT | 2024 | PhD student (Rhodes) |
| Michaela van Zyl | UCT | 2025 | Visualisation Software Engineer (IDIA) |