The eleven research chairs in the Faculty of Science The South African Research Chair in Mathematical and Theoretical Physical Biosciences Prof. Cang Hui, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Mathematics Division The South African Research Chair in Nano-structured Functional Materials Prof. Len Barbour, Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science The South African Research Chair on Advanced Macromolecular Architectures Prof. Bert Klumperman, Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science SASOL Research Chair in Analytical Polymer Science Prof. Harald Pasch, Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science The South African Research Chair in Experimental Petrology Prof. Gary Stevens, Department of Earth Sciences The South African Research Chair: Photonics – Ultrafast and Ultra intense Laser Science Prof. Heinrich Schwoerer, Department of Physics CSIR Research Chair in Quantum, Optical and Atomic Physics Dr. Hermann Uys, Department of Physics/CSIR The South African research Chair in Biofuels and Other Clean Alternative Fuels Prof. Emile van Zyl, Department of Microbiology The ERWAT Research Chair in Wastewater Management Prof. Gideon Wolfaardt, SU Water Institute The South African Research Chair in Mechanistic Modelling of Health and Epidemiology Prof. Jacky Snoep, Department of Biochemistry The South African Researh Chair in integrated skeletal muscle physiology, biology, and biotechnology Prof. Kathy Myburgh, Department of Physiological Sciences 2015-2016