Loyiso Nongxa
Loyiso Nongxa | |
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Rayuwa | |
Haihuwa | Indwe (en) , 22 Oktoba 1953 (71 shekaru) |
ƙasa | Afirka ta kudu |
Karatu | |
Makaranta |
Balliol College (en) Jami'ar Fort Hare |
Harsuna | Turanci |
Sana'a | |
Sana'a | masanin lissafi |
Employers |
Jami'ar Witwatersrand Faculty of Science (en) (1 ga Maris, 2013 - 31 Disamba 2018) |
Kyaututtuka |
Loyiso Nongxa masani ne a fannin lissafin ɗan ƙasar Afirka ta Kudu, shugaban Gidauniyar Bincike ta ƙasa ta Afirka ta Kudu (NRF) kuma tsohon Mataimakin Shugaban Jami'ar Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Wits). [1]
Rayuwar farko da ilimi
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]An haifi Nongxa a ranar 22 ga Oktoba 1953 [2] a Mhlanga kusa da Lady Frere, Eastern Cape a lokacin da ake Transkei. Duk iyayensa ƙwararrun malamai ne, kuma mahaifinsa shugaban makaranta ne, duk da cewa mahaifiyarsa ta kasance a gida don renon iyali. Nongxa ya yi kyau a makaranta, kuma ya yi karatu daga Kwalejin Healdtown tare da bambanci a matsayin babban ɗalibin matric a Afirka ta Kudu a shekarar 1972.[3] An karɓi Nongxa a Jami'ar Fort Hare (UFH) bayan haka, kuma ya sami BSc (Hons) a cikin shekarar 1976. Yayin da yake UFH, ya kuma taka leda a rukunin rugby na "Baa-bas" na Jami'ar. Bayan samun MSc daga UFH a cikin shekarar 1978, ya zama ƙwararren ɗan Afirka ta Kudu baƙar fata Rhodes, kuma ya sami D.Phil daga Jami'ar Oxford a shekara ta 1982, [3] inda yake riƙe da taken Honorary Fellow ( Kwalejin Balliol ).
Aikin ilimi
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Nongxa ya karantar da ilimin lissafi a UFH, Jami'ar Ƙasa ta Lesotho, Jami'ar Natal da Jami'ar Western Cape (UWC). A UWC, ya riƙe muƙamin Farfesa na Lissafi, sannan aka naɗa shi shugaban tsangayar kimiyyar halitta. Ya kuma kasance masanin bincike mai ziyara a jami'o'in Colorado, Harvard, Connecticut, Hawaii, da Baylor.[3]
An naɗa shi Mataimakin Mataimakin Shugaban Bincike a Wits a cikin watan Oktoba 2000, kuma Mataimakin Shugaban Makarantar a watan Afrilu 2002. Bayan murabus ɗin Farfesa Norma Reid Birley a watan Nuwamba 2002, ya zama Mataimakin Mataimakin Shugaban Jami'ar kuma Shugaban Jami'ar. [3] Daga nan ne Majalisar Jami’ar ta tantance shi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda za su yi takarar Mataimakin Shugaban Jami’ar, sannan a ranar 19 ga watan Mayu 2003 Majalisar ta naɗa shi Mataimakin Shugaban Jami’ar. [4] [5] Nongxa shi ne bakar fata na farko Mataimakin Shugaban jami'ar Wits.[4] Adam Habib ne ya gaje shi a matsayin mataimakin shugaban jami'a a ranar 1 ga watan Yuni 2013.
Bayan matsayinsa a jami'o'i, Nongxa ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin memba na Kwamitin Zaɓen Siyarwa na Rhodes, Kwamitin Bincike na SAUVCA da wasu Gidauniyar Bincike ta ƙasa na kwamitocin Afirka ta Kudu. Tun da ya bar Wits ya hau kujerar Shugaban Hukumar NRF. [3]
An zaɓi Nongxa Mataimakin Shugaban Kungiyar Lissafi ta Duniya a watan Yulin 2018.
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- ↑ Biography of Professor Loyiso G. Nongxa[permanent dead link], from Wits University website, retrieved 2 January 2012
- ↑ Mathematicians of the African Diaspora, retrieved 3 January 2012
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Southern African Regional Universities Association, WITS Vice Chancellor: Prof. Loyiso Nongxa, retrieved 2 January 2012
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Johannesburg News Agency, "New vice-chancellor for Wits", retrieved 2 January 2012
- ↑ Johannesburg News Agency, "Wits to appoint new vice-chancellor", retrieved 2 January 2012