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The Department of Botany at the Nelson Mandela University is recognized for its outstanding academic programmes and research contributions in the fields of marine botany particularly surf-diatom dynamics, seaweed mariculture, pelagic and estuarine microalgae and saltmarsh ecology. The department prides itself with close research collaboration with other departments in the Life, Earth, Environmental and Agricultural Sciences Cluster including a number of research entities (e.g. Ocean Science & African Centre for Coastal-Palaeoscience). The department has well-equipped teaching and research laboratories as well as off-road vehicles, and both estuarine and coastal research vessels, to support fieldwork. Research infrastructure includes a newly acquired electronic micromanipulator microscope in the newly established Palynology research laboratory as well as the high-resolution transmission electronic microscope (HRTEM) housed in Physics department also available for research use. There are GIS platforms and other research-related equipment and facilities that are available for use by staff and postgraduate students. The Department also houses the Ria Oliver Herbarium. The proximity of the university to the coast with the Sundays and Swartkops estuaries in the northeast and the Gamtoos estuary in the southwest, means the department is suitably positioned to access nearby research sites of interest including coastal wetlands. The department has strategically positioned itself to strengthen its teaching, research and community engagement responsibilities geared at attracting individuals keen in pursuing novel ideas to address the challenges within the botanical educational and research space. The successful candidate should:
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