Academic Staff
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Chair of the Department?
![Prof Stephan Visagie](/english/faculty/economy/logistics/PublishingImages/staff/resized-VisagieS.jpg)
Business Analytics & Operations Research
![Prof Stephan Visagie](/english/faculty/economy/logistics/PublishingImages/staff/resized-VisagieS.jpg)
![Dr Isabelle Nieuwoudt](/english/faculty/economy/logistics/PublishingImages/staff/resized-NieuwoudtI.jpg)
Senior Lecturer
Email address: isabelle@sun.ac.za
Telephone number: +27 21 808 3969
![Dr Linke Potgieter](/english/faculty/economy/logistics/PublishingImages/staff/resized-PotgieterL.jpg)
Senior Lecturer
Email address: lpotgieter@sun.ac.za
Telephone number: +27 21 808 2492
Research focus: OR in health | Agent-based models | Nonlinear and complex systems | Mathematical biology
Teaching area: Agent-based ?model?ling | Nonlinear optimisation | Decision modelling | OR in industry
![Dr Lieschen Venter](/english/faculty/economy/logistics/PublishingImages/staff/resized-VenterL.jpg)
Senior Lecturer
Email address: lventer@sun.ac.za
Telephone number: +27 21 808 4019
Research focus: Simulation modelling | Behavioural OR | Systems analysis | Education systems
Teaching area: Stochastic methods of OR | Social network analytics | Simulation modelling
![Kurt Marais](/english/faculty/economy/logistics/PublishingImages/staff/resized-MaraisK.jpg)
Lecturer
Email address: maraisk@sun.ac.za
Telephone number: +27 21 808 3877
Research focus: Natural language processing | Health and wellbeing | Social network analysis | Human-computer interaction
Teaching area: Decision theory | Linear programming
![Gavin Le Roux](/english/faculty/economy/logistics/PublishingImages/staff/resized-LeRouxG.jpg)
Lecturer
Email address: gjleroux@sun.ac.za
Telephone number: +27 21 808 3981
Research focus: Heuristics | Combinatorial optimisation | Transportation problems | Scheduling
Teaching area: Linear programming | Mathematical modelling | Machine learning | OR in industry
![Bowen Heinrich](/english/faculty/economy/logistics/PublishingImages/staff/staff-placeholder-bw.png)
Lecturer
Email address: bheinrich@sun.ac.za
Telephone number: +27 21 808 9670
Research focus: Combinatorial optimisation | Graph theory | Metaheuristics | Heuristics
Teaching area: Combinatorial optimisation | Network optimisation | Inventory control
![Jeanette Thiart](/english/faculty/economy/logistics/PublishingImages/staff/resized-ThiartJ.jpg)
Head Technical Officer / Lecturing
Email address: jthiart@sun.ac.za
Telephone number: +27 21 808 2727
Research focus: School location and accessibility | Routing and scheduling of F1 calendar
Teaching area: Network optimisation | Data visualisation
Logistics Management
![Prof Leila Goedhals-Gerber](/english/faculty/economy/logistics/PublishingImages/staff/resized-GoedhalsGerberL.jpg)
Professor
Email address: leila@sun.ac.za
Telephone number: +27 21 808 2252
Research focus: Cold chain logistics | Sustainable logistics | Driver behaviour | Maritime industry
Teaching area: Supply management (outbound) | Sustainable logistics
![Prof Johan Louw](/english/faculty/economy/logistics/PublishingImages/staff/resized-LouwJ.jpg)
Associate Professor
Email address: jjlouw@sun.ac.za
Telephone number: +27 21 808 3412
![Anneke De Bod](/english/faculty/economy/logistics/PublishingImages/staff/resized-DeBodA.jpg)
Lecturer
Email address: annekedb@sun.ac.za
Telephone number: +27 21 808 9261
Research focus: Macrologistics | Change management
Teaching area: Project management | Customer service | Logistics strategy, governance and change
![Heinrich Freiboth](/english/faculty/economy/logistics/PublishingImages/staff/resized-FreibothH.jpg)
Lecturer
Email address: hwf@sun.ac.za
Telephone number: +27 21 808 9491
Research focus: Supply chain analytics | Outbound logistics
Teaching area: Transport and distribution | Logistics analysis | Forecasting
![Ulrike Kussing](/english/faculty/economy/logistics/PublishingImages/staff/resized-KussingU.jpg)
Lecturer
Email address: uk@sun.ac.za
Telephone number: +27 21 808 4173
Research focus: Supply chain skills and competencies | Risk management
Teaching area: Supply chain strategy | Performance management | Risk management | Network design
![Chumasande Lalendle](/english/faculty/economy/logistics/PublishingImages/staff/resized-LalendleC.jpg)
Lecturer
Email address: lalendle@sun.ac.za
Telephone number: +27 21 808 2253
Research focus: Meat supply chains | Circular economy | Sustainability | Procurement
Teaching area: Global dimension of supply chains | Strategic sourcing | Supply chain collaboration
![Gculi Khumalo](/english/faculty/economy/logistics/PublishingImages/staff/staff-placeholder-bw.png)
Lecturer
Email address: gkhumalo@sun.ac.za
Telephone number: +27 21 808 2728
Research focus: Cold chain logistics | Packaging logistics | Humanitarian logistics
Teaching area: Logistics management | Supply chain management | Research
Transport Economics
![Prof Stephan Krygsman](/english/faculty/economy/logistics/PublishingImages/staff/resized-KrygsmanS.jpg)
Associate Professor
Email address: skrygsman@sun.ac.za
Telephone number: +27 21 808 2624
Research focus: Transport economics | Urban economics | Spatial economics | Surveys and travel behaviour
Teaching area: Transport economics | Economic development | Competition and regulation | Maritime economics
![Johann Van Rensburg](/english/faculty/economy/logistics/PublishingImages/staff/resized-VanRensburgJ.jpg)
Senior Lecturer
Email address: javrens@sun.ac.za
Telephone number: +27 21 808 2879
Research focus: Road user charges | Road funding and financing | Mapping the cost of roads | Road transport management
Teaching area: Transport economics | Project management | International trade
![Melrick October](/english/faculty/economy/logistics/PublishingImages/staff/resized-OctoberM.jpg)
Lecturer
Email address: moctober@sun.ac.za
Telephone number: +27 21 808 2412
Research focus: Public transport | Urban and regional economics
Teaching area: Urban and regional economics | Transport economics
![Reginald Kgwedi](/english/faculty/economy/logistics/PublishingImages/staff/resized-KgwediR.jpg)
Lecturer
Email address: kgwedi@sun.ac.za
Telephone number: +27 21 808 3212
Research focus: Public (passenger) transport systems | Transport infrastructure and policy | Maritime transport | Urban logistics
Teaching area: Transport economics | Logistics management | Project management?????
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