African Underground Science Workshop

from Monday, 8 September 2025 (08:00) to Friday, 12 September 2025 (18:00)
Physics Department, Stellenbosch University (Merensky Building)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
8 Sept 2025
9 Sept 2025
10 Sept 2025
11 Sept 2025
12 Sept 2025
AM
08:00 Registration  
09:00 Welcoming and Introductions - Prof. Bertrum Fielding (Stellenbosch University) Prof. Shaun Wyngaardt (Stellenbosch University)  
09:30 Department of Science Technology and Innovation - Mr Takalani Nemaungani (DSTI)  
10:00 The story of the Paarl Africa underground Laboratory - Prof. Shaun Metzler Wyngaardt (Stellenbosch University)  
11:00 --- Tea Break ---
11:30 The Upgrade to the Huguenot tunnel - Mr Tiago Massingue (SANRAL)  
09:00 Human DNA repair following Gamma-Ray irradiation - Measurements and Modelling - Ms Tarryn Bailey (Stellenbosch University)  
09:45 Radon and Gamma Measurements in the Tunnel - Prof. Robert Lindsay (UWC)  
10:30 Application of AI technologies in Underground facilities - Dr Edward Nkadimeng (iThemba LABS) Dr Calib Buckton (Stellenbosch University)  
11:00 --- Tea Break ---
11:30 The Botswana Center for Nuclear Science and Technology - Prof. Gregory Hillhouse (BIUST)  
09:00 Free day  
09:00 Muography simulation at the Huguenot tunnel - Mr Stephanus Jonker (Stellenbosch University)  
09:45 Applications of Few Body Physics methods in Astrophysics - Prof. Mantile Lekala (UNISA)  
10:30 The Community outreach at the SAAO - Dr Charles Takalana (SAAO)  
11:00 --- Tea Break ---
11:45 Science and the Media - Ms Wiida Fourie-Basson (Stellenbosch University)  
08:00 Visit to the Huguenot tunnel  
PM
12:15 Report on the recent measurement at the Huguenot Tunnel - Dr JJ Van Zyl (Stellenbosch University)  
12:45 --- Lunch ---
14:00 Entangled in a Web of Science. Are we friends or foes? - Mrs Allison Wyngaardt (Stellenbosch University)  
14:30 Social sciences in a physics project: special guest or troublemaker ? - Dr Laurent Vidal (CNRS (South Africa))  
15:00 --- Tea Break ---
15:30 What cells do in the shadows - Dr Randall Fischer (iThemba LABS)  
12:15 Investigations related to the physics of neutrinos: A UWC prespective - Prof. Smarajit Triambak (UWC)  
13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:30 Technical Design aspects behind the PAUL facility - Ms Amory Le Roux Aries (SKAO)  
15:15 Design and Study report for the PAUL facility - Mr Charles Warren-Codrington (SMEC)  
16:00 Physics Department Open Day and Public Lecture  
12:15 Discussion and Reflection  
13:00 --- Lunch ---
17:30 --- Braai at "Die Stal" ---