Prof. Sizwe Mabizela

Prof. Sizwe Mabizela is Vice-Chancellor of Rhodes University and the Board Chair of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA). He previously served as Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Academic and Student Affairs and senior lecturer at the University of Cape Town in mathematics and applied mathematics. Prof Mabizela is a Mathematician, and his research field is Abstract Approximation Theory, a subfield of Functional Analysis. He obtained his MSc and BSc Hons cum laude in mathematics at the University of Fort Hare, where he was the recipient of the Abe Bailey Travel scholarship and the CSIR postgraduate scholarship. He received his PhD in mathematics at the Pennsylvania State University, US, where he was the recipient of the EOCIIE Overseas Scholarship and the Penn State-UCT Share Fellowship. He is a professional member of many international mathematical societies including the SA, American and Japanese Mathematical Societies, and is a member of the Association of Black Scientists, Engineers & Technologists.