Amukelani Maluleke - External Stakeholder Communication

Amukelani Maluleke is a PhD student with the Extended Freshwater and Terrestrial Earth Observation Network, registered with Stellenbosch University under the supervision of Prof. Guy Midgley (Stellenbosch University), Dr Gregor Feig (SAEON/EFTEON) and Dr Christian Brümmer of Thünen Institute in Germany. He was born and raised in Soweto. He completed all of his previous studies at Wits University where he acquired a background in Geography and Air Quality. Over the past two years he has been introduced to Eddy Covariance measurements during his internship with the Council of Scientificand Industrial Research (CSIR) through the NRF internship program. This has provided him with the links to EFTEON where his PhD seeks to quantitatively understand carbon, water and energy exchange in semi-arid ecosystems, mainly the Savanna and Nama-Karoo biomes using Eddy Covariance flux measurements and remotely-sensed vegetation products. He is a hobbyist photographer with a liking to landscape and wildlife photography.