Wits Mining Institute (WMI)

Prof Glen Nwaila

Director | Role: Strategic planning, fund raising, Institute management, research, teaching, and supervision.

Lileen Lee

Lead | Role: Course planning, marketing and administration, General Institute administration.

Nirasha Sewpersad

Senior Administrator | Role: Bookkeeping and administration.

Digital Mining Laboratory (DigiMine)

Ahsan Mahboob

Head | Research, Interests & Expertise: Research and development, project management, teaching and supervision, research unit administration.

Responsible Mining Laboratory (RML)

Dr Ingrid Watson

Head of RML | Research, Interests & Expertise: Research, project management, teaching and supervision, research unit administration.

Visiting staff

Dr Monica Cudjoe

Postdoctoral Fellow | Role: Research

Karabo Kgoleng

Role: Media & Communications | Research, Interests & Expertise: Media & Communications.

Andre Stockhusen

Associate | Role: Develop/lecture/mark courses | Research, Interests & Expertise: A3/GMIRM Programme Manager.

Dr Nancy Coulson

Associate | Role: Teaching, supervision, research | Research, Interests & Expertise: Health and Safety, Community Development, Stakeholder Engagement, sustainability.

Dr May Hermanus

Associate and former CSMI Director | Role: Teaching, supervision, research | Research, Interests & Expertise: Health and Safety, sustainability.

Paul Kapelus

Associate | Role: Lecturer & Course Developer | Research, Interests & Expertise: Social issues in mining.

Alison McCallum

Associate | Role: Lecturer & Course Developer | Research, Interests & Expertise: Community Relations Practice (CRP) courses.

Janet Munakamwe

Associate | Role: Moderator | Research, Interests & Expertise: Community Relations Practice (CRP) courses.

Hilton Johnson

Associate | Role: Lecturer | Research, Interests & Expertise: Community Relations Practice (CRP) courses.

Holle Wolkas

Associate | Role: Lecturer | Research, Interests & Expertise: Community Relations Practice (CRP) courses.

Noleen Dube

Associate | Role: Lecturer | Research, Interests & Expertise: Community Relations Practice (CRP) courses.

Sarfaz Ali

Associate

Tariq Feroze

Associate

Markus Mathey

Associate

Real-time Information Management Systems (RTIMS)

Dr Mulundumina Shimaponda-Nawa

Postdoctoral Fellow | Role: Research | Research, Interests & Expertise: An influence model of RTIMS as a system of systems.

Successful Application of Technology Centred Around People (SATCAP)

Dr Nelson Chipangamate

Postdoctoral Fellow | Role: Research | Research, Interests & Expertise: Integration of stakeholder engagement practices in pursuit of a license to operate in a modernising mining sector.

Lileen Lee

• Role: Course planning, marketing and administration, General Institute administration.
• E-mail: Lileen.Lee@wits.ac.za 

Wits Mining Institute: Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
Chamber of Mines Building (West Campus) CM6
Telephone: +27 11 717 7428
E-mail: wmi@wits.ac.za | info.wmi@wits.ac.za