Curriculum Vitae. Prof. Christo Venter

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1 Curriculum Vitae Prof. Christo Venter 7

2 . PERSONAL DETAILS. General Title: Prof. Surname: Venter Initials: C First Name: Christo Citizenship: South African Race: White Gender: Male Date of Birth: 4 May 98 Address: Christo.Venter@nwu.ac.za Mobile Number: Tertiary Education I have obtained the following degrees: Degree Main Subjects Institution Degree Obtained B.Sc. Physics, Computer North-West University, March Science, Mathematics / Potchefstroom Campus Applied Mathematics Astrophysics North-West University, May 4 Potchefstroom Campus Astrophysics North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus September 8 Comments Distinction Distinction First Class. Employment History I have held the following positions: Period Position Institution 5 8 Lecturer North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus 9 Postdoctoral Fellow NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA 8 4 Senior Lecturer North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus 5 present Associate Professor North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus

3 .4 Membership of Professional Bodies I have been a member of the following professional bodies: Period Body Comments present Golden Key International Honour Society Top 5% of graduates present South African Institute of Physics (SAIP) Secretary of Astrophysics and Space Science Division (4 6); Co-chair of Astrophysics and Space Science Division (6 8) 6 present South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP) present African Astronomical Society (AfAS) present International Astronomical Union (IAU) Member of Division D: High Energy Phenomena and Fundamental Physics; and Division D Commission 44: Space & High Energy Astrophysics 4 present Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (SAAWK).5 Awards and Honours I have been awarded the following prizes: Year Name of Award Comments, 4 Labour (DoL) Scarce Skills Scholarship 5 Southern Africa Association for the Advancement of Science (SA) Bronze Medal Best Natural Science Master's thesis at the North-West University 6 Best report / presentation in Philosophy of Science Assignment completed as part of training for new lecturers NWU Most Cited Researcher 4 Elsevier Young Scientist Award Awarded to P-rated scientists, including research funds of R5.. TEACHING EXPERIENCE. Modules Taught I have taught the following Physics modules:

4 4 Year Module Description Level 5 present FSKM8 Introduction to General Relativity Fifth-year 8 FSKN Astronomy Third-year present FSKS Wave Mechanics Third-year 5 present Practica First, second, and third-year present Practica Head of Third-year practica Third-year. Student Evaluations The evaluations below summarise the student feedback obtained via questionnaires. The percentage is calculated based on their response to several questions involving the courses they have followed. Course/Year FSKN 84% FSKS 86% 8% 8% 94% FSKM8 8% 87% 8% 85% 88% 9% Course/Year FSKS 94% 87% 9% FSKM8. Further Training I have completed the following institutional short training courses: Year Course Presenter 5 Course for Newly-appointed Lecturers Academic Support Staff Members 5 Best Practices for Presentation of Interactive Contact Sessions Academic Support Staff Member 6 Outcomes-based Education in the Higher Education Prof. AS Coetzee-van Rooy Sector ITOU Symposium (Institutional Teaching Excellence Various Awards) Curriculum Design Ms F Bothma 7 Workshop on Writing of Module- & Learning Outcomes & Assessment Criteria

5 5. RESEARCH. Publications Below is a summary of my publications to date: Year Refereed Papers Refereed Proceedings * Proceedings * 6 * H.E.S.S. Fermi LAT Collaboration Collaboration * * Total 5 9 * Numbers not final. See attached appendix for full publication list. 8 4 Eight of the above publications were published in Science (impact factor 4; I was contacting author on one), and two in Nature (impact factor 8). NASA ADS lists in excess of citations to these papers, giving an h-index of 55 (Google Scholar gives 5 citations and an h index of 6). These citations are by authors from more than 6 countries. For the non-collaboration papers, NASA ADS lists 4 citations, giving an h-index of 9. These citations are by authors from nearly countries.. Graduate Student Supervision Below is a summary of the students I have supervised: Student Honours Mr M Mashaba Mr LE Mostert Ms M Breed Mr PL Prinsloo Mr MT Bezuidenhout Mr T Ayorinde Ms S McKee Level Year Started Year Completed 6 6 Description

6 6 Ma ser ts Mr TE Marubini Mr AS Seyffert Ms M Breed Mr C van Rensburg Ms H Ndiyavala Mr MC Bezuidenhout Doctoral Mr AS Seyffert Mrs M Barnard Mr C van Rensburg Ms H Ndiyavala Co-supervisor Co-supervisor Co-supervisor Co-supervisor Co-supervisor Total: 6 Honours projects supervised; 5 completed theses.. Examiner of Dissertations / Theses I have examined the following dissertations / theses: Year 5 Level Total Number.4 NRF Rating I h a v e b e e n a w a rd e d a P re s id e -rating) n t s A wbyathe rd NRF (P in, which is valid until 9. This recognizes the potential of awardees to become world leaders in their respective fields of expertise..5 Research Grants Below is a summary of successful research grants: Year Role Co-investigator Name Fermi Cycle Guest Investigator (GI) Proposal Fermi Cycle GI Proposal Fermi Cycle 4 GI Proposal Collaborator NRF Competitive Support for Co-investigator Value Research visit covered Research visit covered Research visit covered R4

7 7 Unrated Researchers (CSUR) Astrophysics Theory Program (ATP) Proposal NRF Multi-wavelength Astronomy Research Programme (MAGR) NRF Multi-wavelength Astronomy Research Programme (MAGR) NRF Competitive Support for Unrated Researchers (CSUR) Collaborator Research visit covered R45 R85 R8 NRF Competitive Support for Unrated Researchers (CSUR) R8 NRF Multi-wavelength Astronomy Research Programme (MAGR) NRF Multi-wavelength Astronomy Research Programme (MAGR) Incentive Funding for Rated Researchers NRF Special Recognition Award / Elsevier Young Scientist Award NRF Multi-wavelength Astronomy Research Programme (MAGR) NRF Competitive Programme for Rated Researchers R45 R65 p.a. R8 p.a. R5 R45 R89.6 Conference Attendance Below is a summary of my conference attendance. The number of talks presented is closely aligned with the total conferences attended. Year International 5 National

8 Total Invited Talks I have presented the following invited talks: Date Title of Talk Conference Name Venue New Advances in the 4 th Annual High Energy Modelling of Pulsar Astrophysics in Southern Magnetospheres Africa (HEASA 6) August, 6 July, 5 August, 4 Cosmic Rays from Millisecond Pulsars Pulsar Radiation Models - Radio to High Energies Non-specialist lecture at the 6 th Annual SAIP Meeting The 4 th COSPAR Assembly Cape Town, South Africa Port Elizabeth, South Africa Moscow, Russia July, 4 May, August, April, Astroparticle Physics in Pulsar Magnetospheres High-energy Pulsar Models: Developments and New Questions Pulsars in Globular Clusters The Status of H.E.S.S. and CTA in a Multiwavelength Context Winter School of the 59 th Annual SAIP Meeting The Fast and the Furious: Energetic Phenomena in Isolated Neutron Stars, Pulsar Wind Nebulae and Supernova Remnants The Cosmic Kaleidoscope: Pulsars and their Nebulae, Supernova Remnants and More Second Middle-East and Africa Regional (MEARIM- II) IAU Meeting Johannesburg, South Africa Madrid, Spain Kruger Park, South Africa Cape Town, South Africa.8 Acting as Reviewer of Papers I have performed peer review for the following Journals: Year Journal Number Astrophysical Journal* Conference Proceedings Astrophysical Journal SAIP Conference Proceedings Astrophysical Journal

9 9 * Impact factor 5.99 in 4. ** Impact factor 5.5 in 5. *** Impact factor 7.6 in 5. SAIP Conference Proceedings 4 Astrophysical Journal 4 SAIP Conference Proceedings 8 5 Astrophysics and Space Sciences Transactions (ASTRA) 5 HEASA5 Conference Proceedings 5 SAIP Conference Proceedings 4 6 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS)** 6 Proceedings of The science of Time" Symposium 7 PRL*** 7 HEASA6 Total 9.9 Acting as Reviewer of Research I have acted as one of a panel of reviewers for the rating application of a colleague in gamma-ray astrophysics in 4 for the NRF Rating Programme. I have acted as a reviewer for an application of promotion for a colleague in the field.. Observational Proposals I have participated in the writing of H.E.S.S. proposals as follows: Year Number Topics Globular clusters, pulsars Globular clusters, pulsars 4 4 Globular clusters, pulsars 5 Globular clusters, pulsars 7 ToO, VHE pulsars Total. H.E.S.S. Observational Shifts I spent a total of 75 days in Namibia during.5 shifts, conducting observations for the H.E.S.S. Telescope.

10 . Research Visits I have visited the following research collaborators: Year Institute NASA Goddard Space Flight Center NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Ruhr Universität, Bochum 4 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 6 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Research Visitors Hosted I have hosted the following research collaborators: Year(s) Name Home Institute Dr Andre-Claude Clapson Max-Planck Institute, Heidelberg,, 4 Dr Andreas Kopp Kiel University 4. ORGANIZATIONAL AND MANAGEMENT DUTIES 4. Conference Organization I have acted as a co-chair of the scientific organizing committee (SOC) and chair of the local organizing committee (LOC) for the conference, The Cosmic Kaleidoscope, held in Kruger Park, August,. LOC member of the 6 International Pulsar Timing Array (IPTA) meeting in Stellenbosch, June July 6. My main duties included organization of local outreach activities. SOC member of a conference, Pulsar A strophysics th e N e xt 5 Y e a, rs to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the discovery of pulsars, 4 9 September Subject Group Head I have been appointed as head of the NWU Subject Group Physics for the term July 5 June Committees I have participated in teaching committees involving reevaluation of Honours Project Grading Scheme, as well as other ad hoc tasks.

11 I have been appointed secretary of the Astrophysics and Space Science Division of SAIP (4 6). I have been appointed co-chair of the Astrophysics and Space Science Division of SAIP (6 8). 5. COMMUNITY SERVICE I have judged student oral talks and posters at the annual SAIP meetings (,, 4). I have also been a judge at the Regional SASOL Expo for Young Scientists (,, ). I have given a popular talk on research mentorship and another on gamma-ray astrophysics. I have been involved in organizing outreach activities (visiting schools, colloquiua on campus) for the Science Week 6.