Board of Trustee of AARSE

Prof Harold Annegarn

Extraordinary Professor: North West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa;

Honorary Associate Professor: China Agricultural University, Beijing

Board of Trustee of AARSE

Prof Harold Annegarn

Extraordinary Professor: North West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa;

Honorary Associate Professor: China Agricultural University, Beijing

Professor Harold Annegarn is Extraordinary Professor in the School of Geo and Spatial Sciences at North West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa and Honorary Associate Professor at China Agricultural University, Beijing.

Harold is a physics graduate of the University of the Witwatersrand. His research focussed on atmospheric particles (dust and aerosols) using nuclear X-ray spectroscopy. In 1999 he founded the Atmosphere and Energy Research Group at Wits University. In 2004, he was appointed Professor at the University of Johannesburg, where he founded the Sustainable energy Technology and Research (SeTAR) Centre.

His research interests include urban and global atmospheric pollution, satellite remote sensing, impacts of mining, energy efficiency in low-cost housing, and improved domestic combustion stoves. He has been the principal investigator in major international science collaborations in the fields of remote sensing and of energy, notably the SAFARI 2000 Regional Science Initiative in collaboration with USA NASA and 15 other countries. His collaborations include engagements with USA, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, several African countries and China.

Harold has supervised 28 doctoral and 58 Masters theses. He has co-authored ~150 refereed publications, including transdisciplinary articles on science diplomacy. He has led academic writing workshops in South Africa, Kenya and Ethiopia. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences of South Africa and the African Academy of Science.

Harold served two terms as Secretary-General of the African Association for Remote Sensing of the Environment and is a long-term member of the African Association for Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE) Board of Trustees.

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