Maloti DrakensbergHP

CWRR Staff - Member

Dr Maqsooda Mahomed

Position:                                Lecturer of Hydrology

Discipline:                             Hydrology

Centre:                                   Centre for Water Resources Research (CWRR)

School:                                   School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Campus:                                 Agriculture Campus

Room no./Building:              Room 213 Rabie Saunders Building

Telephone:                             +27 33 260 5455

Email:                                      mahomedm@ukzn.ac.za

 

Biography 

After completing my PhD Degree in Hydrology (2020), I was employed by the ICFR, following which I had returned to UKZN as an nGAP lecturer in Hydrology (2022). A year later I was credentialed to full Lecturer (2023) at the School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences. I am passionate about teaching and being able to share the knowledge that I gained from my research work. Also, as a young emerging academic, I am thrilled by investigating innovative or newly available technology to benefit the hydrology sector.

Qualifications

PhD (Hydrology), University of KwaZulu-Natal

MSc Cum Laude (Hydrology), University of KwaZulu-Natal

BSc Honours Cum Laude (Hydrology), University of KwaZulu-Natal

BSc (Hydrology & Soil Science) University of KwaZulu-Natal

Current Research Projects

  • Mapping and assessing the impacts of crop-weed competition in neglected and underutilized crops. WRC Project: C2023/2024-01248
  • Leveraging the Google Earth Engine to analyse very-high spatial resolution unmanned aerial vehicle data to guide and inform precision agriculture in smallholder farms. WRC Project: C2021/2022-00800
  • Realisation of a System for Producing Annual Water Resource Accounts on a National Scale in South Africa. WRC Project: 2022/2023-00887

Recently Completed Projects (2020-23)

  • Assessing the State of the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus in South Africa. WRC Project: K5/2790//4
  • Building resilience in the Greater uMngeni Catchment, uMngeni Resilience Project. Funded by the Adaptation Fund

Hobbies and Interests

My current research interests include, hydrological modelling, remote sensing in hydrology and GIS, land use change impact studies, climate change studies and lightning early warning detection systems.

Five recent publications

  • Mahomed,M, Clulow, AD, Strydom, S, Savage,MJ and Mabhaudhi, T. Lightning monitoring and detection techniques: progress and challenges in South Africa. South African Journal of Science. 2021; 117(1/2). https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2021/7020.
  • Mahomed, M, Clulow, AD, Strydom, S, Mabhaudhi, T and Savage, MJ. Assessment of a ground-based lightning detection and near real-time warning system in the rural community of Swayimane, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Weather, Climate and Society. 2021; 13(3). https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-20-0116.1.
  • Gokool, S, Mahomed, M, Kunz, R, Clulow, A, Sibanda, M, Naiken, V, Chetty, K, Mabhaudhi, T. Crop Monitoring in Smallholder Farms Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Facilitate Precision Agriculture Practices: A Scoping Review and Bibliometric Analysis. Sustainability 2023, 15, 3557. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15043557.