Position: PhD Candidate
Discipline: Hydrology
Centre: Centre for Water Resources Research (CWRR)
School: School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Campus: Agriculture Campus
Room no./Building: Room 339 Rabie Saunders Building
Email: 216017665@stu.ukzn.ac.za
Mr. Thando Mthembu has an MSc in Hydrology and is currently pursuing a PhD in the Centre for Water Resources Research at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Pietermaritzburg. His research interests include estimating the water use and yield of neglected and underutilised crops using machine learning models and crop simulation models. The impacts of climate change on water resources and agriculture is also a research field of interest to him.
MSc in Hydrology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2021 – 2022
BSc Honours in Hydrology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2020 – 2020
BSc in Hydrology and Soil Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2017 – 2019
Developing a Database and Utility Tool for Underutilised Indigenous Crops for Increased Agricultural Diversification in South Africa (WRC Project: 2023 – 2025)
Water Use of Indigenous Root and Tuber Food Crops (WRC Project: 2020 – 2022)
Outside of academia, Thando enjoys jogging, playing basketball and chess as well as reading novels.
