Elsevier Announces Winners of National Research Foundation Young Scientist Awards in South Africa

AMSTERDAM, September 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ –

Elsevier, world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical
information products and services, today announced the winners of the Young
Scientist Awards, sponsored by Elsevier as part of the National Research
Foundation (NRF) President’s Awards in Pretoria, South Africa on September
1st.

The event was attended by Ms. Naledi Pandor, Minister of Science and
Technology South Africa; Dr. Albert van Jaarsveld, CEO of the NRF; JC
Heyneke, Head of Sales Strategy and Business Development Science &
Technology, Elsevier. Awards were presented to young South African
researchers on the basis of exceptional potential demonstrated in their
published doctoral work and/ or their research outputs in their early
post-doctoral careers, are considered likely to become future international
leaders in their field.

This year’s Young Scientist Award winners are:

        - Dr. Cang Hui, University of Stellenbosch
        - Dr. John Terblanche, University of Stellenbosch
        - Dr. Trevor Vickey, University of Witwatersrand

Dr. Albert van Jaarsveld of the NRF commented, “Our partnership with
Elsevier reflects a strong relationship and commitment towards acceleration
of science in South Africa. Elsevier and the NRF have extended cooperation
for 2011 to several events supporting research in South Africa.”

JC Heyneke, from Elsevier added, “We greatly value initiatives that
honour achievements of young scientists. Our involvement is part of
Elsevier’s efforts to provide a platform to recognize researchers for their
contributions to knowledge creation and dissemination.”

About the National Research Foundation
The objective of the National Research Foundation
[http://www.nrf.ac.za/index.php ] (NRF) is to support and promote research in
South Africa through funding, human capacity development and the provision
of the necessary research facilities, in order to facilitate the creation of
knowledge, innovation and development in all fields of the natural and
social sciences, humanities and technology, including indigenous knowledge
systems.

The National Research Foundation President’s Awards
[http://www.nrf.ac.za/presidents_awards.php ] primarily recognise South
African scientists for their achievements as indicated through a specific
NRF rating system. In addition, to rating-linked awards the mandate of the
NRF stipulates that the organisation supports and promotes research in the
broadest sense. These special awards provide a platform to honour
researchers for career contributions to knowledge creation and dissemination
as well as capacity development and transformation in the national research
system.

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part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC [http://www.reedelsevier.com ], a
world-leading publisher and information provider, which is jointly owned by
Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext
Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock
Exchange).

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