Prof Timothy Dube is a Rated Researcher as per the SA National Research Foundation with an interest in GIScience, & Earth Observation applications in Environmental & Water Sciences.
His Research is mainly inclined towards the use of both cutting-edge satellite & in-situ Earth Observation technologies in tracking the impacts of climate change, and in monitoring water resources and the environment.
Two of his recent projects are “The Global Monitoring for Environment and Security, an initiative of the European Union and the European Space Agency as well as the AFRICA project focusing on Water resource management in Southern Africa”, and the WRC Funded "Non-Perennial Rivers Research Project".
His Research work has also been extensively supported by the South African (SA) Water Research Commission, the Applied Center for Climate and Earth Systems Science, the French Research Platform – Production and Conservation in Partnership, and the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development.
Prof Dube has also been involved in intensive EO Training and Capacity Building across different institutions of higher learning and research in Southern Africa. He is a Member of the African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment and WaterNET. His engagement with EO technology applications is not only restricted to Research in Africa but also involves Collaborations with various EO experts from European institutions, promoting EO knowledge and skills transfer to enhance policy formulation & decision making to promote Economic Development in the SADC & Africa.
Prof Dube has Participated in the TIGER-Bridge African Water and Climate Change Phase 1 Project, commissioned by the European Space Agency - Water for Agriculture (2016-2017) as the leading Principal Investigator for Africa.
He is the Recipient of the UWC 2019 DVC Research and Innovation - Research and Recognition Award as well as the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences Research Grant in Climate Change Science to Research the Mediterranean's bounding desert-type biomes of the Greater Cape Floristic Region, a global hot-spot of biodiversity.
Recently, Prof Dube was appointed as a Member of the Alien Species Risk Analysis Review Panel (ASRARP) - a subsidiary of the BioSecurity directorate of the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (2020-2023).
