Prof Nicolaas Claudius (Nico) Gey van Pittius is currently Vice Dean: Research and Internationalisation of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, and Professor of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics at the Centre of Excellence in Biomedical Tuberculosis Research.
He is a Molecular Mycobacteriologist who has worked on tuberculosis for more than 20 years, focusing on mechanisms of evolution of mycobacteria and the development of mycobacterial pathogenicity and drug resistance.
Prof Gey van Pittius has Co-Authored around 100 Papers and Book Chapters on various aspects of tuberculosis, with around 4 400 Citations and a current Scopus h-index of 38.
After obtaining his BSc (cum laude), BScHons (cum laude) and MSc degrees from Potchefstroom University (now North-West University), and a PhD from Stellenbosch University, he spent some years as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, before being appointed Senior Researcher, Associate Professor, and finally Full Professor.
In the meantime, Prof Gey van Pittius obtained a Certificate in Intellectual Property Law (cum laude) and an LLB degree (cum laude) from UNISA, and the degrees LLM, MBA and MPhil (cum laude) from Stellenbosch University.
He is an NRF B-rated Researcher, an elected Member of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) and Serves on several national and international scientific societies and committees.
