Prof. JA du Plessis has more than 35 years of experience in the field of water engineering in South Africa. He joined the University of Stellenbosch in 2003 and is presently a professor in Hydrology and Environmental Engineering in the Civil Engineering Dept. He specialized in water resource evaluations, flood hydrology and he provides institution support to various local authorities.
Kobus serves as a member of the Executive Committee in the Board of the Institute of Municipal Engineers for Southern Africa (IMESA), where he is the Director for training and skills development. He also serves on the Education and Training Committee of the South African Institute of Civil Engineers (SAICE) and serves on the Editorial Panel of the SAICE journal. He is a former Head of Dept of Civil Engineering at the University of Stellenbosch. He is a fellow member of both SAICE and an Honorary Fellow of IMESA and is a professional registered engineer with the Engineering Council of South Africa.
Qualifications: BEng (Civil), M Eng (Risk management of water resources) and PhD (integrated water demand management in local governance).
Research focus areas: water resource modelling and the impact of climate change on it; observed changes in rainfall; investigation into alternative rainfall data sets to facilitate modelling; flood hydrology, specifically regional maximum floods, but including observed changes to extreme rainfall events.
Email:Â jadup@sun.ac.za