Dr Itumeleng Monageng on receiving the UCT College of Fellows Young Researcher Award

Dr Itumeleng Monageng holds a joint lectureship position between the Department of Astronomy at UCT and at the South African Astronomical Observatory.

Dr Itumeleng Monageng holds a joint lectureship position between the Department of Astronomy at UCT and at the South African Astronomical Observatory. An astrophysicist studying X-ray binary stars, using data from telescopes operating at different wavelengths to understand the physical processes taking place in these systems, he has co-authored 17 publications. Dr Monageng is one of the seven young researchers who have received the prestigious UCT College of Fellows Young Researcher Award for 2020.