Dr Maqsooda Mahomed

Academic Qualifications

BSc (Hydrology & Soil Science), University of KwaZulu-Natal
BSc Honours Cum Laude (Hydrology), University of KwaZulu-Natal
MSc Cum Laude (Hydrology), University of KwaZulu-Natal
PhD (Hydrology), University of KwaZulu-Natal

Biography

After completing her PhD in Hydrology in 2020, Maqsooda was employed by the ICFR. She then returned to UKZN in 2022 as an nGAP lecturer in Hydrology. A year later, she was promoted to full Lecturer (2023) in the School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences. Maqsooda is passionate about teaching and sharing the knowledge she has gained through her research. As a young and emerging academic, she is also excited by the opportunity to explore innovative and newly available technologies that can benefit the hydrology sector.

Current Research Projects

Mapping and assessing the impacts of crop-weed competition in neglected and underutilized crops. WRC Project: C2023/2024-01248
Leveraging the Google Earth Engine to analyse very-high spatial resolution unmanned aerial vehicle data to guide and inform precision agriculture in smallholder farms. WRC Project: C2021/2022-00800
Realisation of a System for Producing Annual Water Resource Accounts on a National Scale in South Africa. WRC Project: 2022/2023-00887

Recently Completed Projects (2020-23)

Assessing the State of the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus in South Africa. WRC Project: K5/2790//4
Building resilience in the Greater uMngeni Catchment, uMngeni Resilience Project. Funded by the Adaptation Fund

Five recent publications

Mahomed,M, Clulow, AD, Strydom, S, Savage,MJ and Mabhaudhi, T. Lightning monitoring and detection techniques: progress and challenges in South Africa. South African Journal of Science. 2021; 117(1/2). https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2021/7020.
Mahomed, M, Clulow, AD, Strydom, S, Mabhaudhi, T and Savage, MJ. Assessment of a ground-based lightning detection and near real-time warning system in the rural community of Swayimane, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Weather, Climate and Society. 2021; 13(3). https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-20-0116.1.
Gokool, S, Mahomed, M, Kunz, R, Clulow, A, Sibanda, M, Naiken, V, Chetty, K, Mabhaudhi, T. Crop Monitoring in Smallholder Farms Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Facilitate Precision Agriculture Practices: A Scoping Review and Bibliometric Analysis. Sustainability 2023, 15, 3557. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15043557.

Discipline

Geography / Hydrology

Email

Mohomedm@ukzn.ac.za

Contact

033 260 5455

Campus

Pietermaritzburg

Office Address

Room 213 Rable Saunders, Life Sciences Campus,

Agriculture and Science