Dr James Keaveney, a physicist at the University of Cape Town , won the New Frontiers Research Award from the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust on Wednesday.Keaveney, a well-published, often-cited research physicist, is the elected national coordinator of a group of nearly 100 South African physicists and engineers who collaborate in ATLAS, a multinational general-purpose particle physics experiment at the European Council for Nuclear Research in Geneva, Switzerland.
PET scanning is used to identify cancers and other tissue damage during the diagnosis and monitoring process. It is also used in tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment. TB is the leading cause of death in South Africa and the leading infectious cause of death of people worldwide after Covid-19. He will collaborate with experts in artificial intelligence and machine learning, and in nano-electronics at UCT, at the African Institute for Mathematical Science , at CERN, and institutions across the globe.The annual New Frontiers Research Award gives talented early- to mid-career researchers the chance to pursue ideas and ‘push the boundaries of knowledge in their fields of study,’ says OMT Chair Rebecca Oppenheimer.
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