South Africa is able to appoint up ten Principal Investigators (PIs), nine of whom have already been appointed. A call for a tenth South African PI opportunity is currently open. It will remain open until the position is filled, but the first applications will be examined on 1 February 2025.
| PI | Institution | Program Title |
|---|---|---|
| David Buckley | SAAO | Observing the Transient Universe with the Rubin Observatory LSST |
| Matt Hilton | Wits/UKZN | Tracing the evolution of galaxy clusters using Rubin Observatory and radio surveys |
| Michelle Lochner | UWC/SARAO | Unlocking LSST-SKA Synergies with Machine Intelligence |
| Yin-Zhe Ma | US | Probing Cosmic Structure Formation with Rubin Observatory and multi-wavelength surveys |
| Lucia Marchetti | UCT | Multi-wavelength approaches to galaxy evolution |
| John McKean | UP | Unveiling the dark Universe with LSST-SKA and next generation VLBI surveys |
| Kavilan Moodley | UKZN | Synergistic cosmology with Rubin-LSST and HIRAX |
| Mario Santos | UWC | Multi-tracer Cosmology with MeerKAT/SKAO and LSST |
| Kshitij Thorat | UP | Next-generation multi-wavelength astrophysics in the Southern Sky |