Position: Associate Professor
Phone: 035 902 6559
Email: JiliP@unizulu.ac.za
Building &Room: F2, F Block, KwaDlangezwa campus
Biography:
Prof Jili is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics. He has a vast experience on the following modules Nuclear Physics at both undergraduate and postgraduate studies , Mathematical Methods of Physics at postgraduate studies, Quantum Physics at undergraduate studies, Electromagnetism at both undergraduate and postgraduate studies , Theory of Relativity at undergraduate studies
Lecture’s the following modules:
Advanced Electrodynamics
Advanced Quantum Mechanics
Qualifications:
PhD (Physics) (Universty of the Witwatersrand), MSc (Clark Atlanta University, USA)
Honours/Awards (include online reference for each honour/ award):
Department of Science and Innovation/ National Research Foundation Grant Holder
DSI/NRF Grant Holder for 16” Optical Telescope and Observatory to the tune of – R1.5 Million
Research interests:
Research interests include defect studies in superionic materials using positron annihilation techniques. Measurements of positron lifetimes and Doppler broadening assist us in identifying the nature and quantity of defects respectively.
Wavelet analysis and its application in signal processing
Other research interests include astronomy and theoretical physics
Professional membership:
- South African Institute of Physics – SAIP
- African Astronomical Society – AfAS
Research Databases / Publications
- Defect identification in FeTiO3 using positron annihilation technique ,P.T. Jili, E. Sideras-Haddad, D. Wamwangi, F. Tuomisto and L. Kilanski,SA Institute of Physics, Division A – Condensed Matter Physics and Materials. ISBN 978-1-77592-070-0, pp 81 (2013)
- A positron annihilation study of F and Ba sub-lattices in superionic BaF2 at elevated temperatures .P.T. Jili, E. Sideras-Haddad, D. Wamwangi, F. Tuomisto and B. Kibirige SA Insitute of Physics Division A – Condensed Matter and Material Science. ISBN 978-1-86888-688-3, pp 116 (2011)
- Characterization of defects in LiF implanted with Ar+ using variable energy positron beam. EJ Sendezera, AT Davidson, PT Jili, ML Chitambo, W Anwand, G Brauer and E-H Nicht Nuclear Instruments and Methods Physics B 192 (2002) 202-205. Read More…