Kenwinn Wiener is an environmental scientist with a diverse academic background, specialising in the interdisciplinary study of fluvial environments (streams, rivers and wetlands). He served as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Nelson Mandela University on the NRF-funded African Origins project before joining the department as a lecturer in physical geography.
His research employs a multi-proxy approach to explore fundamental scientific challenges at the interface of fluvial geomorphology, hydrology, ecology, and biogeochemistry at a systems level. This research focus spans across multiple temporal and spatial scales and specifically seeks to understand 1) patterns and processes of sediment transport and phosphorus biogeochemistry, and 2) fluvial response to environmental change and anthropogenic activities.
- Sediment nutrient dynamics in fluvial ecosystems
- Quaternary geo-eco-hydrological interactions in fluvial landscapes
- Impact of environmental change and disturbance events on fluvial geomorphology and delivery of ecosystem services
- PhD (Geography and Environmental Studies), Stellenbosch University, 2023
- MSc (Conservation Ecology), Stellenbosch University, 2018
- BSc Hons (Environmental and Water Science), University of the Western Cape, 2015
- BSc (Environmental and Water Science), University of the Western Cape, 2013
kwiener@sun.ac.za
021 -808 9322
