Tjama Tjivikua
| Tjama Tjivikua | |
|---|---|
| Vice-Chancellor of the Namibia University of Science and Technology | |
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Assumed office 1995 |
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| Preceded by | position established |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
27 July 1958 Otjomupanda, Otjozondjupa Region |
| Spouse(s) | Neveara Olivier (m.2015) |
| Residence | Windhoek, Namibia |
| Alma mater |
Rockland Community College Lincoln University University of Lowell University of Pittsburgh Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
| Profession | Chemist |
Tjama Tjivikua (born 27 July 1958) has been the Rector of the Polytechnic of Namibia in Windhoek since its inception in 1995. Since the institution was renamed into Namibia University of Science and Technology in 2015, Tjivikua continues to lead it, now in the position of Vice-chancellor.
Tjivikua was born on 27 July 1958 in Otjomupanda, Otjozondjupa Region. His mother was a nurse and his father a school teacher. He grew up in Oruuua in the then Ovitoto Reserve, and started primary school in 1967 at St Barnabas Anglican Church School in Windhoek's Old Location. His family soon moved to Katutura as a result of the forced removal of blacks from Old Location and he continued his schooling there. After completing High School at Windhoek's Augustineum (1976–1978), Tjivikua worked at the main branch of Barclays Bank (now First National Bank) in Windhoek.
Tjivikua left Namibia in June 1979 to study Chemistry in the United States at Rockland Community College (1979–1980) and then Lincoln University (1980–1983), from which he graduated cum laude. He then completed a MSc at University of Lowell and a PhD at University of Pittsburgh and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The thesis was on molecular recognition in organic chemistry. He was a well recognised researcher at that time, and he worked as Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Lincoln University from 1990 to 1995.
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