SA scientist Dr Mubeen Goolam receives Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship

Dr Mubeen Goolam.

DR MUBEEN Goolam from The University of Cape Town (UCT), has been awarded a prestigious 2026–2027 Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship, placing the South African scientist among an elite group of global scholars recognised for excellence across academic, professional and artistic fields.

Goolam, the principal investigator of the Stem Cell Modelling of Development and Disease Group, is jointly based in UCT’s Department of Human Biology and the Neuroscience Institute.

The year-long fellowship will allow him to pursue an interdisciplinary research project focused on the governance of emerging stem-cell technologies in Africa.

The Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship is regarded as one of the world’s leading academic fellowships, bringing together researchers and innovators from across the globe to collaborate in an intellectually diverse environment.