SAIMM Branch Chairpersons

Pieter Pistorius was born in, what is now known as Modimolle, in the Limpopo Province. He studied at the University of Pretoria and at Sheffield University. He attained a PhD degree in Phase Transformation Behaviour of 12% Cr Steels at the University of Pretoria. He held various positions in the manufacturing industry before joining the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering at the University of Pretoria for a second time in 2015. He is responsible for undergraduate, and postgraduate teaching and research in welding engineering. He is a Fellow of the SAIMM, a registered professional metallurgical engineer, and an international welding engineer.