Wits announces passing of SKA project research chair Sergio Colafrancesco

The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) has announced the passing of Wits School of Physics member and scientist Professor Sergio Colafrancesco on September 30, following a battle with cancer.

He was the School of Physics’ radio astronomy research chairperson for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project – a significant astronomy project by the Department of Science and Technology and the National Research Foundation, based in the Northern Cape.