Wieland Gevers OMS FRSSAf (born 9 October 1937) is a retired South African biochemist and education administrator.
[4] He remained there until 1970, working in Fritz Lipmann's lab;[4] with Horst Kleinkauf, he researched non-ribosomal biosynthesis of peptide antibiotics.
[5] He was also a visiting professor of pathology at the University of Chicago in 1984 and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology from 1971 to 1993.
[4][3] His duties included representing the university sector at SAQA,[3] and he also helped found the Cape Higher Education Consortium.
[4][6][7] During his time as a professor, Gevers served on several bodies of the MRC and Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, including as the South African delegate to the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from 1973 to 1994.
[6] Awards held by Gevers include a lifetime achievement award from the National Science and Technology Forum in 2004, the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns M. T. Steyn Medal in 2006, and the Southern African Association for the Advancement of Science's South Africa Medal in 2007.
[4] In October 2008,[8] President Kgalema Motlanthe inducted Gevers into the Order of Mapungubwe, granting him the award in silver for "His excellent contribution to the field of Higher Education and medicine.