Contact us

Please contact the following staff members for enquiries in regard to the three divisions:

Departmental Administrator:
Division Genetics
Ms Nthabiseng Louw
Building: Agricultural Sciences Building
E-mail: margaret.louw [at] up.ac.za
Office: 9-20
Tel +27 (0) 12 420 3265

Administrative Officer:
Division Microbiology
Ms Tarren Seale
Building: Agricultural Sciences Building
E-mail:  tarren.seale [at] fabi.up.ac.za
Office: 9-34
Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 3263

Prof Sanushka Naidoo (HOD)

Building: Agricultural Sciences Building
Office Number: 9-20
Telephone Number: +27 (0) 12 420 3259
E-mail: sanushka.naidoo [at] up.ac.za

Division of Research and Postgraduate Education 

Prof Wolf-Dieter Schubert

Building: Agricultural Sciences Building
Office Number: 3-11
Telephone Number: +27 (0) 12 420 2300
E-mail: wolf-dieter.schubert [at] up.ac.za

Please direct all MSc and PhD queries via Lucille Hermann for Prof Schubert's attention

Ms Lucille Hermann 

Building: Agricultural Sciences Building
Office Number:  8-39.1
Telephone Number: +27 (0) 12 420 3254
E-mail: lucille.hermann [at] up.ac.za

Division of Biochemistry

Dr Ntombenhle (Ntombi) Gama

Building: Agricultural Sciences Building
Office Number: 3-12
Telephone Number: +27 (0) 12 420 6869
E-mail: ntombenhle.gama [at] up.ac.za 

Division of Genetics 

Dr Pamela de Waal

Building: Agricultural Sciences Building
Office Number: 9-27
Telephone Number: +27 (0) 12 420 3257
E-mail: pam.dewaal [at] up.ac.za

Division of Microbiology

Prof Mapitsi Thantsha

Building: Agricultural Sciences Building
Office Number: 9-10
Telephone Number: +27 (0) 12 420 3266
E-mail: mapitsi.thantsha [at] up.ac.za

Postdoctoral enquiries