Staff

Professional support staff

Mr Human Buirski IT Support [email protected] +27 (0)12 420-5147
Mrs Marna Ferreira Control Technical Assistant [email protected] +27 (0)12 420-2367
Mrs Karin Fischer Personal Assistant, Mammal Research Institute [email protected] +27 (0)12 420-2066
Mr Mthunzi Gumede Administrator [email protected] +27 (0)12 420-3235
Mr Joseph Mabogwane Messenger [email protected] +27 (0)12 420-4607
Ms Stokana Mahapa First Technical Assistant / Health and Safety Officer [email protected] +27 (0)12 420-2608
Mrs Estme Msiza Laboratory Assistant [email protected] +27 (0)12 420-4607
Ms Vongani Maboko Departmental Administrator [email protected] +27 (0)12 420-2539

Senior research associates

Prof. Marthan Bester Population biology and ecology of pinnipeds in the Southern Ocean
Prof. Robin Crewe Director, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Prof. Clarke Scholtz Scarab taxonomy, systematics and biology

Postdoctoral researchers

Dr Bharti Arora Conservation physiology and wildlife endocrinology  
Dr Murray Christian Integrated population modelling of elephant seal population dynamics  
Dr Charlene Clarke Soft tick pathogen genomics  
Dr Vinícius da Costa-Silva

Systematics of Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) and beetles with forensic relevance  |  International postdoctoral representative

 
Dr Gudrun Dittrich-Schröder Population genetics of forestry pests  
Dr Marc Freeman    
Dr G. Iván Gonzalez-López Improvements for rearing and performance of sterile fruit flies through manipulation of dietary lipids  
Dr Ryan Huang  
Dr PJ Jacobs

Life history trade-offs and oxidative stress. |  Local postdoc representative

Dr Tanweer Mahomed  
Dr Kévin Malod Determinants of citrus psyllid performance and pest status
Dr Emily McCulloch-Jones The impacts of biological invasions on ecosystem services in South Africa
Dr Promise Mtileni From biodiversity observation to national-level reports to action  
Dr Nicolas Seon    
Dr Elisa Seyboth Whale ecology  
Dr Rachel Stein Behaviour, space use, and population performance of black rhinos in the Black Rhino Range Expansion Project  
Dr Andrea Webster    

Contract appointments

Ms Danielle Conry Research Assistant (de Bruyn) [email protected]  
Ms Kerryn Grenfell

Research Assistant (Bennett/Robertson)

[email protected]  
Dr Robert Guldemond Research Manager / Conservation Ecology Research Unit [email protected] +27 (0)12 420-3231
Dr Hannes Louw Researcher / Conservation Ecology Research Unit [email protected]        
Liam Lennox Research Assistant / Conservation Ecology Research Unit [email protected]        
Ms Lesedi Moagi Research Assistant (McKechnie) [email protected]  
Ms Camilla Nørgaard First Technical Assistant / Conservation Ecology Research Unit [email protected] +27 (0)12 420-2539
Jarryd Outram Research Assistant / Conservation Ecology Research Unit [email protected]  
Mr Yinhla Shihlomule Research Assistant (de Bruyn) [email protected]        
Mrs Janine Snyman Technical Assistant (Krüger) [email protected] +27 (0)12 420-4616      
Mr Frikkie van der Vyvery Research Assistant (de Bruyn) [email protected]        
Ms Nicola Visagie Technical Assistant (Krüger) [email protected] +27 (0)12 420-4616      

Extraordinary professors

Prof. Jeremy Allison Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada, Canada  
Prof. Tim Clutton-Brock Director of Research, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, UK  
Prof. Johan du Toit S. J. & Jessie E Quinney College of Natural Resources, Utah State University, Utah, USA  
Prof. Chris Faulkes Reader in Evolutionary Ecology, Queen Mary University of London, UK  
Prof. Kerstin Krüger Head of Phytopathology, KWS Saat, Germany  
Prof. Mervyn Mansell Formerly USDA-APHIS  
Prof. Robin Moritz Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany  
Prof. Peter Neumann Vinetum Professor, Institute of Bee Health, University of Bern, Switzerland  
Prof. Kate Parr School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK  
Prof. Stuart Pimm Doris Duke Chair of Conservation Ecology, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA / Conservation Ecology Research Unit  
Prof. Diane Six W.A. Franke College of Forestry & Conservation, University of Montana, USA  
Prof. Baldwyn Torto International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Kenya  

Extraordinary lecturers

Dr Tharina Bird Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, South Africa  
Dr Tom Rhys Bishop University of Liverpool, UK    
Dr Jackie Dabrowski Director, Confluent Environmental, South Africa    
Dr Fredrik Dalerum University of Oviedo, Spain    
Dr Ian Engelbrecht South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa  
Dr Katelyn Faulkner Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria  
Dr Hannelie Human Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria  
Dr Ferran Jori CIRAD, Montpellier, France  
Dr Teresa Kearney Small Mammals Curator, Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, South Africa  
Dr Zanthé Kotzé Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria / Texas A&M University, USA  
Dr Peter Lindsey Policy Initiative Coordinator, Lion Program, Panthera  
Dr Heike Lutermann Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria  
Dr Pieter Olivier M.A.P. Scientific Services, South Africa  
Dr Berndt Janse van Rensburg School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia  
Mr Luke Verburgt Enviro-Insight, South Africa  
Dr Diedrich Visser Agricultural Research Council - Vegetable and Ornamental Plants, South Africa  
Dr Tsungai Zengeya Senior Scientist - South African National Biodiversity Institute  

 

- Author C. Weldon

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