Students and post-docs
Post-docs
PhD Students
MSc Students
- Dr Mirijam Gaertner (Year started: 2007) Project title: “(2010) “Impacts of invasive alien Eucalyptus species on riparian ecosystems: Implications for restoration of ecosystem functions”; (2007) “Effects of invasive alien plants species and cultivation on nitrogen cycling, plant species composition, and colonisation by secondary invaders: Implications for the ecological restoration of fire-prone fynbos vegetation on Agulhas Plain, South Africa”. E-mail: gaertnem@sun.ac.za Web page: http://academic.sun.ac.za/cib/team/academic/mgaertner.asp
- Dr Rainer Krug (Year started: 2008) Project title: “Spatial and temporal dynamics of biological control agents and their target species at the landscape scale and implications for alien species management”. E-mail: Rainer@krugs.de Web page: http://academic.sun.ac.za/cib/team/academic/rkrug.asp
- Dr Mariska te Beest (Year started: 2011) Project title: “The impact of woody shrub invasions on savanna ecosystems”. Web page: http://academic.sun.ac.za/cib/team/academic/mtbeest.asp
- Dr Vernon Visser (Year started: 2011) Project title: “Ecological and environmental determinants of invasiveness using a phylogenetic approach”. Web page: http://academic.sun.ac.za/cib/team/academic/vvisser.asp
- Mr Ryan Blanchard PhD in Botany, Stellenbosch University: “The implications for biodiversity of South Africa’s biofuels strategy”. (Year started: 2009) — principal supervisor. E-mail: rblanchard@csir.co.za Web page: http://academic.sun.ac.za/cib/team/academic/rblanchard.asp
- Ms Joice Ndlovu PhD in Botany, Stellenbosch University: “Molecular ecology of Acacia pycnantha in Australia and South Africa”. (Year started: 2009) — principal supervisor. E-mail: jndlovu@sun.ac.za
- Mr Sheunesu Ruwanza PhD in Botany, Stellenbosch University: “The effectiveness of active restoration on fynbos riparian zones heavily invaded by invasive Eucalyptus species”. (Year started: 2010) — principal supervisor. E-mail: sheunesu@sun.ac.za Web page: http://academic.sun.ac.za/cib/team/academic/sruwanza.asp
- Mr Farai Tererai PhD in Botany, Stellenbosch University: “The impact of Eucalyptus species on riparian ecosystems: implications for restoration of ecosystem functioning”. (Year started: 2010) — principal supervisor. E-mail: farai_tererai@sun.ac.za Web page: http://academic.sun.ac.za/cib/team/academic/ftererai.asp
- Ms Genevieve Thompson PhD in Botany, Stellenbosch University: “The ecology of Western Australian acacia introductions into South Africa: insights from molecular techniques”. (Year started: 2008) — principal supervisor. E-mail: gen@sun.ac.za Web page: http://academic.sun.ac.za/cib/team/academic/gthompson.asp
- Ms Michelle Gibson MSc in Botany, Stellenbosch University: “Invasive alien acacias- breeding biology and effects on native pollination networks in Cape fynbos”. (Year started: 2009) — principal supervisor. E-mail: mrgibson@sun.ac.za Web page: http://academic.sun.ac.za/cib/team/academic/mgibson.asp
- Ms Haylee Kaplan MSc in Botany, Stellenbosch University: “Assessing the invasiveness of Acacia stricta and Acacia implexa: is eradication an option?”. (Year started: 2010) — co-supervisor. E-mail: hkaplan@sun.ac.za Web page: http://academic.sun.ac.za/cib/team/academic/hkaplan.asp
- Mr Dickson Mazibuko MSc in Botany, Stellenbosch University: “Investigating the role of genome size, hybridization and polyploidy in Prosopis invasions”. (Year started: 2010) — principal supervisor. E-mail: mazibukodm@sun.ac.za
- Ms Waafeka Vardien MSc in Botany, Stellenbosch University: “Molecular ecology and invasive species management: unravelling the dynamics of Lantana camara invasions in Kruger National Park using a molecular approach”. (Year started: 2010) — co-supervisor. E-mail: wvardien@sun.ac.za Web page: http://academic.sun.ac.za/cib/team/academic/wvardien.asp