Post-docs
PhD
Masters
Post-docs
Dr Clara Steyn
Long-term changes in South African kelp forest ecosystems.
Dr Duduzile Ngwenya
Value-added bioeconomy development and biodiversity: Assessing environmental impacts of utilizing biomass from alien invasive species clearing.
Dr Ewunetu Tazebew Gonete
Biochar business models and socioeconomic impacts.
Dr Jawi Ramahlo
Limpopo otters as biological indicators of freshwater ecosystem health.
Dr Katie O’Shaughnessy
Understanding the drivers of biological invasions in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) along the South African coast
Dr Luke Potgieter
Using citizen-science to understand drivers of urban biological invasions
Dr Marko Freddy Mudede
Tree invasions in urban areas.
Dr Refilwe Mofokeng
Examining the implications of heavy metal contamination under changing climate conditions.
Dr Siyasanga Mnciva
Effect of microplastic pollution on invasion success of macrophytes within aquatic environments.
PhD
Armand Engelbrecht
Development and application of integrated pest management principles for the control of invasive rodent species.
Bongiwe Mbombo
Native Vegetation Recovery in Lowland Sand Fynbos using seed polymers in a climate-changed world.
Cathleen Deelie
Marine invasions in Namibia: past, present and future.
Christiaan Gildenhuys
Tree invasions and urban ecosystems in Africa.
Daniel van Blerk
Marine invasions in the Knysna estuary.
Loyd Vukeya
Resilience of southern African grassland biome to biological invasions.
Malukhanye Mbopha
Developing a framework for economic analysis of benefits and indicators of restoration for Ecological Infrastructure in South Africa.Ncumisa Matam
Socio-ecological impacts of aquatic species on fisheries and livelihoods in South African freshwater systems.
Nombuso Nothando Themba
Distribution, accumulation, and effects of microplastics on freshwater food web structure.
Nozipho Madonsela
Understanding the effects of invasive common carp, Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758 on aquatic ecosystems.
Perryn Richardson
Causes and consequences of developmental plasticity of melanisation in insects.
Philisa Dunyana
Socio-economic impacts and perceptions of invasive plants in the Western Cape.
Salphina Ntombikayise Sathekge
Spatio-temporal assessment of macro and microplastic pollution and plastisphere dynamics in riverine ecosystems: Implications on aquatic ecosystems’ health.
Samkelisiwe Themba
Assessing microplastics abundance and distribution in native and non-native fish species in a subtropical river system.
Sarah Ackland
Citizen science as a tool for monitoring threats in coastal marine areas
Sibonelo Mhlongo
Serotinous woody plant invaders as an invasion syndrome of Mediterranean-type ecosystems and the potential for their eradication from South Africa.
Tania Pogue
Quantifying sources of variation in the thermal performance curve framework: Trait variation, methodological artefacts, and stress recovery
Zanele Rose Mabaso
Ecological effects of alien invasive plants along riparian areas of Crocodile River system, South Africa.
Masters
Charity Sambo
Examining the role of invasive freshwater crayfish as bioindicator in the Crocodile River system.
Chloe Chappell
Impacts of water loss physiology on the performance of African amphibians along an aridity gradient.
Jessica Howard
Functional and evolutionary determinants of recruitment differentiation between Fynbos Protea individuals, population, and species.
Kegomoditswe Tsiane
Beyond Initial Clearing: Evaluating the economic, behavioural and institutional factors influencing sustained invasive alien plant control in Western Cape.
Kemoratile Maseko
Of niches and genes: Understanding evolutionary relationships and niche dynamics in invasive and indigenous rodents from Southern Africa under climate change scenarios.
Rivoningo Mchavi
Mechanisms, efficiency and resilience of sediment and phosphorus retention in subtropical natural wetlands: the role of native and alien aquatic macrophytes.
Venerate Mdaka
Impacts of invasive alien plant clearing on freshwater biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in South African river systems.
Zanlie van Zyl
Eucalyptus distribution, benefits, impacts, and perceptions in the Western Cape landscape.
Zeane Nel
Distribution, seasonality and impacts of the alien bryozoan Amathia verticillata.
