{"id":1346,"date":"2020-03-27T11:14:54","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T09:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/cib\/?page_id=1346"},"modified":"2023-09-26T09:38:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T07:38:35","slug":"res-fellows","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/cib\/res-fellows\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Fellows"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mhairi<\/span> Alexander<\/span><\/div>
Mhairi Alexander is a Lecturer in Animal Behaviour at the University of the West of Scotland, UK. Her research interests have been focused on methodologies that aim to predict invasive species impact across a range of taxa with an emphasis on aquatic systems. She is also interested in how predatory behaviours of native predators change towards invasive prey. Mhairi continues to have strong links with researchers at the C\u00b7I\u00b7B and also the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity.<\/div>
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Francis<\/span> Arimoro<\/span><\/div>
Francis O. Arimoro has been a Professor of Aquatic Biology and Ecotoxicology since 2015 and joined the University of Botswana in June 2025. His research expertise focuses on aquatic ecology, ecotoxicology, bioassessment, and the impacts of alien and invasive aquatic species on freshwater and coastal ecosystems. Through extensive studies of rivers, wetlands, estuaries, and coastal waters, particularly within the Niger Delta and comparable tropical systems, he has generated critical knowledge supporting sustainable ecosystem management and invasive species control.<\/div>
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Ryan<\/span> Blanchard<\/span><\/div>
Ryan Blanchard is an ecologist and manager of the Fynbos Node at the South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON). He is particularly interested in understanding how different drivers of change such as invasive alien species, fires and climate change may impact biodiversity and ecosystem services. He is also interested in spatial modelling and how this information can be used to support the management and control of invasive alien plants.<\/div>
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Marc<\/span> Cadotte<\/span><\/div>
Marc Cadotte is a Professor of Ecology in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Toronto Scarborough. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Ecological Solutions and Evidence, and the Chair of Applied Ecology Resources. He has authored more than 150 articles and the book Phylogenies in Ecology, published by Princeton University Press. He researches the links between biodiversity and ecosystem function, how to predict and control invasive species, and how environmental changes influences the delivery of ecosystem services.<\/div>
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Ross<\/span> Cuthbert<\/span><\/div>
Ross Cuthbert is a Lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences at Queen\u2019s University Belfast. His research focuses on quantifying and predicting the impacts of biological invasions, as well as disease vectors, on ecosystems, economies, and health, with the aim of improving management strategies. He also develops approaches to better understand the spatial and temporal dynamics of invasions and their impacts.<\/div>
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Sarah<\/span> Davies<\/span><\/div>
Sarah Davies is the Research Group Leader for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). She is a conservation biologist with an interest in the impacts and management of biological invasions in African ecosystems and the role of ecosystem services in supporting social-ecological systems. She has 26 years' experience in conservation and environmental management in Africa and worked in the consulting, research, and applied research sectors.<\/div>
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Franz<\/span> Essl<\/span><\/div>
Franz Essl is an ecologist leading the Division of BioInvasions, Macroecology & Global Change at the University of Vienna, Austria. His work addresses the causes and patterns of species and habitats diversity and the resulting consequences for nature conservation and human society. He has co-authored 10 books and 295 scientific articles. Since 2019, he is included in the list of \"Highly Cited Scientists\" by Clarivate. In 2022, he has been elected \"Scientist of the Year\" in Austria.<\/div>
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Sjirk<\/span> Geerts<\/span><\/div>
Sjirk Geerts is a senior lecturer at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. He has a broad interest in ecology, plant demography, pollination and invasive plant species. His PhD focused on how pollination structures plant and bird communities and how these mutualisms disassemble under a range of anthropogenic pressures. His current research interest covers a wide range of topics in plant invasions and pollination ecology, with a focus on reproduction and pollination of emerging invasive alien plants.<\/div>
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Martine<\/span> Jordaan<\/span><\/div>
Martine Jordaan is an aquatic ecologist within the Scientific Services section of CapeNature. She has a background in environmental toxicology and conservation science. Freshwater fish are her current field of interest and she plays an active role in formulating conservation plans, policies and guiding documents aimed at various aspects of freshwater fish conservation within the context of integrated catchment management and freshwater ecosystem conservation. She also has a keen interest in understanding the impacts of invasive freshwater fish on the native aquatic biota of the region and how to mitigate the impacts of these invasions. She is an Honorary Research Associate of the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity where she works collaboratively on a number of freshwater fish related projects.<\/div>
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Jaco<\/span> Le Roux<\/span><\/div>
Jaco Le Roux is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia. His research is related to phylogeography and population genetics of invasive plants. His interests are broad but mainly revolve around evolutionary dynamics of small populations, evolutionary biology and ecology of plant invaders in general.<\/div>
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Takudzwa<\/span> Madzivanzira<\/span><\/div>
Takudzwa C. Madzivanzira is a lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Zimbabwe. His research focuses on invasive freshwater crayfish, particularly their distribution, population dynamics, and ecological and socio-economic impacts in Southern Africa. His recent work centres on identifying effective management approaches for freshwater invasions, with an emphasis on balancing impact mitigation with the needs and practices of local communities within a broader conservation framework.<\/div>
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Frank<\/span> Masese<\/span><\/div>
Frank Masese is an Associate Professor of Aquatic Sciences at the University of Eldoret, Kenya. His research focuses on how land use change and other human activities shape freshwater biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in African rivers, streams and wetlands. He is particularly interested in the effects of agriculture, livestock production and catchment disturbance on aquatic communities, water quality, nutrient cycling and carbon dynamics. His work also includes biomonitoring and bioassessment, especially the use of macroinvertebrates and fish to develop tools for assessing ecological condition and supporting freshwater conservation and management.<\/div>
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Sydney<\/span> Moyo<\/span><\/div>
Sydney Moyo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Louisiana State University, USA. His research focuses on aquatic ecosystem ecology, using stable isotopes and fatty acids to understand food web dynamics and energy flow across aquatic and terrestrial systems. His work spans rivers, estuaries, and wetlands in the United States and southern Africa.<\/div>
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Antonella<\/span> Petruzella<\/span><\/div>
Antonella Petruzzella is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) in Berlin, Germany. Her research focuses on understanding how freshwater biodiversity, ecosystem structure, function, and services recover following anthropogenic stressors such as plant invasions and eutrophication. She is particularly interested in improving the effectiveness of management and restoration efforts to support the recovery of aquatic vegetation and associated ecosystem functions and services. To address her research questions, she uses a combination of controlled experiments, field surveys, and modeling techniques. Antonella also continues to maintain strong links with the Centre for Biological Control (CBC), Rhodes University and the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB).<\/div>
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Petr<\/span> Py\u0161ek<\/span><\/div>
Petr Py\u0161ek is Head of the Department of Invasion Ecology at the Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. His research interests cover a wide range of topics in biological invasions, with focus on macroecological large-scale patterns and processes, determinants of species invasiveness and habitat invasibility, biogeographical approaches to invasions, impact of invasive species, and case studies of major invaders.<\/div>
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Sebataolo<\/span> Rahlao<\/span><\/div>
Sebataolo (Seb) Rahlao is the Executive Manager of the Oceanographic Research Institute (ORI), a research division of the South African Association for Marine Biological Research (SAAMBR). He has extensive experience in managing biodiversity conservation research, assessments, and monitoring. His primary research interests focus on understanding the threat of biological invasions on biodiversity and the related science-policy interface.<\/div>
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Anthony<\/span> Ricciardi<\/span><\/div>
Anthony (Tony) Ricciardi is a Professor in the Redpath Museum and in the School of Environment at McGill University, and a McGill Trottier Fellow in Science and Public Policy. Tony\u2019s research aims to predict the impacts of invasions, especially those involving invertebrates and fishes in freshwater ecosystems. He is currently developing general hypotheses to explain spatio-temporal variation in impact. He is on the editorial boards of the journal Biological Invasions and the journal Neobiota. From 2006-2016, he served on the scientific committee of the Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network, a research group that assesses the risks and mechanisms of invasion in Canada's lakes, rivers and coastal waters.<\/div>
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Ross<\/span> Shackleton<\/span><\/div>
Ross Shackleton is a lecturer at the Institute of Geography and Sustainability (Faculty of Geosciences and Environment), at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. He conducted a PhD and postdoc at the C\u00b7I\u00b7B, between 2013 and 2017 with most of his work looking into the social and ecological effects of invasive plants and their management in Africa. Much of his work now uses interdisciplinary and social-ecological approaches for better understanding invasion dynamics and impacts of invasive plants and trees for people and nature. Ross is particularly interested in the role that the social sciences and humanities can play in improving invasion science and commonly draws on the livelihoods, ecosystem services and human wellbeing frameworks. Ross is on the editorial board for Biological Invasions.<\/div>
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Josie<\/span> South<\/span><\/div>
Josie South works on aquatic invasive species, particularly vertebrates and macroinvertebrates, and their interactions with other global change stressors such as climate change. Her primary research aims are predicting context dependent ecological impacts and determining which variables promote or dampen biotic interactions. Other interests include social dynamics of invasions, including conflict species and human livelihoods. Josie is a lecturer at the University of Leeds and continues research lines in these fields while maintaining strong links with the Centre for Invasion Biology and the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity.<\/div>
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Sophia<\/span> Turner<\/span><\/div>
Sophia Turner is a Research Associate at Leuphana University of Luneburg in Germany, with a focus on Vegetation Ecology and Biodiversity Research. Her teaching topics include quantitative methods in ecology, molecular ecology and field ecology courses. Primarily, her research aims to understand how non-native plants affect native plant diversity (taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic) in mountain ecosystems, using the Mountain Invasion Research Network (MIREN) data. Other interests include plant-soil feedbacks, and how these relationships change based on biotic and abiotic contexts, particularly the role of plant-soil interactions for plant functioning and carbon allocation strategies.<\/div>
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Darragh<\/span> Woodford<\/span><\/div>
Darragh Woodford is a Lecturer in Aquatic Ecology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. His primary research focus is understanding the local and landscape drivers that mediate the successful establishment and spread of introduced freshwater fishes. He also seeks to understand how these alien species interact with native freshwater biota, and how changes in aquatic habitat integrity can affect these biotic interactions. He is an Honorary Research Associate of the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity and conducts collaborative research on freshwater ecosystems across South Africa.<\/div>
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Naicheng<\/span> Wu<\/span><\/div>
Naicheng Wu is a full professor in the\u00a0School of Geography and Remote Sensing at Ningbo University, and also a Privatdozent at Kiel University, Germany. His research focuses on ecohydrology, covering community ecology, biomonitoring and bioassessment, impacts of multiple stressors on aquatic ecosystems, integrated river basin management, and uses integrated ecohydrological models to study human and global change impacts on aquatic ecosystems.<\/div>
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In Memory<\/h4>\n

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David <\/span> Le Maitre<\/span><\/div>
8 December 2022<\/div>
We mourn the passing of our colleague and friend, David Le Maitre. Widely considered a leading expert in eco-hydrology - David was key in helping to build our understanding of the hydrological impacts of invasive alien plants in southern Africa. May David's legacy continue through the many hearts and minds who had the pleasure of knowing him. Rest in Peace, David.<\/div>
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