UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG

Academic Staff

Head of School
Prof Kevin Balkwill Serpentine and Witwatersrand Flora, Acanthaceae, Indigenous Plant Use
Staff
Mr Adekunle Adebowale Systematics of African Loganiaceae, Geometric morphometrics for plant classification
Prof Graham Alexander Ecophysiology, Herpetology
Mr Ellis Ayayee Science Education, Computer-assisted Learning
Prof Marcus Byrne Biological Control, Dung Beetle Biology
Mrs Caroline Crump Science Education, Conservation of Natural History Specimens
Ms Shalini Dukhan Science Education
Prof Frances Duncan Invertebrate Physiology, Ecophysiology, Social Insects, Insect Behaviour
Dr Deanne Drake Aquatic and Ecosystems Ecology
Dr Barend Erasmus Macroecology, Biogeography, Climate change
Dr Glynis Goodman-Cron Systematics, Phytogeography, Science Education
Dr Mark Keith Conservation ecology - smaller mammals
Dr Jason Marshal Large Mammal Ecology and Conservation, Wildlife Management
Ms Mapula Matimolane Science Education
Mr Donald McCallum Serpentine Flora, Flora of the Witwatersrand
Prof Dave Mycock Seed Biology, Plant in vitro Culture, Cryopreservation
Prof Norman Owen-Smith Large Mammal Ecology, Quantitative Conservation Biology
Dr Kershree Padayachee Plant stress tolerance, in vitro germplasm conservation, cryopreservation
Dr Francesca Parrini Large Mammal Ecology and Conservation, Landscape ecology, Remote Sensing
Mr Kantilal Parshotam Science Education
Prof. Neville Pillay Small Mammal Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution
Prof Kevin Rogers River and Wetland Ecology, Conservation, Environmental Management
Prof Martie Sanders Science Education, Curriculum Development and Evaluation
Prof Mary Scholes Biogeochemistry of Savanna Ecosystems, Soil Biological Processes
Ms Carol Still Science Education
Dr Ute Schwaibold Impacts of disturbance on small mammal communities and behaviour
Prof Stuart Sym Marine Microalgae, Harmful Algal Blooms, Prasinophyceae
Dr Craig Symes Ornithology; Bird community ecology and avian physiology; Stable isotopes
Dr Stuart Sym Marine Microalgae, Harmful Algal Blooms, Prasinophyceae
Dr Wayne Twine Resource Ecology, Rural Development
Prof Ed Witkowski Ecology and Conservation of Savannas and Grasslands
Postdoctoral Associates
Dr Sophie Grange Large Mammal Population Dynamics, Wildlife Conservation
Dr Vivienne Williams Ethnobotany and Indigenous Plant Use