Academic Staff

Associate Professor Francesca Parrini
Position: HEAD OF SCHOOL
Email: Francesca.Parrini@wits.ac.za

Professor Graham Alexander
Position: PROFESSOR
Email: Graham.Alexander@wits.ac.za

Professor Sally Archibald
Position: PROFESSOR
Email: Sally.Archibald@wits.ac.za

Associate Professor Shalini Dukhan
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Email: Shalini.Dukhan@wits.ac.za

Doctor Hanlie Engelbrecht
Position: SENIOR LECTURER
Email: hanlie.engelbrecht@wits.ac.za

Doctor Jolene Fisher
Position: SENIOR LECTURER
Email: Jolene.Fisher@wits.ac.za
Research Interests: LiDAR, Remote Sensing, GIS, sustainability, Enivronment, savannas, community based natural resource management, landscape ecology

Doctor David Furniss
Position: LECTURER
Email: David.Furniss@wits.ac.za

Associate Professor Kelsey Glennon
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Email: Kelsey.Glennon@wits.ac.za
Research Interests: evolution, speciation, plant diversification, polyploidy

Professor Glynis Goodman
Position: PROFESSOR
Email: Glynis.Goodman@wits.ac.za

Doctor James Harrison
Position: LECTURER
Email: James.Harrison@wits.ac.za

Doctor Safiyyah Iqbal
Position: LECTURER
Email: safiyyah.iqbal@wits.ac.za
Research Interests: Functional Morphology, Geometric Morphometric Techniques, Finite Element Analysis

Doctor Kim Madikiza
Position: SENIOR LECTURER
Email: Kim.Madikiza@wits.ac.za

Associate Professor Jason Marshal
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Email: Jason.Marshal@wits.ac.za
Research Interests: Applied population ecology, Population estimation, Hierarchical modelling, Wildlife management, Large mammal, Large herbivore, Wildlife conservation, Bayesian analysis

Doctor Mapula Matimolane
Position: PRINCIPAL TUTOR
Email: mapula.matimolane1@wits.ac.za

Doctor Samuel Motitsoe
Position: SENIOR LECTURER
Email: samuel.motitsoe@wits.ac.za
Research Interests: Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation, Restoration Ecology, Biological Invasion, Trophic Ecology

Associate Professor Justice Muvengwi
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Email: justice.muvengwi@wits.ac.za

Doctor Solomon Newete
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Email: Solomon.Newete@wits.ac.za
Research Interests: Invasive Alien Plants, Phytoremediation, Biological Control, Remote Sensing, Biodiversity, Pollution

Doctor Matt Noakes
Position: LECTURER
Email: matt.noakes@wits.ac.za
Research Interests: Ecophysiology, Evolutionary Physiology, Endotherms, Phenotypic plasticity, Physiology, Zoology

Professor Norman Owen-Smith
Position: PROFESSOR
Email: Norman.Owen-Smith@wits.ac.za

Professor Neville Pillay
Position: PROFESSOR
Email: Neville.Pillay@wits.ac.za

Associate Professor Chevonne Reynolds
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Email: chevonne.reynolds@wits.ac.za
Research Interests: ornithology, dispersal

Doctor Ida Risenga
Position: SENIOR LECTURER
Email: Ida.Risenga@wits.ac.za

Professor Mary Scholes
Position: CHAIR
Email: Mary.Scholes@wits.ac.za

Doctor Ute Schwaibold
Position: SENIOR LECTURER
Email: Ute.Schwaibold@wits.ac.za
Research Interests: Sustainability, Resilience, Urban Ecology

Doctor Sivu Situngu
Position: SENIOR LECTURER
Email: sivu.situngu@wits.ac.za

Associate Professor Rob Skelton
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Email: rob.skelton@wits.ac.za

Doctor Thando Twala
Position: LECTURER
Email: thando.twala@wits.ac.za

Associate Professor Wayne Twine
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Email: Wayne.Twine@wits.ac.za
Research Interests: socio-ecological systems; rural livelihoods; natural resource use; food security; savanna ecology

Doctor Vivienne Williams
Position: VISITING SENIOR RESEARCHER
Email: Vivienne.Williams@wits.ac.za
Research Interests: Wildlife trade; ethnobotany; ethnozoology; lions

Associate Professor Darragh Woodford
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Email: darragh.woodford@wits.ac.za
Research Interests: Freshwater fish, River ecology, Biological invasions