The von der Heyden Lab
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    • Phylogeography and connectivity of African coastlines
    • Conservation genetics and genomics
    • Project SeaStore: science for seagrass restoration
    • Environmental DNA and metabarcoding
    • Seascape analyses
    • South Africa-Mozamabique-Zambia trilateral
    • Supporting the blue economy
    • Other projects
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Who we are

Postdoctoral fellows

Dr Kelvin Hull (PhD University of Stellenbosch)

Dr Andrew Ndhlovu (PhD University of the Witwatersrand)


PhD students​
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Courtney Gardiner (BSc Hons, MSc University of the Witwatersrand)
Predicting the fisheries of the future: applying genomic tools and distribution models to forecasting climate change impacts on commercially exploited fishes

Götz Neef (BSc, Hons, MSc, Rhodes University)
Developing environmental DNA metabarcoding as a tool for monitoring the biodiversity of the Okavango River system

MSc students

Tiaan Engelbrecht (BSc & Hons University of Stellenbosch)
Investigating spatio-temporal variation of carbon in coastal vegetated ecosystems in South Africa

Honours students

Amy Doorman
Testing active versus passive sampling methods for the detection of marine biodiversity using water samples across an iconic biogeographic break

Nerine van Wyk
Gotta catch ‘em all: Enhancing offshore marine biodiversity surveys with eDNA metaprobes

Robyn van Zijl
Where did it come from, where did it go?”: Insights into sources of seagrass sediment organic carbon using isotopic signatures

Lab Alumni
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HONOURS
Delene Bezuidenhout
Aidan Bossert
Bianca Boshoff
Casey Broom
Charlotte Combrink
Tiaan Engelbrecht
Courtney Fagg

Michelle Fourie
Enelge Gildenhuys
Suveena Govender
Oliver Hansen
Sheila Heron
Garrick Hugo
Michelle Jooste
Jenna Keightley
Jessie Yuill
Michelle Maberly
Charl Mclachlan
Jen McShane
Marlene Neethling
Emma Rossouw
Rew Searle
​Sian Seymour
Engela Smit
Jessica Stephens
Gideon van den Berg
Alisa Volkmann
Grace Warner
Ben Wiese


MSc
Aidan Bossert
Bianca Boshoff
Casey Broom
Kira-Lee Courtaillac

Courtney Fagg
Megan Jackson
Jamila Janna
Jenna Keightley
​Nozibusiso Mbongwa
Ann McLachlan
Thomas Mkare
CM Muller
Erica Nielsen
Delene Oosthuizen
Terry Reynolds
​Melissa Schulze
Jessica Toms
Daniel Wright
Jessie Yuill


PhD
Sara Andreotti
Molly Czachur
Genevieve Diederiks
Veronica Mendoza
Frederick Mokumo
Tinashe Muteveri

Erica Nielsen
​Olivier Pasnin
​Nikki Phair
Katie Watson
Zanne Zeeman


Postdoctoral
Alicia Dalongeville
Goetz Froeschke
Romina Henriques

Refilwe Mofokeng
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  • Home
  • Our projects
    • Phylogeography and connectivity of African coastlines
    • Conservation genetics and genomics
    • Project SeaStore: science for seagrass restoration
    • Environmental DNA and metabarcoding
    • Seascape analyses
    • South Africa-Mozamabique-Zambia trilateral
    • Supporting the blue economy
    • Other projects
  • Lab members
  • Publications
  • Resources
  • Want to join us?
  • Contact