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Our lab is a diverse mix of faculty, research fellows and postgraduate students. Click on each person's name to find out more about their projects, publications and interests.
Principal Investigator Assoc. Prof. Sophie von der Heyden (D.Phil. Oxon, B.Sc.(Hons) King's College, London) Research Interests: everything - I have to try and keep the place going! It is thanks to my wonderful lab that we are actually able to carry out our research. I make sure things run smoothly, that we have money, I supervise postgraduates and also teach undergraduate courses. And occasionally I get to go into the lab and field.... Here is the link to my CV Postdoctoral Research Fellows Andrew Ndhlovu PhD students Frederick Mokumo (BSc & MSc University of Limpopo, South Africa) Linking physiological, genomic and ecological functioning in the seagrass, Zostera capensis Courtney Gardiner (BSc & MSc University of Witwatersrand, South Africa) Predicting the fisheries of the future: applying genomic tools and distribution models to forecasting climate change impacts on commercially exploited fishes Megan Jackson (BSc University of Cape Town, MSc University of Stellenbosch, South Africa) Developing genomic tools for measuring evolutionary resilience in the endangered seagrass, Zostera capensis Veronica Mendoza (based at CIBNOR, Mexico: https://www.cibnor.gob.mx) Demographic history and genetic differentiation of Almaco jack, Seriola rivoliana Willemien van Wyk (BVSc, University of Pretoria, South Africa; MSc, RVC London) The effect of pollutants on range edge populations of Zostera capensis Katie Watson (BSc Nottingham Trent University, MSc Leeds University) Exploring the restoration of Zostera capensis in Langebaan Lagoon: ecological, molecular and physiological perspectives Daniel Wright (MSc, University of Cape Town, South Africa) (based in the lab of Prof Giacomo Bernardi, UC Santa Cruz) Genomics of southern African and North American coastal fishes MSc students Bianca Boshoff (BSc UNISA & Hons University of Stellenbosch) Microplastics associated with the biodiversity of South African seagrass meadows Jamila Janna (BSc & Hons University of Kwa-Zula Natal) Environmental DNA metabarcoding for assessing fish communities in Mozambique and South Africa Honours students Aidan Bossert Emma Rossouw Lab Alumni HONOURS Delene Bezuidenhout Bianca Boshoff Casey Broom Courtney Fagg Michelle Fourie Enelge Gildenhuys Oliver Hansen Sheila Heron Michelle Jooste Jenna Keightley Jessie Yuill Michelle Maberly Charl Mclachlan Jen McShane Marlene Neethling Sian Seymour Engela Smit Jessica Stephens Gideon van den Berg Alisa Volkmann Grace Warner MSc Casey Broom Courtney Fagg Megan Jackson 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 Tinashe Muteveri Erica Nielsen Olivier Pasnin Nikki Phair Zanne Zeeman Postdoctoral Alicia Dalongeville Goetz Froeschke Romina Henriques |