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Armanda Bastos
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Prof. Armanda Bastos is an associate professor in the department of Zoology & Entomology at the University of Pretoria. Her research focuses on the molecular epidemiology of infectious diseases and on the systematics of diverse native and invasive African taxa.
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John Cooper
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John Cooper is a Research Associate of the C·I·B. He retired from the University of Cape Town after a 35-year career conducting research on seabird biology and conservation, with a special emphasis on islands in the Southern Ocean. He currently acts as Information Officer for the International Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP) which takes him to Hobart, Australia once a year to work at the Secretariat’s offices. He also undertakes environmental management work at Marion and Gough Islands most years.
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Brian Huntley
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Dr. Brian Huntley is a Research Associate of the C·I·B. Brian retired as CEO of the South African National Biodiversity Institute in 2009. His focal activity has been the development of strong institutional capacity in biodiversity conservation, which he continues through serving as an advisor and consultant to many international agencies such as UNDP, UNEP, UNESCO, GEF etc. His special interest lies in developing and implementing a protected areas expansion strategy for Angola, where he has recently led two major biodiversity assessment expeditions.
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Rainer Krug
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Dr Rainer M. Krug is a research associate at the C·I·B. He is an ecological modeler currently based in Paris / France. His research focuses on the spread of alien invasive plants, particularly in relation to different management scenarios. He has extensive experience with spatial as well as non-spatial simulation models. He is a proponent of Open Source software and is using, in his research, exclusively Open Source programs (Linux, R, GRASS, LyX / LaTeX, etc.)
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Dave Pepler
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Dave Pepler promotes the biodiversity and invasion biology work of the Centre for Invasion Biology through media liaison, such as radio interviews and television programmes. Dave’s primary affiliation is with the Centre for Invasion Biology.
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Aleks Terauds
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Dr. Aleks Terauds is a Research Associate at the C·I·B. His research interests include both vertebrate and invertebrate ecology (from albatrosses to springtails), sub-Antarctic ecology, sub-Antarctic invasion biology and Antarctic biodiversity. He has authored books on Albatrosses (2005), Macquarie Island (2008), the New Zealand sub-Antarctic islands (2009) and with some South African colleagues, the South African sub-Antarctic islands (2010).
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