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David Richardson
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Prof David Richardson is the Director of the C·I·B. Dave’s specific expertise are in invasion ecology and particularly alien tree invasions. He is Editor-in-Chief of Diversity and Distributions. He is a member of the IUCN Species Survival Specialist Group on Invasive Organisms and the Working for Water Programme’s Ecology Review Panel.
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Sarah Davies
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Sarah Davies is the Deputy Director: Operations for the C·I·B. Sarah is a conservation biologist interested in systems ecology and conservation science.
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C·I·B Core Staff
Steven Chown
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Prof Steven L. Chown is a researcher at the Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology. Prof Chown is also a member of the C·I·B Core Team.
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Susana Clusella-Trullas
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Dr Susana Clusella-Trullas is a physiological ecologist at the C·I·B. Her research combines theory, laboratory and field work to examine physiological responses of organisms to changing environmental conditions, with a strong focus on thermal biology. Her interests include climate change impacts on indigenous and invasive species and the interactive effects of climate and invasion. Additional research addresses patterns of physiological traits at large spatial scales and bottom-up modeling approaches.
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Karla Coombe-Davis
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Karla Coombe-Davis is our Principal Technical Officer (Database Management) and is involved in the maintenance of a web-based data retrieval and submission system; data collection, verification and storage and development and maintenance of the C·I·B website.
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Melanie de Morney
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Melanie de Morney is an Assistant Technical Officer of the Iimbovane Outreach Project involved in field sampling and processing, as well as ant curation.
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Dorette du Plessis
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Dorette du Plessis is the Outreach Manager of the C·I·B. Her duties include the management of the Iimbovane Outreach Programme, and the reporting and liaison with funders and higher education institutions.
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Mirijam Gaertner
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Mirijam Gaertner is a Restoration Ecologist. Her research focuses on impacts of alien plant invasions on the native ecosystem specifically on legacies of alien plant invasions and resilience of native ecosystems. Additionally, she has a strong interest in nature conservation focusing on sustainable use of natural resources and the processes of land degradation.
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Anél Garthwaite
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Anél is the Personal Assistant to the Director. Her duties include, but is not limited to: the management of grant funds, student administration, purchasing of equipment and lab consumables, diary management, travel arrangements and event coordination as well as research assistance and management of Prof Chown's extensive research library.
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Cang Hui
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Dr Cang Hui is a researcher working on the interface between mathematics and ecology. His interests lie in proposing models and theories for explaining emerging patterns in community ecology, macroecology and evolution.
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Keafon Jumbam
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Keafon Jumbam is the Technical Officer of the Iimbovane Outreach Project. She’s involved with field sampling, sorting, identification and curation of ant samples for the project.
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Thembile Khoza
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Thembile Khoza is the Technical Officer of the C·I·B. She is responsible for curation of ant and beetle samples for the Cederberg long-term research project.
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Suzaan Kritzinger-Klopper
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Suzaan Kritzinger-Klopper is the Senior Technical Officer of the C·I·B. In assisting the core team members and their students, Suzaan is the overall responsible person for field work. She is also the liaison for permits, landowners and all other parties. Her main area of interest is in fynbos botanical diversity, and she helps with basic plant identification.
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Jaco le Roux
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Dr Jaco le Roux is the molecular ecology lab manager and does research related to phylogeography and population genetics of invasive plants. His research interests are broad but mainly revolve around evolutionary dynamics of small populations, evolutionary biology and ecology of plant invaders in general.
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Tlou Manyelo
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Tlou Manyelo, a Technical Officer at the C·I·B, is responsible for curation of beetles and ant samples for the Cederberg long-term research project.
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Elrike Marais
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Dr Elrike Marais is a Project and Research Manager at the C·I·B. Elrike manages the Stellenbosch University HOPE/C·I·B projects and the Working for Water Programme funded research projects. In addition, she assists the Director in data collection and analyses, and physiology students in the laboratory.
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Christy Momberg
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Christy Momberg effects the administrative and business side of science for Prof. Dave Richardson and his team.
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Erika Nortje
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Erika Nortje is our First Technical Officer responsible for managing the C·I·B Physiology and Ecology laboratory. Erika assists with the organization, field work and curation of samples for the Cederberg long-term project. She is responsible for curating microclimate data from various sites in South Africa and from Marion Island. Erika is involved with the logistic arrangements for travels to Marion Island.
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Charlene Scheepers
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Charlene Janion is a part-time Technical Officer at the C·I·B. She provides assistance to the Soil Biodiversity in the Fynbos project. This project is done in collaboration with Steven Chown (C·I·B, Stellenbosch University), Jan Bengtsson (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala, Sweden), Hans Petter Leinaas (University of Oslo, Norway), Louis Deharveng and Anne Bedos (Paris Museum of National History, France), and Bettine Jansen van Vuuren (C·I·B, Stellenbosch University, South Africa). For more details see http://academic.sun.ac.za/cib/collembola
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Dora Scott
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Dora Scott is a Social Scientist and works on the Promoting South Africa’s Antarctic Legacy Project. She collects, archives and curates documents, photographs and other interesting bits pertaining to South Africa’s historic involvement and activities in the Sub-Antarctic Ocean.
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Mathilda van der Vyver
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Our Administrative Officer, Mathilda van der Vyver, is responsible for the day to day administration tasks of the C·I·B hub.
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John Wilson
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Dr John Wilson is a researcher with the South African National Biodiversity Institute based at the Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University. He is interested in the ecology and evolution of biological invasions, and how humans have influenced these processes. He is also working on why certain introduced populations are small, how these populations can best be managed, and which species to prioritise.
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C·I·B UP Hub Staff
Chantal Strumpher
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Chantal is the part time administrative / field technician based at the University of Pretoria to contribute towards the establishment of a northern node of the CIB at UP. She assists CIB members of the northern node with relevant administrative duties and coordinates research activities that form part of the existing long-term Sani Pass (Drakensberg) project conducted by Dr. Berndt van Rensburg and Dr. Mark Robertson at UP.
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