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Steven Chown
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Prof. Steven Chown is Director of the CIB and a Professor in the Department of Botany and Zoology at Stellenbosch University. His research interests span a broad range of topics, including biogeographic and macroecological studies, evolutionary physiology, spatial ecology, invasion biology and the integration of these fields. He also has major interests in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic biology and conservation, and is Chief Officer of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research's Standing Committee for the Antarctic Treaty System.
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David Richardson
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Prof. David Richardson is Deputy Director of the CIB and a Professor in the Department of Botany and Zoology at Stellenbosch University. His research focuses mainly on plant invasions, especially trees and shrubs. He is interested in the biogeography, ecology and management of invasions. David is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Diversity and Distributions.
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Christian Chimimba
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Prof. Christian Chimimba is a lecturer in the Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria. His research interests include African small mammal evolutionary and biosystematics research focusing on rodents of medical, veterinary, economic, agricultural, and of biodiversity/conservation concern.
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Dr 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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Sarah Davies
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Sarah Davies is involved in managing the CIB's research programme, and in projects on invasive Argentine ants in the fynbos biome. She is particularly interested in how ecological systems change when invaded, how invasions can be prevented and controlled and the policy implications of these priorities.
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Karen Esler
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Prof. Karen Esler is Deputy Chairperson of the Department of Conservation Ecology, Stellenbosch University. The overall goal of her research is to understand how drivers of change (climate change, over-exploitation, habitat fragmentation and alien invasion) influence population and community structure and processes in fynbos and Karoo vegetation. The applied aspect of this work has been to advise on aspects of restoration and conservation.
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Stefan Foord
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Dr. Stefan Foord is a lecturer in the Department of Zoology at the University of Venda. His research focuses mainly on arachnid systematics, ecology and conservation.
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Llewellyn Foxcroft
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Dr Llewellyn Foxcroft is a scientist in the South African National Parks Conservation Services division, based in Skukuza, Kruger National Park. His main research interests are in alien plant invasions, investigating the processes and patterns of invasion, and the links to management interventions. He also has wide ranging interests in conservation biology, as well as strategic adaptive management frameworks. He is editor of the journal Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science.
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Charles Griffiths
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Prof. Charles Griffiths is Director of the Marine Biology Research Centre and a Professor in the Zoology Department, University of Cape Town. His research interests lie mainly in the field of marine biodiversity and marine invasive species.
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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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Steven Johnson
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Prof. Steven Johnson is a professor in the School of Biological and Conservation Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg. His research is focused on the ecology and evolution of plant-pollinator interactions.
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Dr 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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Melodie McGeoch
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Prof. Melodie McGeoch (General Manager, Cape Research Centre, South African National Parks) is a spatial ecologist and biodiversity scientist. Her research interests include climate change and invasive alien species impacts on biodiversity, the quantification and prediction of spatial pattern in biodiversity and the development of bioindicators.
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Heidi Prozesky
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Dr. Heidi Prozesky is a lecturer at the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Stellenbosch University. Her research interests include science and technology studies, with a particular focus on gender and publication productivity, as well as environmental sociology and the sociology of the family.
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Berndt Janse van Rensburg
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Prof. Berndt J. van Rensburg’s research is focused on the patterns in diversity at both local and regional scales, the processes responsible for these patterns, and the conservation implications thereof. He is associated with the Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria.
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Michael Somers
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Prof. Michael Somers is a lecturer at the Centre for Wildlife Management, University of Pretoria. His research interests are broad but include invasion biology, reintroduction biology, conservation behaviour and carnivore behaviour and ecology.
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Brian van Wilgen
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Dr. Brian van Wilgen is a Chief Ecologist in the CSIR Natural Resources and Environment Unit, based in Stellenbosch. His primary fields of research include fire ecology and the use of fire in managing ecosystems, as well as the ecology and management of invasive alien plants in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems.
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Olaf Weyl
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Dr. Olaf Weyl is the Senior Aquatic Biologist at the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity. His research interests include fish biology and ecology, particularly with reference to the impact of alien fishes and the influence of anthropogenic factors on aquatic ecosystems.
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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 assisting with the Early Detection and Rapid Response alien plant programme of Working for Water.
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Theresa Wossler
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Prof. Theresa Wossler is a lecturer in the Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University. Her research focuses on social insects and the threat introduced social insects have on their host communities through the flexibility that sociality offers.
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