Head of Department

Thomas Seifert (Prof)

 Tel:  + 27 21 808 3295; e-mail

Lecturer:

Field of expertise:

Forest Growth and Yield Science, Forest mensuration and inventory

Barend Lötter (Mr)

 Tel:  + 27 21 808 9237; e-mail

Lecturer:

Field of expertise:

Furniture Design, manufacture and finishing

Ben du Toit (Dr)

 Tel:  + 27 21 808 3305; e-mail

Lecturer:

Field of expertise:

Silviculture

Silviculture of planted forests, Forest nutrition, Stand eco-physiology and site productivity studies, Forest soils and ecological sustainability, Fire and fuel load management, Bio-energy potentials

Website

Brand Wessels (Mr)

 Tel:  + 27 21 808 3319; e-mail

Lecturer:

Field of expertise:

Sawmill processing, Wood mechanics, Solid wood processing & optimisation

Cori Ham (Mr)

 Tel:  + 27 21 808 3297; e-mail

Lecturer:

Field of expertise:

Forestry business management & strategy

Hannél Ham (Ms)

 Tel:  + 27 21 808 3301; e-mail

Lecturer:

Field of expertise:

Tree improvement, ecology and agroforestry

Luvuyo Tyhoda (Dr)

 Tel:  + 27 21 808 3298; e-mail

Lecturer:

Field of expertise:

Martina Meincken (Dr)

 Tel:  + 27 21 808 2618; e-mail

Lecturer:

Field of expertise:

Wood Physics, Composite Materials, Surface Analysis, Bio-energy

Website

Pierre Ackerman (Mr)

 Tel:  + 27 21 808 3293; e-mail

Lecturer:

Field of expertise: 

Forest Harvesting

Timber harvesting and logistics, Bio-energy harvest, Costing and systems optimisation, Timber supply chain management and forest road, Network optimisation

Tim Rypstra (Prof)

 Tel:  + 27 21 808 3317; e-mail

Lecturer:

Field of expertise:

Wood Chemistry, Wood Degradation and Preservation, Surface Treatment, Adhesives, Performance Testing of Wood Materials and Products

Wood degradation, preservation of wood, performance testing of wood products in service, Wood Chemistry, Composite wood products manufacture,  Anatomy of Wood

Poppie Gordon (Ms)

Admin Officer

 Tel:  + 27 21 808 3303; e-mail

Ursula Pietersen (Ms)

Department Secretary

 Tel:  + 27 21 808 3323; e-mail

Anton Kunneke (Mr)

Remote Sensing and GIS

 Tel:  + 27 21 808 3313; e-mail

John De Wet (Mr)

Facility Manager

 Tel:  + 27 21 808 3888; e-mail

Mark February (Mr)

Research Technician

 Tel:  + 27 21 808 3307; e-mail

Wilmour Hendrikse (Mr)

Research Technician

 Tel:  + 27 21 808 2622; e-mail

Bill Dvorak (Prof)

Affiliated with:

Field of expertise: 

Tree improvement and propagation

 Coert Geldenhuys (Prof)

Affiliated with:

Field of expertise: 

Future works cc

Ecology and Management of Indigenous Forests & Woodlands

Mike Jacobson (Prof)

Affiliated with:

Field of expertise:

 Pennsylvania State University, USA

 Forest Management

Reino Pulkki (Prof)

Affiliated with:

Field of expertise:

Lakehead University, Canada

Forest Engineering

 Walter Warkotsch (Prof)

Affiliated with:

Field of expertise:

TMU, Germany

 Forest Engineering

Klaus von Gadow (Prof)

Affiliated with:

Field of expertise:

Professor in Emeritus

 Forest Management

 Festus Akkinifesi (Prof)

Affiliated with:

Field of expertise:

World Agroforestry Centre

Agroforestry and Community Forestry

 John Mortimer (Mr)

 Tel:  + 27 21 808 3806; e-mail

Affiliated with:

Field of expertise:

Stellenbosch University and Phetogo Associates

General Management both in Forests and Wood Processing

 Jan Swart (Mr)

 Tel:  + 27 21 808 2619; e-mail

Affiliated with:

Field of expertise:

Contractor

Pulp and Paper

Anton du Plessis (Dr)

Tel:  + 27 21 808 9389; e-mail

Affiliated with:

Field of expertise:

Central Analytical Facilities

Staff Scientist, Computed Tomography Scanner

Honours programme in Forestry and Natural  Resource Sciences (BScForHons):

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Nolte Smit

Wood surface treatment

Prof Tim Rypstra

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Lionel Dlamini

Forest Economics

Cori Ham

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

George Heunis

Forest Engineering

Pierre Ackerman

Masters Programme in Forestry and Natural Resource Sciences (MScFor):

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

André Wise

Forestry Management

Prof Thomas Seifert

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Angeline Atsame-Edda

Dynamics of the regeneration of natural forest species into a stand of invasive tree species along the Buffeljagsrivier near Swellendam, South Africa.

Dr Coert Geldenhuys & Prof Thomas Seifert

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Anton Kunneke

Development of an UAV for airborne forest inventory based on stereophotogrammetry

Prof Thomas Seifert

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Carl Baptista

Forest Management

Cori Ham

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Danie Jacobs

Transport logistics

Pierre Ackerman & Dr Dirk Leangin

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Daniel Ndalowa

Forest Development

Cori Ham & Hannél Ham

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Darius Phiri

Forest Management

Prof Thomas Seifert

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Felicia Haiduwa

Forest Economics

Cori Ham

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Frederik Lerm

A method for the rapid creation of 3D internal images of logs

Brand Wessels

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Gerard Lindner

Forest Management

Prof Thomas Seifert

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Hendri Jooste

Impact of drought on mortality and diameter increment in the afromontane forests in Southern Africa.

Prof Thomas Seifert

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Jaco van der Merwe

Forest Engineering

Pierre Ackerman

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Kennedy Kurwaisimba

Harvest operations for bioenergy purpases

Pierre Ackerman & Dr  Bruce Talbot

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Louisa Burger

Silviculture

Dr Ben du Toit

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Marios Kada

Influence of water availability on tree ring growth, latewood proportion and wood density of Pinus radiata in South Africa

Prof Thomas Seifert

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Moses Moses

Forest Economics

Cori Ham

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Nceba Ngcobo

Forestry Business Development

Cori Ham

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Paul Ngozo

Forest Management

Cori Ham

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Philip Crafford

Development of a novel wood structural column from plywood

Brand Wessels

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Ralston Hans

Silviculture

Dr Ben du Toit

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Simon Ackerman

Irregular stand structures – effects on wood properties and solutions for forest management

Prof Thomas Seifert & Pierre Ackerman

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Sinazo Njamela

Lignin carbohydrate complexes

Dr  Luvuyo Tyhoda & Prof Johann Görgens

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Itchell Guiriey

Community Based National Resource Management

Cori Ham

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Linda Rousseau

Forest Policy

Cori Ham

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Robert Mupemba

Benefit of converting a wattle stand to a natural forest in terms of water use and carbon sequestration along the riparian zone in Buffeljags river

Dr Coert Geldenhuys & Prof Thomas Seifert

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Brand Wessels

The non-destructive evaluation of some mechanical properties of standing Pinus patula trees.

Prof Tim Rypstra

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Benedict Ohdiambo

The effect of fire damage on the growth and survival of native and commercial trees in South Africa

Prof Thomas Seifert

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Christian Ombina

Forest Ecology

Dr. Coert Geldenhuys

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Dean da Costa

Tree physiology and stand establishment

Dr Ben du Toit & Dr Keith Lilttle. (ICFR)

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Enver Mapanda

Forest Ecology

Prof Coert Geldenhuys

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Goncalo Ferrao

Development of a strategic framework to manage poverty and Deforestation in Miombo woodlands in Mozambique

Dr. Coert Geldenhuys & Prof Thomas Seifert

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Hannél Ham

Develop a protocol for the successful hybridisation of Pinus radiata with other Pinus species

Prof Bill Dvorak, Drr Arnulf Kanzler & Ben du Toit

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Sentime Kasay

Strengthening "governance" of sustainable resource use by rural communities in the moist forest region of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Prof Coert Geldenhuys & Prof John Kessy (Tanzania)

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Pierre Ackerman

Forest Engineering

Prof Reino Pulkki

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Pholoso Malatji

Develop a scale based decision making model for biomass/energy conversion

Dr Martina Meincken

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Steven Dovey

Forest Biogeochemistry

Dr Ben du Toit & Dr W. de Clercq

Name: 

Research focus:

Supervisor (s):

Tembo Chanyenga

Forest Ecology

Prof Coert Geldenhuys