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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Organismic Interactions, Chemical Ecology and Microbiomes of Plant Systems,Evolution and Systematics of Plants and Fungi,Plant Breeding and Plant Pathology |
| Keywords | Forest Pathology, Forest Entomology, Forest health molecular ecology, Microbial molecular ecology, Mycology |
| Honours and awards | 2025: Selected as one of the Vice-Presidents of the International Congress of Plant Pathology 2028 (ICPP2028) on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. 2024: National Science and Technology Forum of South Africa (NSTF) – South32 Awards, Winner in the Research and Innovation Management Category 2022: Christiaan Hendrik Persoon Gold Medal from the Southern African Society of Plant Pathology, the highest award of the Society 2020: Havenga Prize for Life Sciences from the Academy for Science and Art, South Africa 2018: Highly Cited Researcher, top 1% cited researchers in the field of Plant & Animal Science, Clarivate Analytics 2018: South African Institute of Forestry, Continuous Service Excellence Award 2016: University of Pretoria Chancellors’ medal, highest award for research excellence 2013: Inaugural JE Vanderplank award from Southern African Society of Plant Pathology 2011: Inaugural Afircan Union - TWAS Young Scientist national award 2011: Young Scientist Mentor award, invited by the Inter Academy Panel, at the Annual meeting of the New Champions, World Economic Forum, Dalian, China 2010: Southern African Association for the Advancement of Science (S2A3) British Association Medal (Silver) for scientific excellence to a South African scientist under the age of 40 2009: Young Scientist award, amongst 60 selected by the Inter Academy Panel on international issues to attend the Annual meeting of the New Champions, World Economic Forum, Dalian, China 2008: University of Pretoria, Exceptional Young Researcher award, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences 2005: International Union of Forestry Research Organisation (IUFRO) (2005) - Award for Outstanding Doctoral research 2003: Skye Foundation, South Africa - Award of excellence to support postdoctoral study at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences 2000: Junior Captain Scott Medal for the best dissertation at an South African University (Academy for Science and Art – Biological Sciences) 1999: Andries Brink-Sasol Prize for best M.Sc. dissertation in Microbiology |
Current contact address
| Country | South Africa |
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| City | Pretoria |
| Institution | University of Pretoria |
| Institute | Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) |
| Homepage | www.up.ac.za |
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Programme(s)
| 2025 | Humboldt Research Award Programme |
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