Prof. Dr. Bernard Slippers

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