Prof Che's Honours Candidates

Barry Schoonbee

Position:        Hons. student

Expertise:     Biodiversity & Conservation ecology

Office:             Potchefstroom campus

Telephone: 

Email:             barryschoonbee@gmail.com

Short Biography:

His Hons. project addresses the disease dynamics of chytrid fungus infection in Amietia hymenopus, found in the Drakensberg.

Nick Steyn

Position:        Hons. student

Expertise:     Biodiversity & Conservation ecology

Office:             Potchefstroom campus

Telephone: 

Email:             nickasteyn95@gmail.com

Short Biography:

For his Honors project, he will be looking at the influence of the amphibian chytrid pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, on the Phofung River Frog, Amietia hymenopus, that occur in the Mount aux Sources region of the Drakensberg. I will specifically be aiming to determine whether the chytrid pathogen is associated with deaths witnessed in the Mount aux Sources region. In 2018 he plans to study Veterinary Science.