Postdoctoral Fellows

  Dr Anja Erasmus

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  +27 82 550 3762
  23599235@mynwu.ac.za
  Building G23A, Room 218, Potchefstroom
  PhD Environmental Sciences
  Biodiversity, taxonomy, environmental parasitology of marine fish parasites, focusing on Gnathiid isopods.
 

UESM Postdoc Committee Chairperson

Affiliations
Subject group: Zoology
Research group: Water Research Group (social media: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram)

  Dr Bianca Greyvenstein

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  +27 83 644 8085
  biagrey90@gmail.com
  EcoRehab (M-campus), Room G14, Potchefstroom
  PhD Environmental Sciences
  Mantodea of South Africa and Insect Diversity in Agricultural Settings
 

UESM Postdoc Committee Vice-Chairperson

Affiliations
 

  Dr Anja Vermaak

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  25476076@mynwu.ac.za
  Building G23A, Room 205, Potchefstroom
  PhD in Environmental Sciences
 
  Taxonomy and biodiversity of marine fish parasites

Sub-Programme: Aquatic Ecosystem Health

Main Subject Group: Zoology

Research Group: Water Research Group

 


  Dr Marelize Marsay

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  +27 78 725 1328
  24279862@mynwu.ac.za
  Building G23A Room 214, Potchefstroom
  PhD in Environmental Sciences
  Aquatic ecotoxicology focusing on the effects of pesticides, metals, and nanoparticles on organisms

FNAS School: School of Biological Sciences

Sub-Programme: Aquatic Ecosystem Health

Main Subject Group: Zoology

Research Group: Water Research Group


  Dr Karabo Tsholo

  ktsholo1@gmail.com
  Building G23A, Room 316, Potchefstroom
  PhD in Microbiology
  Antimicrobial resistance within aquatic environments and crops

FNAS School: School of Biological Sciences

Sub-Programme: Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Microbiology

Main Subject Group: Aquatic Ecosystem Health


  Dr Anru-Louis Kock

  082 534 0875
  anru.kock@gmail.com
  Building E4, Potchefstroom
  PhD in Environmental Sciences
  Soil spectroscopy, Advanced Machine and Deep learning for Soil Science

Sub-Programme: Ecological Interactions and Ecosystem Resilience (EIER)

Main Subject Group: Pedometrics

Research Group: Pedometrics


  Dr Philisiwe Felicity Mhlanga

  073 887 6706
  55859127@mynwu.ac.za
  Building G23, Room 118, Potchefstroom
  PhD in Biology
  Plant Biotechnology, Plant Ecophysiology

FNAS School: School of Biological Sciences

Sub-Programme: Ecological Interactions and Ecosystem Resilience (EIER)

Main Subject Group: Crop Production and Soil Management


  Dr Vongai Marjorie Paradza

  071 602 6554
  55895484@mynwu.ac.za
  EcoRehab, Mahikeng
  PhD
  Agricultural Entomology, Integrated Pest Management, Biological control, Entomopathogens

FNAS School: School of Biological Sciences

Sub-Programme: Integrated Pest Management

Main Subject Group: Entomology


  Dr Ruhan Verster

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  +27 83 641 8472
  ruhan.verster@gmail.com
  Building D1, Room 109, Potchefstroom
  PhD Environmental Science
  Currently my research focuses on the environmental management of protected areas, to ensure conservation for the future.
 

UESM Postdoc Committee Secretary

Sub-programmes: Environmental Management
Research group: Protected Areas Research Group (PARG)

  Dr Natasha Mumba

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  0739724884
  Natasham556@gmail.com
  Building E4, Potchefstroom
  PhD
  Local Economic Development

FNAS School: School of Geo- and Spatial Sciences

Sub-Programme: Spatial Planning, Development and Implementation

Main Subject Group: Urban and Regional Planning


  Dr Krishna Gautam

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  0790866419
  krishnagautam799@gmail.com
  Building G23A and Room 306, Potchefstroom
  PhD in Biological Sciences
  Sample collection, extraction, and detection of chemical entities from the environment, and identifying hazards and risks associated with emerging environmental contaminants in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and their ecological risk.

FNAS School: School of Biological Sciences

Sub-Programme: Ecological Interactions and Ecosystem Resilience (EIER)

Main Subject Group: Zoology

Research Group: Water Research Group, 

Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecotoxicology 


  Dr Oluwadamilola Makinde

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  0834395998
  makinde2020@gmail.com
  G23A, Room 316, Potchefstroom
  PhD in Microbiology
  Detecting, characterizing, and controlling microbial and chemical contaminants in food to ensure safety and quality.

FNAS School: School of Biological Sciences

Sub-Programme: Microbiology

Main Subject Group: Microbiology

Research Group: Environmental Microbiology and Agricultural Biotechnology


  Dr Hannes Erasmus

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  +27 76 745 5807
  22119809@mynwu.ac.za
  Building G23A, Room 241, Potchefstroom
  PhD Environmental Sciences
  Aquatic ecotoxicology, especially the effects of mining activities on aquatic environments
 

UESM Postdoc Committee Treasurer

Affiliations
Sub-programmes: Aquatic Ecosystem Health
Subject group: Zoology
Research group: Water Research Group (social media: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn)

  Dr Cormac Price

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  +27 76 873 8110
  cormacprice20@gmail.com
  Building G23A, Room 218, Potchefstroom
  PhD Zoology
  Herpetology, human snake conflict, urban adapting exploiting reptiles.
 

UESM Postdoc Committee: Social media

Affiliations
Subject group: Zoology
Research group: HerpHealth Lab (social media: Twitter/X, Instagram)

  Dr Stephen Opiyo

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  +27 64 556 1965 / +254 79 593 8064
  stevebalaka@gmail.com
  Building D1, Room 102, Potchefstroom
  PhD Environmental Planning and Management
  Climate and land use change impacts on ecosystems, ecosystem services and rural livelihoods
 

UESM Postdoc Committee: Marketing

Affiliations
Research groups: Climatology Research Group (CRG)

  Dr Fortunate Phaka

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  +27 18 299 2372
  mafetap@gmail.com
  Building G23A, Room 229, Potchefstroom
  Joint PhD Environmental Sciences and Biology
  Herptile diversity in areas of high cultural diversity
 

UESM Postdoc Committee: Research and Development  

Affiliations
Subject group: Zoology
Research group: African Amphibian Conservation Research Group (AACRG) (Facebook, Twitter/X)

  Dr Mabrouk Bachari

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  +27 66 041 2268
  mabrouk.bachari@fst.utm.tn
  Building E4, Room 104, Potchefstroom
  PhD Geological sciences
  Sedimentology, Geochemistry, Biostratigraphy, Climate change, Petroleum basin analysis.
 

UESM Postdoc Committee: Research and Development  

Affiliations
Subject group: Geology

  Dr Kazeem Alaynade

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  +27 63 033 3574
  jkadekunle2@gmail.com
  Building E6, Potchefstroom
  PhD Microbiology
  My research activities are focused on solving problems around antimicrobial resistance profiling of pathogens; developing biopharmaceuticals against infectious diseases; and understanding fungi-endobacterial interactions
Subject group: Microbiology
Research group: Environmental Microbiology and Agricultural Biotechnology

  Dr Fortune Mangara

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  +27 83 590 9078
  mangarafortune@gmail.com
  Building D1, Potchefstroom
  PhD Urban and Regional Planning
  Disaster Risk Studies and Urban Planning
Affiliations
Research group: Disaster Risk Science (social media: Twitter, Facebook; ACDS: webpage)

  Dr Paul Chipangura

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  +27 76 878 6392
  25610015@mynwu.ac.za
  PhD Disaster Studies
  Disaster Risk Management
Sub-programmes: Disaster Risk Studies
 

  Dr Linda Obi

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  +27 84 862 9589
  obilindauloma@gmail.com
  Building G23A, Room 316, Potchefstroom
  PhD Environmental Sciences
  Microbial Ecology
Affiliations
Subject group: Microbiology

  Dr Abdulaziz Yakubu

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  +27 61 130 8677
  yakubu.at@gmail.com
  Building D1, Room 102, Potchefstroom
  PhD Physics
  Atmospheric Science, Climate Modelling, Meteorology and Extreme Weather Prediction, Air Quality, Climate Change
Affiliations

  Dr Oluwaseyi Olanrewaju

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  +27 60 395 6964
  olusam777@gmail.com
  Building G23A, Room 316, Potchefstroom
  PhD Biology
  Antibiotic resistance, plant microbiome, bioinformatics, plant interactions, ecology
Affiliations
Sub-programmes: Aquatic Ecosystem Health
Subject group: Microbiology
 

  Dr Marliese Truter

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  +27 71 364 2164
  Building G23A, Room 210, Potchefstroom
  PhD Environmental Sciences
  Fish Parasitology Taxonomy & Systematics, Invasion Biology, Conservation
Affiliations
Subject group: Zoology
Research group: Water Research Group (social media: Twitter, Facebook)

  Dr Russell Yong

  Postdoctoral fellow
  rqy.yong@uqconnect.edu.au
  Building E6, Potchefstroom
  PhD
  Fish parasitology and Taxonomy and Systematics of Trematodes in Marine Fishes
Affiliations
Sub-programme: Aquatic Ecosystem Health
Subject group: Zoology
Research group: Water Research Group (social media: Twitter, Facebook)

  Dr Nanamhla Gwedla

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  +27 73 070 9948
  Nhanagwedla@gmail.com
  Building E6, Room 305, Potchefstroom
  PhD Environmental Sciences
  Social-ecological systems, urban ecology, urban forestry, green infrastructure, urban sustainability, environmental justice, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Knowledge co-production
Affiliations
FNAS School: School of Biological Sciences
Subject group: Botany

  Dr Sutapa Adhikari

  Postdoctoral fellow
  +27 73 807 8554
  30717582@mynwu.ac.za
  Building A12, Room G35, Mahikeng
  PhD Botany
  Phytoaccumulation and phytoremediation
Affiliations
Subject group: Botany

 


  Dr Samuel Nde

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  +27 63 519 9357
  ndesamuelche@gmail.com
  Building A12, Room G06, Mahikeng
  PhD In Environmental Sciences
  Soil and water contamination; Environmental tracing
Affiliations

 


  Dr Annegrace Zembe

  Postdoctoral Researcher
  zembeannegrace@gmail.com
  Building E4, Room 121, Potchefstroom
  PhD in Science with Disaster Risk Science
  Climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, food security, early warning systems, technological disasters

FNAS School: School of Geo- and Spatial Sciences

Sub-Programme: Disaster Risk

Main Subject Group: Disaster Risk

Research Group: Disaster Risk Science 


  Dr Clarisse Louvard

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  55214770@mynwu.ac.za
  Building G23A, Room 201, Potchefstroom
  PhD in Parasitology
  Transcriptomics and life-cycles of aquatic parasites

FNAS School: School of Biological Sciences

Sub-Programme: Integrated Pest Management

Research Group: Water Research Group


  Dr Nandipha Ndamane

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  0797640857
  56165129@mynwu.ac.za
  Building G23, Potchefstroom
  PhD Ecological Sciences
  Grassland, Rangeland Ecology, and Woody plant encroachment

FNAS School: School of Biological Sciences

Sub-Programme: Botany

Main Subject Group: Botany