Academic Staff
Aquatic Ecosystem Health
Prof Carlos Bezuidenhout
UESM Director +27 18 299 2315 Carlos.Bezuidenhout@nwu.ac.za Building E4, Room G03, Potchefstroom PhD Microbiology Aquatic Microbiology, Antimicrobial Resistance in the Environment, Water Sanitation, Health and Energy
Prof Jonathan Taylor
Professor +27 18 299 1096 Jonathan.Taylor@nwu.ac.za Building E6, Room 132, Potchefstroom PhD Environmental Sciences Using Diatoms as Indicators of Water Quality Impact; Diatom Taxonomy & Systematics; Curates the South African National Diatom Collection
Prof Sanet Janse van Vuuren
Associate Professor +27 18 299 2514 10202668@nwu.ac.za Building E6, Room 134, Potchefstroom PhD Taxonomy & Ecology of Algae (Phycology)Sub-programme: Aquatic Ecosystem Health
Subject group: Botany
Research group: Algal Research Group
Prof Sandra Barnard
Professor +27 18 299 2508 Sandra.Barnard@nwu.ac.za Building E6, Room 136, Potchefstroom PhD Botany Water Quality, Aquatic Ecology & Ecosystems, Problem Algae, Water Purification, Molecular Ecology
Prof Rialet Pieters
Professor +27 18 299 02379 Rialet.Pieters@nwu.ac.za Building G23A, Room 230, Potchefstroom PhD Zoology Endocrine Disruption and Oxidative Stress from Environmental Samples using Cell Based Bioassays; Instrumental Chemical Analysis & Biological Effects
Prof Victor Wepener
Professor +27 18 299 2385 Victor.Wepener@nwu.ac.za Building G23A, Room 212, Potchefstroom PhD Zoology Principal Investigator in the National Aquatic Bioassay Facility (NABF), Nanoecotoxicology; Expert in Ecological Risk Assessment.
Prof Lobina Palamuleni
Professor +27 18 389 2027 Lobina.Palamuleni@nwu.ac.za Building A12, Room 101, Mahikeng PhD Geography and Environmental Management Applied Remote Sensing and Water Resources Management
Prof Nico Smit
Professor +27 18 299 2128 Nico.Smit@nwu.ac.za Building G23A, Room 208, Potchefstroom PhD Aquatic Ecology, Wildlife Parasitology
Dr Anatoliy Levanets
Senior Lecturer +27 18 299 2520 20868421@nwu.ac.za Building E6, Room G08, Potchefstroom PhD Biodiversity, flora, taxonomy, biogeography of freshwater and terrestrial algae, desmids
Dr Deidré Van Wyk
Senior Lecturer +27 18 389 2134 20418876@nwu.ac.za Building A12-B, Room G02, Mahikeng PhD Environmental Sciences Molecular Microbiology with a Specific Focus on Next-generation Sequencing & Genomics
Ms Nicole van Gessellen
Lecturer +27 18 389 2793 Nicky.VanGessellen@nwu.ac.za Building A12, Room G06A, Mahikeng MSc Environmental Sciences Aquatic Ecosystem Health, with specific reference to Marine Ecotoxicology
Dr Mandla Dlamini
Senior Lecturer +27 16 910 4991 Mandla.Dlamini@nwu.ac.za Building, A22 Room G06, Vanderbijlpark PhD, Geography and Environmental Studies
Ms Prudent Mokgokong
Lecturer +27 18 299 1544 48194972@nwu.ac.za Building G23A, Room 324, Potchefstroom MSc Veterinary Tropical Diseases Sequencing, Genomics and BioinformaticsBiodiversity and Conservation Ecology
Prof Louis du Preez
Professor +27 18 299 2372 Louis.DuPreez@nwu.ac.za Building G23A, Room 228, Potchefstroom PhD Amphibian Conservation & Amphibian Parasite Diversity
Prof Courtney Cook
Associate Professor Courtney.Cook@nwu.ac.za Building G23A, Room 302, Potchefstroom PhD Zoology Blood Haemoparasites (e.g. Apicomplexans & Flagellates of Ectotherms, & Potential Vectors). Tick-borne Pathogens Infecting Reptiles.
Prof Henk Bouwman
Professor +27 18 299 2377 Henk.Bouwman@nwu.ac.za Building G23A, Room 231, Potchefstroom PhD Ecotoxicology; Bird Ecology; Terrestrial, Aquatic, Marine and Space Biology
Prof Kerry (Hadfield) Malherbe
Associate Professor +27 18 299 4252 Kerry.Malherbe@nwu.ac.za Building G23A, Room 232, Potchefstroom PhD Zoology Aquatic parasitology, Predominately Parasitic Crustacea; Taxonomy
Professor Ché Weldon
Professor +27 18 299 2375 Che.Weldon@nwu.ac.za Building G23A, Room 216, Potchefstroom PhD Conservation, ecology and diseases of amphibians
Dr Madeleen Struwig
Senior Lecturer +27 18 389 2288 madeleen.struwig@nwu.ac.za Building A12, Room G10, Mahikeng PhD Plant taxonomy; ethnobotany
Prof Kgaugelo Lekota
Associate professor +27 18 299 2381 37747959@nwu.ac.za Building G23A, Room 322, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom PhD Veterinary Sciences Zoonosis; One Health; Genomics; Metagenomics
Dr Tshegofatso Sebitloane
Junior Lecturer +27 18 389 2186 18029981@nwu.ac.za Building A12, Room G36, Mahikeng PhD (Environmental Science) Land Degradation & Restoration; Rehabilitation EcologyClimate Change, Air Quality and Impacts
Prof Roelof Burger
Professor +27 18 299 4269 Roelof.Burger@nwu.ac.za Building D1, Room G15, Potchefstroom PhD Atmospheric Science
Prof Stuart Piketh
Director: School for Geo- and Spatial Sciences +27 18 299 1582 Stuart.Piketh@nwu.ac.za Building E4, Room G36, Potchefstroom PhD Atmospheric Research
Dr Brigitte Language
Senior Lecturer Brigitte.Language@nwu.ac.za Building E4, Room G35, Potchefstroom PhD Physical Geography; Geomorphology; Atmospheric Science; Air Pollution; Climate ChangeAffiliations
FNAS School: School of Geo- and Spatial Sciences
Sub-programmes: Climate Change, Air Quality and Impacts
Subject group: Geography and Environmental Studies
Research group: Climatology Research Group (CRG)
Dr Henno Havenga
Senior Lecturer +27 18 285 4001 Henno.Havenga@nwu.ac.za Building E4, Room G55, Potchefstroom PhD Environmental Science Anthropogenic Impact on Storms; Ambient Air Pollution; Climatology; Remote Sensing; GIS
Dr Nisa Ayob
Senior Lecturer +27 18 389 2812 nisa.ayob@nwu.ac.za Building A12, Room 110, Mahikeng GIS, Severe Weather and Climatology
Ms Ncobile Nkosi
Lecturer +27 60 771 9765 Ncobile.Nkosi@nwu.ac.za Building A12, Room 112, Mahikeng MSc Environmental Sciences Air quality, Geomorphology, Water borne diseases, Climate change and science communication
Dr Danie Boshoff
Senior Lecturer +27 16 910 3558 Danie.Boshoff@nwu.ac.za Building A22, Vanderbijlpark PhD Fire science and examining fire events from a geographical perspective.Crop Production and Soil Management
Prof Jacques Berner
Professor +27 18 299 2513 Jacques.Berner@nwu.ac.za Building E6, Room 133, Potchefstroom PhD Botany Environmental Influence on Photosynthesis; Weed Physiology; New Crop Development.
Prof Nomali Ngobese
Associate Professor +27 18 299 1587 Nomali.Ngobese@nwu.ac.za Building E4, Room G47, Potchefstroom PhD Bioresources Systems Agronomy: production of food crops and underutilized plants
Dr Zanele Mdodana
Senior Lecturer +27 18 299 4088 Zanele.Mdodana@nwu.ac.za Building E6, Room 132, Potchefstroom PhD (Plant Biotechnology) Biotechnology, Genomics, Proteomics, Molecular Biology, Plant Physiology, Carbohydrate Metabolism, Algae Blooms.
Dr Jerry Dlamini
Senior Lecturer +27 18 389 2790 Jerry.Dlamini@nwu.ac.za Building E4, room G122, Potchefstroom PhD Agronomy Agronomy, Greenhouse gas emissions from croplands, Carbon accounting, Greenhouse gas mitigation in agricultureVendez votre voiture à l'exportation facilement avec RachatVotreVoiture. Estimation rapide, démarches simplifiées, paiement sécurisé. Export voiture neuve ou d’occasion.
Prof Tshegofatso Dikobe
Associate Professor +27 18 389 2855 Tshegofatso.Dikobe@nwu.ac.za Building A12, Room G25, Mahikeng PhD (Biotechnology) Plant Physiology, Molecular Biology, Genomics, Proteomics, Molecular Systematics
Prof Gerhard du Preez
Associate Professor- Subject Chair +27 18 299 2723 Gerhard.DuPreez@nwu.ac.za Building E4, Room G29, Potchefstroom PhD Environmental Sciences Nematology; Soil Ecology; Environmental Health; Climate-smart Agriculture, Sustainable Intensification of Food Production; Assessment and Restoration of Soil Ecosystem Health and Functioning in Small- and Large-Scale Farming Systems
Mr Tshepiso Seobi
Lecturer +27 18 299 4299 Tshepiso.Seobi@nwu.ac.za Building E4, Room G22, Potchefstroom MSc (Environmental Soil Science) Environmental Soil Science, Soil Biology, Agronomy, Land Use Planning
Dr Dimakatso Ramphisa-Nghondzweni
Senior Lecturer +27 18 299 1080 Dimakatso.Ramphisa@nwu.ac.za Building E4, Room G56, Potchefstroom PhD Soil Science Soil Fertility and Plant NutritionDisaster Risk Science
Prof Dewald van Niekerk
Professor +27 18 299 1634 Dewald.Vanniekerk@nwu.ac.za Building D1, Room G09, Potchefstroom PhD Disaster Risk Reduction Disaster risk governance, resilience building, complexity and complexity theory, anticipatory governance, building institutional capacities for disaster risk reduction, and transdisciplinary disaster risk reduction
Prof Christo Coetzee
Professor +27 18 299 1630 Christo.Coetzee@nwu.ac.za Building E4, Room 112, Potchefstroom PhD Development and Management (Disaster Risk Management) Disaster Risk Studies; Disaster Resilience; Disaster Risk Governance and Urban Disaster Risk
Prof Livhuwani Nemakonde
Professor +27 18 299 1671 livhu.nemakonde@nwu.ac.za Building E4, Room G49, Potchefstroom PhD Development and Management Disaster risk governance, climate change adaptation, systems thinking and building community resilience.
Prof Leandri Kruger
Associate Professor +27 18 299 1006 Leandri.Kruger@nwu.ac.za Building E4, Room 122, Potchefstroom PhD Geography and Environmental Management Environmental Management; Disaster Risk Management.; Social dimension of Environmental Management and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Social Impact Assessment (SIA), social resilience and Disaster Risk Assessment (DRA).
Dr Delia Ah Goo
Senior Lecturer +27 16 910 3457 Delia.Ahgoo@nwu.ac.za Building A22, Room G16, Vanderbijlpark PhD Geography Urban regeneration (gentrification and displacement), urban informality, sustainable livelihoods.
Ms Kristel Fourie
Lecturer +27 18 299 1632 Kristel.Fourie@nwu.ac.za Building E4, Room 123, Potchefstroom MA Development and Management (Disaster Studies) Disaster Risk Reduction; Communicationn with experience in Community Participation and Engagement in Risk Reduction.
Mr Gideon Wentink
Lecturer +27 18 299 1624 Gideon.Wentink@nwu.ac.za Building E4, Room 117a, Potchefstroom MSc Development and Management Disaster Risk Generalist; Communication.
Dr Wayde Pandy
Lecturer +27 81 794 7359 44696744@nwu.co.za Geography Buidling, Room 209, Mahikeng PhD Tourism Human Geography; Local Economic Development; Tourism as a means of Job Creation; Climate Change Impacts on Business
Ms Suna Meyer
Junior Lecturer +27 18 299 1620 Suna.Meyer@nwu.ac.za Building E4, Room 120, Potchefstroom BCom Hons Human Resource Management Disaster Risk Assessment and Preparedness and Response.Ecological Interactions and Ecosystem Resilience
Prof Frances Siebert
Professor +27 18 299 2374 Frances.Siebert@nwu.ac.za Building E6, Room G10, Potchefstroom PhD Botany Plant Ecology; Forbs Ecology (i.e. ‘Wildflowers’) in Tropical & Subtropical Grasslands & Savannas of Southern Africa; Patterns of Forb Diversity & Functional Responses
Prof Stefan Siebert
Professor +27 18 299 2507 Stefan.Siebert@nwu.ac.za Building E6, Room 137, Potchefstroom PhD Botany Geoecology
Prof Mark Maboeta
Professor +27 18 299 2501 mark.maboeta@nwu.ac.za Building G23A, Room 303, Potchefstroom PhD Earthworm ecotoxicology; Soil ecotoxicology; Vermicomposting
Prof Rasheed Adeleke
Professor +27 18 299 2495 rasheed.adeleke@nwu.ac.za Building G23A, Room 310, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom PhD Plant-Microbe Interactions; Food Production; Agricultural Microbiology; Soil Ecology
Prof George van Zijl
Associate Professor +27 18 299 2335 George.Vanzijl@nwu.ac.za Building E4, Room G41, Potchefstroom PhD Soil Science Pedometrics; Digital Soil Mapping Methods and Calibration Algorithms for Soil Spectroscopy
Prof Pieter Malan
Associate Professor +27 18 389 2019 Pieter.Malan@nwu.ac.za Building A12, Room G33, Mahikeng PhD Restoration and rehabilitation ecology. Drylands where mismanagement led to bush encroachment.Environmental Management
Dr Phathutshedzo Mukwevho
Lecturer +27 18 299 1581 Phathu.Mukwevho@nwu.ac.za Building D1, Room 110, Potchefstroom PhD in Science with Geography and Environmental Management Environmental- and Air Quality Governance and Management
Prof Wynand Malherbe
Associate Professor +27 18 299 4252 Wynand.Malherbe@nwu.ac.za Building G23A, Room 224, Potchefstroom PhD Aquatic Health Aquatic Ecology in Southern Africa, Water Quality, Sediment, Macroinvertebrate- and Fish Communities
Prof Francois Retief
Professor +27 18 299 1585 Francois.Retief@nwu.ac.za Building D1, Room 133, Potchefstroom PhD (University of Manchester) Effectiveness of Environmental Policy Instruments & Achieving Their Intended Outcomes.
Prof Claudine Roos
Professor and Subject Group Chair 018 299 1477 Claudine.Roos@nwu.ac.za Building E4, Room G17, Potchefstroom PhD Environmental Sciences Environmental Management and Waste Management in Protected AreasAffiliations
Prof Dirk Cilliers
Associate Professor +27 18 299 1589 Dirk.Cilliers@nwu.ac.za Building D1, Room G14, Potchefstroom PhD Environmental management; Conservation planning; Spatial analysis
Prof Reece Alberts
Associate Professor +27 18 299 2467 Reece.Alberts@nwu.ac.za Buidling D1, Room 107, Potchefstroom Bcom, LLb, LLM (Environmental Law), MEnv Management, PhD Protected areas, EIA, nature conservation, environmental law, environmental governance and environmental leadership.
Mr Theunis Meyer
Senior Lecturer +27 18 299 1467/ +27 83 627 0637 Theunis.meyer@nwu.ac.za Building D1, Room 106, Potchefstroom M Environmental Management & MSc Agric (Pasture Science) Environmental Auditing, EIA, Environmental Law, Mine Closure & Rehabilitation, Plant-Animal Interactions.
Mr Jurie Moolman
Lecturer +27 18 299 1588 20035551@nwu.ac.za Building D1, Room 105, Potchefstroom MSc Environmental Sciences Environmental Management Systems & Water GovernanceEarth Systems Sciences, Soils and Resources
Dr Edward Smit
Lecturer +27182991585 edward.smit@nwu.ac.za Building E4, Room 10, Potchefstroom PhD Soil Science Soil physics, hydrological modelling, digital soil mappingFNAS School: School of Geo-and Spatial Sciences
Dr Eugene Bergh
Senior Lecturer +27 18 299 1092 Eugene.Bergh@nwu.ac.za Building E4, Room 115, Potchefstroom PhD Geology Marine Geology and Geochemistry, Stratigraphy, Environmental Micropalaeontology, Palaeoenvironments and Recent Environmental Change
Prof Frank Neumann
Professor +27 18 299 2528 Frank.Neumann@nwu.ac.za Building E4, Room 103, Potchefstroom PhD Geology Geology/Palaeontology, Specialised in Palaeoecology, Palynology and Aerobiology
Dr Jaco Koch
Senior Lecturer +27 76 463 8952 21046832@nwu.ac.za Building B8, Room G11, Potchefstroom PhD Environmental Sciences Environmental Soil Science and Mine Rehabilitation
Mr Ricart Boneschans
Lecturer +27 18 299 2526 21548005@nwu.ac.za Building E4, Potchefstroom MSc Environmental Sciences Expertise in Mineralogy, Igneous petrology and Geobotany. Study of Rock-soil -plant interactions, and applied mineralogy for environmental remediation.
Dr Thendo Netshidzivhe
Lecturer & subprogram chair ESSSOR 0182852561 49949489@nwu.ac.za Building E4, Office 105, Potchefstroom PhD Geology Archean Greenstone Belts, Komatiites, Geochemistry
Ms Angelique Daniell
Lecturer +27 18 299 1089 21859442@nwu.ac.za Building E4, Room 108, Potchefstroom MSc Environmental Sciences Soil science, Soil rehabilitation, Soil chemistry and Geochemistry
Ms Amogelang Moila
Lecturer 0182991035 a.moila@nwu.ac.za Building E4, Room 117B, Potchefstroom MSc Geology (Structural, Geometallurgy and Rock engineering) Structural geology, Economic geology, Rock Engineering, Petrology, 3D geological modelling.
Miss Moteng Moseri
Junior Lecturer +27 18 299 1087 Moteng.Moseri@nwu.ac.za Building E4, Room 106, Potchefstroom MSc Geology Application and Research of Palynology, Sedimentary Geology and Stratigraphy in the Reconstruction of Palaeoenvironments
Dr Sandiso Mnguni
Senior Lecturer +27 18 285 2152 Sands.Mnguni@nwu.ac.za Building E4, Room G123, Potchefstroom PhD in Palaeoentomology Taxonomy & Systematics of Insects, Taphonomy & Biostratigraphy of Insects , Biological Control of Aquatic Invasive Alien Weeds and Crop Pests of Southern AfricaAffiliations
FNAS School: School of Geo- and Spatial Sciences
Sub-Programme: Earth System Sciences, Soils and Resources (ESSSOR)
Subject Group: Agriculture
Integrated Pest Management
Prof Johnnie van den Berg
Professor +27 18 299 2376 Johnnie.VanDenBerg@nwu.ac.za Building E6, Room G07, Potchefstroom PhD Entomology Agricultural Entomology; Grain Cropping Systems; Arthropod Diversity; Non-target Organisms, Insect Resistance Management in Bt Crops.
Prof Oriel Thekisoe
Associate Professor +27 18 299 2521 oriel.thekisoe@nwu.ac.za Building G23A, Room 220, Potchefstroom PhD Veterinary Sciences Veterinary Parasites & Zoonoses with Emphasis on Vectors and Vector-borne Diseases & Zoonotic Pathogens. Application of Molecular Techniques for Diagnosis, Characterization, Epidemiology & Control of Parasites & Pathogens of Zoonotic Importance.Spatial Planning, Development and Implementation
Prof Ernst Drewes
Professor +27 18 299 2543 Ernst.Drewes@nwu.ac.za Building E4, Room G25, Potchefstroom PhD Urban & Regional Planning Regional Policy; Land Use Management; Regional Economics; Planning Law
Dr Karen Puren
Senior Lecturer +27 18 299 2545 Karen.puren@nwu.ac.za Building E4, room G28, Potchefstroom MURP (Masters in Urban and Regional Planning); B Arch Stud (Architecture) Urban design; qualitative research; community participation in planning; planning theory
Ms Selna Cornelius
Lecturer +27 83 638 2078 selna.cornelius@nwu.ac.za Building E4, Room G28, Potchefstroom MSc Urban and Regional Planning Participatory and community-based planning, Informal settlement development, co-production and insurgent planning
Mr Jako Viviers
Lecturer- Subject Chair +27 82 775 5293 Jako.Viviers@nwu.ac.za Building E4, Room G30, Potchefstroom MSc Urban and Regional Planning New Urbanism, Green Urbanism, New Ruralism, Multifunctionality, Rural Landscapes, Urban Design
Dr Niké Wesch
Senior Lecturer +27 18 299 4879 nike.wesch@nwu.ac.za Building E4, Room G27, Potchefstroom PhD Urban & Regional Planning Quality of Life, Community Engagement, Nature-based Solutions and Climate Change AdaptationFinalmente, los casinos online con dinero real son una opción perfecta para quienes desean experimentar emoción auténtica y posibilidades de ganar, siempre bajo entornos controlados y con altos estándares de seguridad.
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