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Head of School
Postdoctoral Fellows
Blair Cowie
Marco De Oliveira Pellegrini
Anthony Fry
Kiara Haylock
Tsitsi Maponga
Fezile Prudence Mtsetfwa
Phuluso Mudau
Jeanne Mukarugwiro
Candice Neves
Tatenda Nyenda
Rebecca Oyerinde
Nelson Tagang Tene
Academic Staff

Professor Graham Alexander
Position: PROFESSOR
Email: Graham.Alexander@wits.ac.za

Professor Sally Archibald
Position: PROFESSOR
Email: sally.archibald@wits.ac.za 
Research Interests: Savanna, Vegetation Dynamics, Fire Ecology, Rangeland Management, Carbon-cycle

Associate Professor Shalini Dukhan
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Email: shalini.dukhan@wits.ac.za 
Research Interests: Teaching Practice, Learning Approaches, Science Identity Development, Imposter Phenomenon, Student Success

Doctor Hanlie Engelbrecht
Position: SENIOR LECTURER
Email: hanlie.engelbrecht@wits.ac.za 
Research Interests: Phylogenetics, Biogeography, Speciation, Comparative Morphology

Doctor Jolene Fisher
Position: SENIOR LECTURER
Email: Jolene.Fisher@wits.ac.za
Research Interests: LiDAR, Remote Sensing, GIS, sustainability, Enivronment, savannas, community based natural resource management, landscape ecology

Doctor David Furniss
Position: LECTURER
Email: David.Furniss@wits.ac.za

Associate Professor Kelsey Glennon
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Email: Kelsey.Glennon@wits.ac.za
Research Interests: Evolutionary Biology, Polyploidy Ecology, Population Genetics

Professor Glynis Goodman
Position: PROFESSOR
Email: Glynis.Goodman@wits.ac.za

Doctor James Harrison
Position: LECTURER
Email: james.harrison@wits.ac.za  
Research Interests: Insect taxonomy, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae, Melolonthinae

Doctor Safiyyah Iqbal
Position: LECTURER
Email: safiyyah.iqbal@wits.ac.za
Research Interests: Functional Morphology, Geometric Morphometrics, Finite Element Analysis, Digital Analyses, Behavioural Characteristics.

Doctor Kim Madikiza
Position: SENIOR LECTURER
Email: kim.madikiza@wits.ac.za  
Research Interests: Behavioural Endocrinology, Animal Behaviour, Hormones, Stress Physiology, Wildlife Conservation

Associate Professor Jason Marshal
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Email: Jason.Marshal@wits.ac.za
Research Interests: Applied Population Ecology, Population Estimation, Wildlife Management, Hierarchical Modelling, Bayesian Analysis

Doctor Mapula Matimolane
Position: PRINCIPAL TUTOR
Email: mapula.matimolane1@wits.ac.za   
Research Interests: Assessment, Science Education, Learning

Doctor Samuel Motitsoe
Position: SENIOR LECTURER
Email: samuel.motitsoe@wits.ac.za
Research Interests: Aquatic Biological Monitoring; Restoration Ecology; Alien Invasive Aquatic Species; Lake and Wetlands Ecology and Freshwater Pollution Studies

Associate Professor Justice Muvengwi
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Email: justice.muvengwi@wits.ac.za 
Research Interests: Plant Ecology, Savanna Ecosystems, Environmental Heterogeneity, Urban Biodiversity, Environmental Justice

Doctor Solomon Newete
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Email: Solomon.Newete@wits.ac.za
Research Interests: Invasive Alien Plants, Phytoremediation, Biological Control, Remote Sensing, Biodiversity, Pollution

Doctor Matt Noakes
Position: LECTURER
Email: matt.noakes@wits.ac.za
Research Interests: Ecophysiology, Thermoregulation, Endotherms, Metabolism, Phenotypic Flexibility

Professor Norman Owen-Smith
Position: PROFESSOR
Email: Norman.Owen-Smith@wits.ac.za

Professor Neville Pillay
Position: PROFESSOR
Email: Neville.Pillay@wits.ac.za

Associate Professor Chevonne Reynolds
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Email: chevonne.reynolds@wits.ac.za
Research Interests: Landscape Ecology, Ornithology, Citizen Science, Urban Ecology, Environmental Justice, Socio-Ecological Systems

Doctor Ida Risenga
Position: SENIOR LECTURER
Email: Ida.Risenga@wits.ac.za

Professor Mary Scholes
Position: CHAIR
Email: mary.scholes@wits.ac.za 
Research Interests: Sustainability, Systems Analysis, Plantations, Savannas, Water Quality

Doctor Ute Schwaibold
Position: SENIOR LECTURER
Email: Ute.Schwaibold@wits.ac.za
Research Interests: Urban Ecology, Social-Ecological Systems, Environmental Sustainability, Ecosystem Services, Environmental Risk

Doctor Sivu Situngu
Position: SENIOR LECTURER
Email: sivu.situngu@wits.ac.za 
Research Interests: Acarology, Leaf Domatia–Mite Mutualism, Microbial Ecology, Soil Carbon Dynamics, above–belowground Interactions

Associate Professor Rob Skelton
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Email: rob.skelton@wits.ac.za 
Research Interests: Plant Physiology, Plant Hydraulics, Plant Biology, Plant Ecophysiology

Doctor Thando Twala
Position: LECTURER
Email: thando.twala@wits.ac.za 
Research Interests: Climate Change Ecology, Ecophysiology, Experimental Biology, Forest-Woodland-Savanna Dynamics; Trait-Based Ecology

Associate Professor Wayne Twine
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Email: Wayne.Twine@wits.ac.za
Research Interests: Socio-Ecological Systems, Rural Livelihoods, Natural Resource Use, Food Security, Savanna Ecology

Doctor Vivienne Williams
Position: VISITING SENIOR RESEARCHER
Email: Vivienne.Williams@wits.ac.za
Research Interests: Wildlife Trade, Ethnobotany, Ethnozoology, Lions

Associate Professor Darragh Woodford
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Email: darragh.woodford@wits.ac.za
Research Interests: Freshwater Fish, Headwater Streams, Aquatic Invasions, Trophic Ecology, River Health

Associate Professor Rafael De Almeida
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Email: rafael.dealmeida@wits.ac.za 
Research Interests: Biogeography, Evolution, Phylogenetics, Systematics, Taxonomy

Doctor Nic Venter
Position: SENIOR LECTURER
Email: nic.venter@wits.ac.za

Doctor Shannon Conradie
Position: SENIOR LECTURER
Email: shannon.conradie@wits.ac.za

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