CTHB Team
Director of FABI
Prof Bernard Slippers Founding Director Total:1
Prof Mike WingfieldAcademic Staff and Research Leaders Total:12
Dr Irene Barnes
Prof Martin Coetzee
Prof Wilhelm de Beer
Dr Tuan Duong
Dr Gerda Fourie
Dr Almuth Hammerbacher
Prof Brett Hurley
Prof Emma Steenkamp
Prof Noelani van den Berg
Dr Albe van der Merwe
Prof Fanus Venter
Prof Brenda WingfieldBiochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology
DST / NRF SARChI Chair in Fungal Genomics
Research Fellows Total:3
Dr Lieschen De Vos
Dr Fahimeh Jami
Dr Magriet van der NestExtraordinary Professors/Staff Total:6
Dr Wubetu Bihon
Prof Treena Burgess
Dr ShuaiFei Chen
Prof Pedro Crous
Prof Stefan Neser
Prof Jolanda RouxSupport and Technical Staff Total:15
Mr Morne Booij-Liewes
Ms Samantha Bush
Ms Helen Doman
Ms Heidi Fysh
Ms Onke Gayiya
Ms Pritty Khumalo
Dr Seonju Marincowitz
Ms Eva Muller
Mr Celani Nkosi
Ms Valentina Nkosi
Ms Alisa Postma 
Ms Smeetha Singh
Ms Namhla Tshisela
Ms Lydia Twala
Ms Madelein van HeerdenPostdoctoral Fellows Total:17
Dr Tanay Bose
Dr Marc Bouwer
Dr Gabrielle Carstensen
Dr Gudrun Dittrich-Schroder
Dr Mesfin Gossa
Dr Aquillah Kanzi
Dr Alistair McTaggart
Dr Osmond Mlonyeni
Dr Esther Muema
Dr Awelani Mutshembele
Dr Kershney Naidoo
Dr Trudy Paap
Dr Marike Palmer
Dr Michelle Schroder
Dr Siphathele Sibanda
Dr Melissa Simpson
Dr Markus WilkenDoctoral Students Total:34
Ms Omotayo Adegeye
Ms Juanita Avontuur
Ms Chrizelle Beukes
Ms Khumbuzile Bophela
Ms Annie Chan
Ms Firehiwot Eshetu
Ms Katrin Fitza
Ms Arista Fourie
Mr Darryl Herron
Mr Joey Hulbert
Mr Zander Human
Mr James Michel Tchotet Tchoumi
Mr Run Lei Chang
Ms JieQiong Li
Ms FeiFei Liu
Ms Ginna M. Granados
Mr Joseph Machua
Ms Angel Maduke
Mr Mkhululi Maphosa
Ms Angelica Marsberg-De Villiers
Ms Mandy Messal
Mr Alain Misse
Ms Rachel Mkandawire
Mr Jan Nagel
Ms Caryn Oates
Mr Nam Pham
Ms Mmatshepho Phasha
Mr Quentin Santana
Mr Mohammad Sayari
Ms Gina Shin
Ms Benedicta Swalarsk-Parry
Ms Stephanie van Wyk
Ms Ariska Van Der Nest
Ms Andi WilsonMasters Students Total:22
Ms Miranda (Erasmus) Procter
Ms Leandri Bezuidenhoudt
Mr Johnathan Bredenkamp
Ms Daniela Cares
Mr Ricu Claassens
Ms Esna du Plessis
Mr Ludwig Eksteen
Ms Caitlin Gevers
Ms Granny Hlongwane
Ms Bianca Jardim
Ms Teboho Letsoalo
Ms Jacolene Lubbe
Ms Kira Lynn
Mr Lazarus Mavima
Mr Thapelo Mokgale Maboko
Ms Kayla Noeth
Ms Mashudu Nxumalo
Mr Mohd Redzuan Abdul Rauf
Ms Emeldah Rikhotso
Ms Karabo Sereme
Mr Sydney Sithole
Ms Catherine TathamNew Publications
Kanzi AM, Steenkamp ET, Van der Merwe NA, Wingfield BD. (2019) The mating system of the Eucalyptus canker pathogen Chrysoporthe austroafricana and closely related species. Fungal Genetics and Biology 123:41-52.
10.1016/j.fgb.2018.12.001 
Wingfield BD, Kolarik M, Menzies JG, Naidoo K, Pochopski O, Shoukouhi P, Santana QC, Seifert KA, Soal NA, Steenkamp ET, Tatham CT, Van der Nest MA, Havenga M, Findlay W, Liu M, Nguyen HDT, Lane FA, Morgan SW, De Vos L, Wilken PM, Doung TA, Aylward J, Coetzee MPA, Dadej K, De Beer ZW, Wingfield MJ. (2018) Nine draft genome sequences of Claviceps purpurea s.lat., including C. arundinis, C. humidiphila, and C. cf. spartinae, pseudomolecules for the pitch canker pathogen Fusarium circinatum, draft genome of Davidsoniella eucalypti, Grosmannia galeiformis, Quambalaria eucalypti, and Teratosphaeria destructans. IMA Fungus 9(2):401-418.
10.5598/imafungus.2018.09.02.10
Ebinghaus M, Maier W, Wingfield MJ. (2018) New host associations and a novel species for the gall-inducing Acacia rust genus Ravenelia in South Africa. MycoKeys (43):1-21.
10.3897/mycokeys.43.25090
Lee SR, Lee D, Yu JS, Benndorf R, Lee D-S, Huh J, de Beer ZW, Kim YH, Beemelmanns C, Kang KS, Kim KH. (2018) Natalenamides A–C, Cyclic Tripeptides from the Termite-Associated Actinomadura sp. RB99. Molecules 23(11)
10.3390/molecules23113003
Liu FF, Li GQ, Roux J, Barnes I, Wilson AM, Wingfield MJ, Chen SF. (2018) Nine novel species of Huntiella from southern China with three distinct mating strategies and variable levels of pathogenicity. Mycologia
10.1080/00275514.2018.1515450