CTHB Team
Director of FABI
Prof Bernard Slippers Deputy Director Total:1
Prof Fanus VenterFounding Director Total:1
Prof Mike WingfieldAcademic Staff and Research Leaders Total:11
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 Brenda WingfieldBiochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology
DST / NRF SARChI Chair in Fungal Genomics
Research Fellows Total:5
Dr Marc Bouwer
Dr Lieschen De Vos
Dr Fahimeh Jami
Dr Trudy Paap
Dr Neriman YilmazExtraordinary Professors/Staff Total:8
Dr Wubetu Bihon
Prof Treena Burgess
Dr ShuaiFei Chen
Prof Pedro Crous
Dr Jeff Garnas
Prof Stefan Neser
Prof Jolanda Roux
Dr Magriet van der NestSupport and Technical Staff Total:16
Mr Morne Booij-Liewes
Ms Samantha Bush
Ms Helen Doman
Ms Heidi Fysh
Ms Onke Gayiya
Ms Pritty Khumalo
Dr Seonju Marincowitz
Ms Zandile Mngadi
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:16
Dr Chrizelle Beukes
Dr Tanay Bose
Dr Gabrielle Carstensen
Dr Gudrun Dittrich-Schroder
Dr Arista Fourie
Dr Felix Fru
Dr Mesfin Gossa
Dr Aquillah Kanzi
Dr FeiFei Liu
Dr Osmond Mlonyeni
Dr Esther Muema
Dr Caryn Oates
Dr Quentin Santana
Dr Michelle Schroder
Dr Melissa Simpson
Dr Markus WilkenDoctoral Students Total:28
Ms Omotayo Adegeye
Ms Juanita Avontuur
Ms Khumbuzile Bophela
Ms Annie Chan
Ms Firehiwot Eshetu
Ms Katrin Fitza
Ms Minette Havenga
Mr Darryl Herron
Mr Joey Hulbert
Ms JieQiong Li
Ms Ginna M. Granados
Ms Angel Maduke
Mr Mkhululi Maphosa
Ms Angelica Marsberg-De Villiers
Ms Mandy Messal
Mr James Michel Tchotet Tchoumi
Ms Rachel Mkandawire
Mr Jan Nagel
Ms Deborah Narh Mensah
Mr Nam Pham
Ms Mmatshepho Phasha
Mr Mohammad Sayari
Ms Gina Shin
Ms Benedicta Swalarsk-Parry
Ms Stephanie van Wyk
Ms Ariska van der Nest
Ms Andi WilsonMasters Students Total:16
Ms Leandri Bezuidenhoudt
Mr Johnathan Bredenkamp
Mr Ricu Claassens
Mr Shawn Fell
Ms Caitlin Gevers
Ms Granny Hlongwane
Ms Rosa Knoppersen
Ms Frances Lane
Ms Teboho Letsoalo
Ms Kira Lynn
Mr Lazarus Mavima
Mr Thapelo Mokgale Maboko
Ms Kayla Noeth
Ms Emeldah Rikhotso
Mr Sydney Sithole
Ms Taponeswa TasiyaHonours Students Total:1
Ms Vinolia DankiNew Publications
Visagie CM, Yilmaz N, Vanderwolf K, Renaud JB, Sumarah MW, Houbraken J, Assebgui R, Seifert KA, Malloch D. (2020) Penicillium diversity in Canadian bat caves, including a new species, P. speluncae. Fungal Systematics and Evolution 5:1-15.
10.3114/fuse.2020.05.01
Haavik LJ, Slippers B, Hurley BP, Dodds KJ, Scarr T, Turgeon JJ, Allison JD. (2019) Influence of the community of associates on Sirex noctilio brood production is contextual. Ecological Entomology
10.1111/een.12810
Katumanyane A, Malan AP, Tiedt LR, Hurley BP. (2019) Steinernema bertusi n. sp. (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae), a new entomopathogenic nematode from South Africa. Nematology
10.1163/15685411-00003309
Bose T, Roux J, Burgess TI, Shaw C, Wingfield MJ. (2019) Susceptibility of Eucalyptus grandis and Acacia mearnsii seedlings to five Phytophthora species common in South African plantations. Forest Pathology :e12560.
10.1111/efp.12560
Messal M, Slippers B, Naidoo S, Bezuidt O, Kemler M. (2019) Active fungal communities in asymptomatic Eucalyptus grandis stems differ between a susceptible and resistant clone. Microorganisms 7(10):375.
10.3390/microorganisms7100375