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: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 Run Lei Chang
Dr FeiFei Liu
Dr Alistair McTaggart
Dr Osmond Mlonyeni
Dr Esther Muema
Dr Trudy Paap
Dr Marike Palmer
Dr Michelle Schroder
Dr Siphathele Sibanda
Dr Melissa Simpson
Dr Markus WilkenDoctoral Students Total:33
Ms Omotayo Adegeye
Mr Barkat Ali
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
Ms JieQiong Li
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:23
Ms Miranda (Erasmus) Procter
Ms Leandri Bezuidenhoudt
Mr Johnathan Bredenkamp
Ms Daniela Cares
Mr Ricu Claassens
Ms Esna du Plessis
Mr Shawn Fell
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
Ms Emeldah Rikhotso
Ms Karabo Sereme
Mr Sydney Sithole
Ms Catherine TathamNew Publications
Zlatkovic M, Wingfield MJ, Jami F, Slippers B. (2019) Genetic uniformity characterizes the invasive spread of Neofusicoccum parvum and Diplodia sapinea in the Western Balkans. Forest Pathology 49:e12491.
10.1111/efp.12491
du Plessis E, Granados GM, Barnes I, Ho WH, Alexander BJR, Roux J, McTaggart AR. (2019) The pandemic strain of Austropuccinia psidii causes myrtle rust in New Zealand and Singapore. Australasian Plant Pathology :1-4.
10.1007/s13313-019-0624-x
Fitza KNE, Garnas JR, Lombardero MJ, Ayres MP, Krivak-Tetley FE, Ahumada R, Hurley BP, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B. (2019) The global diversity of Deladenus siricidicola in native and non-native populations. Biological Control
10.1016/j.biocontrol.2019.01.014
Pham NQ, Barnes I, Chen SF, Liu FF, Dang NQ, Pham TQ, Lombard L, Crous PW, Wingfield MJ. (2019) Ten new species of Calonectria from Indonesia and Vietnam. Mycologia
10.1080/00275514.2018.1522179 
Nsibo DL, Barnes I, Kunene NT, Berger DK. (2019) Influence of farming practices on the population genetics of the maize pathogen Cercospora zeina in South Africa. Fungal Genetics and Biology
10.1016/j.fgb.2019.01.005