CTHB Team
Director of FABI
Prof Bernard SlippersDeputy Director Total:1
Prof Fanus VenterFounding Director Total:1
Prof Mike WingfieldAcademic Staff and Research Leaders Total:12
Prof 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
Prof Albe van der Merwe
Dr Markus Wilken
Prof Brenda WingfieldBiochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology
DST / NRF SARChI Chair in Fungal Genomics
Research Fellows Total:4
Dr Lieschen De Vos
Dr Fahimeh Jami
Dr Trudy Paap
Dr Neriman YilmazExtraordinary Professors/Staff Total:8
Dr Wubetu Bihon
Prof Treena Burgess 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
Ms Valentina Nkosi Nkosi 
Mr Celani Nkosi
Ms Alisa Postma
Ms Smeetha Singh
Ms Namhla Tshisela
Ms Lydia Twala
Ms Madelein van HeerdenPostdoctoral Fellows Total:19
Dr Chrizelle Beukes
Dr Tanay Bose
Dr Gabrielle Carstensen
Dr Gudrun Dittrich-Schroder
Ms Katrin Fitza
Dr Arista Fourie
Dr Felix Fru
Dr Mesfin Gossa
Dr Aquillah Kanzi
Dr FeiFei Liu
Dr Osmond Mlonyeni
Dr Esther Muema
Mr Jan Nagel
Dr Caryn Oates Oates 
Dr Quentin Santana
Dr Mohammad Sayari
Dr Michelle Schroder
Dr Melissa Simpson
Dr Andi Wilson Wilson Doctoral Students Total:23
Ms Omotayo Adegeye
Ms Juanita Avontuur
Ms Annie Chan
Ms Firehiwot Eshetu
Ms Caitlin Gevers
Ms Ginna M. Granados
Ms Minette Havenga
Mr Darryl Herron
Mr Joey Hulbert
Ms JieQiong Li
Ms Angel Maduke
Mr Mkhululi Maphosa
Ms Angelica Marsberg-De Villiers
Ms Mandy Messal
Ms Rachel Mkandawire
Ms Deborah Narh Mensah
Mr Nam Pham
Ms Mmatshepho Phasha
Ms Gina Shin
Ms Benedicta Swalarsk-Parry
Ms Ariska van der Nest
Ms Stephanie van WykMasters Students Total:13
Ms Leandri Bezuidenhoudt
Mr Johnathan Bredenkamp
Mr Ricu Claassens
Mr Shawn Fell
Ms Granny Hlongwane
Ms Rosa Knoppersen
Ms Frances Lane
Ms Teboho Letsoalo
Ms Kira Lynn
Mr Lazarus Mavima
Mr Thapelo Mokgale Maboko
Ms Emeldah Rikhotso
Ms Taponeswa TasiyaHonours Students Total:1
Ms Vinolia DankiNew Publications
Musvuugwa T, De Beer ZW, Dreyer LL, Duong T, Marincowitz S, Oberlander KC, Roets F. (2020) New ophiostomatoid fungi from wounds on storm-damaged trees in Afromontane forests of the Cape Floristic Region. Mycological Progress 19(1):81-95.
10.1007/s11557-019-01545-8
Nagel J, Cruywagen EM, Machua J, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B. (2020) Highly transferable microsatellite markers for the genera Lasiodiplodia and Neofusicoccum. Fungal Ecology 44:100903.
10.1016/j.funeco.2019.100903
Rauf MRBA, McTaggart AR, Marincowitz S, Barnes I, Japarundin Y, Wingfield MJ. (2020) Pathogenicity of Chrysoporthe deuterocubensis and Myrtoporthe bodenii gen. et sp. nov. on Eucalyptus in Sabah, Malaysia. Plant Pathology 49(1):53-64.
10.1007/s13313-019-00676-6
Guo Y, Hunziker L, Mesarich CH, Chettri P, Dupont PY, Ganley RJ, McDougal RL, Barnes I, Bradshaw RE. (2020) DsEcp2-1 is a polymorphic effector that restricts growth of Dothistroma septosporum in pine. Fungal Genetics and Biology 135:103300.
10.1016/j.fgb.2019.103300
Aylward J, Havenga M, Dreyer LL, Roets F, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ. (2020) Genomic characterization of mating type loci and mating type distribution in two apparently asexual plantation tree pathogens. Plant Pathology 69:28-37.
10.1111/ppa.13094 