TPCP Team
Director of FABI
Prof Bernard SlippersDeputy Director Total:1
Prof Fanus VenterFounding Director Total:1
Prof Mike WingfieldAcademic Staff and Research Leaders Total:17
Prof Irene Barnes
Prof Martin Coetzee
Prof Wilhelm de Beer
Dr Tuan Duong
Dr Gerda Fourie
Dr Almuth Hammerbacher 
Prof Brett Hurley
Prof Tjaart Krüger
Dr Eugene Makgopa
Dr Thabiso Motaung Motaung
Prof Sanushka Naidoo
Prof Emma Steenkamp
Prof Noelani van den Berg
Prof Albe van der Merwe
Prof Cobus Visagie
Dr Markus Wilken
Prof Brenda WingfieldBiochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology
DST / NRF SARChI Chair in Fungal Genomics
Research Fellows Total:5
Dr Lieschen De Vos
Dr Fahimeh Jami
Dr Trudy Paap
Dr Quentin Santana
Dr Neriman YilmazExternal Research Associates Total:11
Prof Jeremy Allison
Dr Wubetu Bihon
Prof Treena Burgess 
Dr ShuaiFei Chen
Prof Pedro Crous
Dr Jeff Garnas
Dr Ilaria Germishuizen
Prof Stefan Neser
Dr Carlos Rodas
Prof Jolanda Roux
Dr Magriet van der NestSupport and Technical Staff Total:15
Mr Morne Booij-Liewes
Ms Samantha Bush
Ms Helen Doman
Ms Onke Gayiya
Ms Sandisiwe Jali
Ms Pritty Khumalo
Dr Seonju Marincowitz
Ms Zandile Mngadi
Ms Eva Muller
Ms Valentina Nkosi 
Mr Celani Nkosi
Ms Alisa Postma
Ms Namhla Tshisela
Ms Lydia Twala
Ms Madelein van HeerdenPostdoctoral Fellows Total:21
Dr Janneke Aylward
Dr Chrizelle Beukes
Dr Tanay Bose
Dr Gabrielle Carstensen
Dr Gudrun Dittrich-Schroder
Dr Katrin Fitza
Dr Arista Fourie
Dr Felix Fru
Dr Mesfin Gossa
Dr Nicholas Kagimu
Dr Aquillah Kanzi
Dr FeiFei Liu
Dr Osmond Mlonyeni
Dr Esther Muema
Dr Jan Nagel
Dr Caryn Oates Oates 
Dr Michelle Schroder
Dr Melissa Simpson
Dr Hiroyuki Suzuki
Dr Stephanie van Wyk
Dr Andi Wilson Wilson Doctoral Students Total:41
Ms Omotayo Adegeye
Ms Juanita Avontuur
Mr Felipe Balocchi
Mr Harm Barten
Mr Sikelela Buthelezi
Ms Annie Chan
Mr Johannes Christoff Joubert
Ms Claudette Dewing
Ms Firehiwot Eshetu
Ms Caitlin Gevers
Ms Ginna M. Granados
Mr Quentin Guignard
Ms Minette Havenga
Mr Darryl Herron
Ms Agil Katumanyane
Ms Frances Lane
Mr GuoQing Li
Ms QianLi Liu
Ms Kira Lynn
Mr Privilege Makunde
Mr Mkhululi Maphosa
Ms Angelica Marsberg-De Villiers
Mr Sicelo Masuku
Mr Lazarus Mavima
Ms Pfano Mbedzi
Ms Mandy Messal
Ms Rachel Mkandawire
Ms Wilma Nel
Ms Phophi Nethononda
Ms Elisa Pal
Mr Nam Pham Pham
Ms Mmatshepho Phasha
Ms Josephine Queffelec
Ms Jane Baile Ramaswe
Ms Manchela Francinah Ratsoma
Ms Manchela Francinah Ratsoma
Ms Myriam Solis
Ms Benedicta Swalarsk-Parry
Mr Marthin Tarigan
Mr Renaan Thompson
Ms Ariska van der NestMasters Students Total:39
Mr Johnathan Bredenkamp
Mr Ricu Claassens
Ms Vinolia Danki
Mr Mathew Harris
Ms Granny Hlongwane
Mr Matthew Jackson
Ms Lomile Khoete
Ms Leandri Klynsmith
Mx Leandri Klynsmith
Ms Daniella Krämer
Ms Teboho Letsoalo
Ms Mabodiba Maake
Ms Pozisa Majaja
Ms Idea Makowe
Ms Sophie Makua
Ms Modjadji Makwela
Ms Nomaswazi Maseko
Ms Keamogetswe Maswanganyi
Ms Ongeziwe Mbhlele
Ms Uyabongeka Memela
Ms Fezile Mthunzi
Ms Jenna-Lee Price
Mr Omar Purba
Ms Nombulelo Qikani 
Ms Lizzy Ramela
Ms Boitshoko Mercia Rammuki
Ms Emeldah Rikhotso
Ms Luki-Marie Scheepers
Ms Lebone Sebapu
Ms Nicole Soal
Mr Hannes Strydom
Ms Rachel Swanepoel
Ms Zorada Swart
Ms Taponeswa Tasiya
Ms Louisa Terblanche
Ms Cheyenne Theron
Ms Nicole van Vuuren
Ms Lente van ZylHonours Students Total:4
Ms Shivan Bezuidenhout
Mr Lihan Esterhuizen
Ms Ruth Nante
Ms Chizné Peremore New Publications
O'Donnel K, Al-Hatmi AMS, Aoki T, Brankovics B, Cano-Lira JF, Coleman JJ, de Hoog GS, di Pietro A, Frandsen RJN, Geiser DM, Gibas CFC, Guarro J, Kim HS, Kistler HC, Laraba I, Leslie JF, Lopez-Berges MS, Lysøe E, Meis JF, Monod MM, Proctor RH, Rep M, Ruiz-Roldan C, Šišić A, Stajich JE, Steenkamp ET, Sumerall BA, van der Lee TAJ, van Diepeningen AD, Verweij PE, Waalwijk C, Ward TJ, Wickes BL, Wiederhold NP, Wingfield MJ, Zhang N, Zhang SX. (2020) No to Neocosmospora: Phylogenomic and Practical Reasons for Continued Inclusion of the Fusarium solani Species Complex in the Genus Fusarium. mSphere 5(5)
10.1128/mSphere.00810-20.
Dittrich-Schröder G, Hurley BP, Wingfield MJ, Nahrung HF, Slippers B. (2020) Invasive gall-forming wasps that threaten non-native plantation-grown Eucalyptus: diversity and invasion patterns. Agricultural and Forest Entomology
10.1111/afe.12402
Nel WJ, De Beer ZW, Wingfield MJ, Duong TA. (2020) The granulate ambrosia beetle, Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae), and its fungal symbiont found in South Africa. Zootaxa 4838(3):427-435.
10.11646/zootaxa.4838.3.7
Mbenoun M, Wingfield MJ, Misse AC, Roux J. (2020) Selective feeding behaviors illuminate patterns of sap beetle associations with ophiostomatoid fungi. Symbiosis
10.1007/s13199-020-00705-9
Procter M, Nel WJ, Marincowitz S, Crous PW, Wingfield MJ. (2020) A new species of Raffaelea from beetle-infested Leucaena leucocephala. Fungal Systematics and Evolution 6:305-314.
10.3114/fuse.2020.06.16