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:16
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 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:14
Mr Morne Booij-LiewesFABI
Communications Officer and Immediate Past IUFRO President's Liaison Officer
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 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:40
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 Myriam Solis
Ms Benedicta Swalarsk-Parry
Mr Marthin Tarigan
Mr Renaan Thompson
Ms Ariska van der NestMasters Students Total:37
Mr Ricu Claassens
Ms Vinolia Danki
Mr Mathew Harris
Mr Lehlohonolo Hlahane
Ms Granny Hlongwane
Ms Lomile Khoete
Ms 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
Guignard Q, Bouwer M, Slippers B, Allison J. Biology of a putative male aggregation-sex pheromone in Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae). PLOS ONE 15(12): e0244943.
Roux J, Nkuekan GK, Marincowitz S, van der Merwe NA, Uchida J, Wingfield MJ, Chen SF. (2020) Chryphonectriaceae associated with rust-infected Syzigium jambos in Hawaii.. MycoKeys 76:49-79.
10.3897/mycokeys.76.58406
Zamora-Ballesteros C, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Martín-García J, Diez JJ. (2020) Residual effects caused by a past mycovirus infection in Fusarium circinatum. Forests 12(11)
10.3390/f12010011
Coetzee MPA, Santana QC, Steenkamp ET, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ. (2020) Fungal genomes enhance our understanding of the pathogens affecting trees cultivated in Southern Hemisphere plantations. Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science 82(3)
10.2989/20702620.2020.1819153
Herron DA, Wingfield MJ, Fru F, Wingfield BD, Steenkamp ET. (2020) Grasses as a refuge for Fusarium circinatum L. – evidence from South Africa. Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science 82(3):253-262.
10.2989/20702620.2020.1813649 