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
Prof 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:7
Dr Lieschen De Vos
Dr Gudrun Dittrich-Schroder
Dr Fahimeh Jami
Dr Esther Muema
Dr Trudy Paap
Dr Quentin Santana
Dr Neriman YilmazExternal Research Associates Total:10
Prof Jeremy Allison
Dr Wubetu Bihon
Prof Treena Burgess 
Dr ShuaiFei Chen
Prof Pedro Crous
Dr Jeff Garnas
Dr Ilaria Germishuizen
Dr Carlos Rodas
Prof Jolanda Roux
Dr Magriet van der NestProfessional Support Staff Total:14
Mr Morne Booij-LiewesFABI
Communications Officer and Immediate Past IUFRO President's Liaison Officer
Ms Samantha Bush
Ms Helen Doman
Ms Sandisiwe Jali
Ms Pritty Khumalo
Mr Josias Letaoana
Dr Seonju Marincowitz
Dr Osmond Mlonyeni
Ms Zandile Mngadi
Ms Eva Muller
Mr Celani Nkosi
Ms Alisa Postma
Ms Lydia Twala
Ms Madelein van HeerdenPostdoctoral Fellows Total:19
Dr Janneke Aylward
Dr Chrizelle Beukes
Dr Tanay Bose
Dr Gabrielle Carstensen
Dr Katrin Fitza
Dr Felix Fru
Dr Mesfin Gossa
Dr Quentin Guignard
Dr Aquillah Kanzi
Dr Jan Nagel
Dr Wilma Nel
Dr Caryn Oates Oates 
Dr Olabimpe Yewande Orubuloye
Dr Josephine Queffelec
Dr Michelle Schroder
Dr Melissa Simpson
Dr Hiroyuki Suzuki
Dr Stephanie van Wyk
Dr Andi Wilson Doctoral Students Total:41
Ms Omotayo Adegeye
Ms Juanita Avontuur
Mr Felipe Balocchi
Mr Harm Barten
Ms Annie Chan
Mr Johannes Christoff Joubert
Ms Claudette Dewing
Ms Firehiwot Eshetu
Mr Murilo Fonseca Ribeiro
Ms Caitlin Gevers
Ms Ginna M. Granados
Mr Mathew Harris
Ms Minette Havenga
Mr Darryl Herron
Ms Agil Katumanyane
Ms GOSIAME PEARL KOOLEBOGILE
Ms Frances Lane
Mr GuoQing Li
Ms WenWen 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 Deborah Narh Mensah
Ms Phophi Nethononda
Mr Nam Pham
Ms Mmatshepho Phasha
Ms Jane Baile Ramaswe
Ms Manchela Francinah Ratsoma
Ms Luki-Marie Scheepers
Ms Myriam Solis
Ms Benedicta Swalarsk-Parry
Mr Marthin Tarigan
Mr Renaan Thompson
Ms Ariska van der NestMasters Students Total:47
Ms Jade Ashmore
Ms Shivan Bezuidenhout
Mr Ricu Claassens
Ms Vinolia Danki
Mr Lihan Esterhuizen
Mr Lehlohonolo Hlahane
Ms Granny Hlongwane
Ms Lomile Khoete
Ms Leandri Klynsmith
Ms Daniella Krämer
Mr Kyle Leeuwendaal
Ms Teboho Letsoalo
Ms Mabodiba Maake
Ms Pozisa Majaja
Ms Idea Makowe
Ms Sophie Makua
Ms Modjadji Makwela
Ms Nomaswazi Maseko
Mr Lindokuhle Masimula
Ms Keamogetswe Maswanganyi
Ms Ongeziwe Mbhele
Ms Uyabongeka Memela
Ms Fezile Mthunzi
Ms Ruth Nante
Ms Chizné Peremore 
Ms Jenna-Lee Price
Mr Omar Purba
Ms Nombulelo Qikani 
Ms Lizzy Ramela
Ms Boitshoko Mercia Rammuki
Ms Emeldah Rikhotso
Ms Vera Röder
Ms Lebone Sebapu
Mr Preston Shaw
Mr Hannes Strydom
Ms Rachel Swanepoel
Ms Zorada Swart
Ms Taponeswa Tasiya
Ms Louisa Terblanche
Ms Cheyenne Theron
Ms Elmarie van der Merwe
Ms Nicole van Vuuren
Ms Lente van Zyl
Ms Sumari Venter
Ms Anien Viljoen
Mr Edwin WanjofuHonours Students Total:6
Mr Callin Ceriani
Ms Danielle Denyssen
Ms Deanné Du Plessis
Ms Monique Muller
Mr Alinaswe Selebi
Mr Michal SlupskiInternships Total:1
Ms Anza Muthabi New Publications
Avontuur JR, Palmer M, Beukes CW, Wai YC, Tasiya T, van Zyl E, Coetzee MPA, Stepkowski T, Venter SN, Steenkamp ET. (2022) Bradyrhizobium altum sp. nov., Bradyrhizobium oropedii sp. nov. and Bradyrhizobium acaciae sp. nov. from South Africa show locally restricted and pantropical nodA phylogeographic patterns. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 167
10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107338 
Aylward J, Wingfield MJ, Roets F, Wingfield BD. (2021) A high-quality fungal genome assembly resolved from a sample accidentally contaminated by multiple taxa. BioTechniques 72
10.2144/btn-2021-0097
Van Rooyen E, Paap T, De Beer ZW, Townsend G, Fell S, Nel WJ, Morgan S, Hill M, Roets F. (2021) The polyphagous shot hole borer beetle: Current status of a perfect invader in South Africa. South African Journal of Science 117(11/12)
10.17159/sajs.2021/9736
De Beer ZW, Fell S. (2021) The Threat of the Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer to Pecan Trees is perhaps less than initially expected. SA Pecan 90:29-31.
bit.ly/3kZpldC
Pyrri I, Visagie CM, Soccio P, Houbraken J. (2021) Re-Evaluation of the Taxonomy of Talaromyces minioluteus. Journal of Fungi 7:993.
10.3390/jof7110993
Chang R, Wingfield MJ, Marincowitz S, De Beer ZW, Zhou X, Duong TA. (2021) Ophiostomatoid fungi including a new species associated with Asian larch bark beetle Ips subelongatus, in Heilongjiang (Northeast China). Fungal Systematics and Evolution 8:155-161.
10.3114/fuse.2021.08.12
Si H-L, Zheng X-X, Li X-C, Su Y-M, Bose T, Chang R-L. (2021) Dlhawksworthia flavoparmeliae sp. nov., a new endolichenic fungus in Phaeosphaeriaceae. Phytotaxa 525(1):51-58.
10.11646/phytotaxa.525.1.6
Sun BD, Visagie CM, Chen AJ, Houbraken J. (2021) A taxonomic review of Penicillium section Charlesia. Mycological Progress 20(11):1383–1397.
10.1007/s11557-021-01735-3
Zhang Y, Zhou Y, Sun W, Zhao L, Pavlic-Zupanc D, Crous PW, Slippers B, Dai Y. (2021) Toward a natural classification of Botryosphaeriaceae: A study of the type specimens of Botryosphaeria sensu lato. Frontiers in Microbiology 12:2938.
10.3389/fmicb.2021.737541
Swart Z, Duong T, Wingfield BD, Postma A, Slippers B. (2021) The relevance of studying insect–nematode interactions for human disease. Pathogens and Global Health
10.1080/20477724.2021.1996796