Postgrad Students
Hons Students
Kabo Sebaetse
Study field: Investigate the relationship between flowering phenology and pollinating insect species at Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden.
Nonjabulo Macu
Study field: Investigate the relationship between flowering phenology and pollinating insect species at Pretoria National Botanical Garden.
MSc Students
Kamogelo Maria Langa
Study Field: Sampling host plants and vectors (aphids) along trade routes in SA. The plants will be identified using DNA barcoding, and then we will screen the plant material for the potyviruses using Next generation sequencing.
Nathasha Mahunye
Study Field: Nanopore long fragment sequencing for species level resolution in Encephalartos Lehm.
Nthabeleng Nhlengethwa
Study Field: Surveying aquatic plant diversity using oxford nanopore MinION.
Marcia Maubane
Study Field: Characterization of plant diversity from soil samples through Nanopore metabarcoding.
PhD Students
Ross Stewart
Study field: The relationships between plants and arthropods across South African biomes.
Khanyisile Shabangu