Soil Ecosystem Research Group – Team
Below is a list of researchers from all soil related disciplines. Please contact us at sergsouthafrica@gmail.com if you want to be added to the team page.
Prof. Joanna Dames
Fungi SpecialistDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Mycorrhizal Research Laboratory Rhodes University, South Africa.
Dr Adriaana (Riana) Jacobs
FUNGI SPECIALISTBiosystematics Division ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute, Queenswood, South Africa.
Dr Mariette Truter
FUNGI SPECIALISTCrop Protection Division Agricultural Research Council-Vegetable and Ornamental Plants, Pretoria, South Africa.
Prof. Driekie Fourie
Nematoda SpecialistUnit of Environmental Sciences and Management North-West University (NWU), Potchefstroom, South Africa.
Dr. Candice Jansen van Rensburg
NEMATODA SPECIALISTDepartment of Zoology and Entomology University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Dr Antoinette P. Malan
NEMATODA SPECIALISTDepartment of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Dr Mariette Marais
NEMATODA SPECIALISTNematology Unit, Biosystematics, ARC- Plant Health and Protection, Roodeplaat, South Africa.
Dr Antoinette Swart
NEMATODA SPECIALISTNematology Unit, Biosystematics Division ARC- Plant Protection Research Institute, Queenswood, South Africa.
Prof. Eddie Ueckermann
Acari SpecialistSchool of Biological Sciences North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
Prof. Pieter Theron
Acari SpecialistSchool of Biological Sciences North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
Dr Louise Coetzee
Acari SpecialistResearch Associate of the University of the Free State (Zoology and Entomology), Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Dr. Elizabeth A. Hugo-Coetzee (Lizel)
Acari SpecialistNational Museum Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Deon K. Bakkes
Acari SpecialistTick Systematics, Biogeography and Evolution,Gertrud Theiler Tick Museum – ARC-OVR, Onderstepoort, South Africa
Prof. Martin H. Villet
Diplura SpecialistDepartment of Zoology & Entomology Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
Dr. Charlene Janion-Scheepers
Collembola SpecialistBiological Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Thembeka C. Nxele
Oligochaeta(Earthworm) SpecialistKwaZulu-Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, 3200, South Africa.
Danuta J. Plisko
Oligochaeta (Earthworm) SpecialistSchool of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville, South Africa. KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, 3200 South Africa
Prof. Charles Griffiths
Isopods and Amphipods SpacialistDepartment of Biological Sciences University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Prof. Michelle Hamer
Diplopoda SpecialistBiosystematics and Research Collections Division South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
Robin Lyle
Arachnida SpecialistBiosystematics Division, ARC- Plant Protection Research Institute, Queenswood , South Africa.
Dr Charles R. Haddad
Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Prof. Ansie S. Dippenaar-Schoeman
Arachnida SpecialistBiosystematics Division ARC- Plant Protection Research Institute, Queenswood , South Africa.
Stefan Foord
Arachnida SpecialistUniversity of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa
Dr Lorenzo Prendini
Scorpion SpecialistDivision of Invertebrate Zoology,, American Museum of Natural History, New York, U.S.A.
Jan-Andries Neethling
Pseudoscorpion SpecialistDepartment of Arachnology, National Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Dr Vivienne M. Uys
Termite SpecialistBiosystematics Division, ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute, Pretoria, South Africa
Dr Andrew B. Davies
Termite Ecology SpecialistDepartment of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, USA
Dr Simon van Noort
Hymenoptera / Wasp SpecialistIziko South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa
Dr Brigitte Braschler
Formicidae / Ant SpecialistSection of Conservation Biology, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Switzerland.
Dr Nokuthula Nhleko
FORMICIDAE / ANT SPECIALISTIziko South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa
Dr Tom Bishop
FORMICIDAE / ANT SPECIALISTEcology and Zoology, Cardiff University, UK
Dr Pia Addison
FORMICIDAE / ANT SPECIALISTUniversity of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Dr Adrian Davis
Scarabaeidae / Scarab Beetle SpecialistScarab Research Group, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Dr John Measey
Herpetology SpecialistCentre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology Stellenbosch University, South Africa.