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.

AllFungiNematodaAcariArachnidaCollembolaDiplopodaDipluraIsopods and AmphipodsOligochaetaPseudoscorpionScorpionTermitoidaeScarabaeidaeHymenopteraHerpetologyFormicidae

Prof. Joanna Dames

Fungi Specialist

Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Mycorrhizal Research Laboratory Rhodes University, South Africa.

Dr Adriaana (Riana) Jacobs

FUNGI SPECIALIST

Biosystematics Division ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute, Queenswood, South Africa.

Dr Mariette Truter

FUNGI SPECIALIST

Crop Protection Division Agricultural Research Council-Vegetable and Ornamental Plants, Pretoria, South Africa.

Prof. Driekie Fourie

Nematoda Specialist

Unit of Environmental Sciences and Management North-West University (NWU), Potchefstroom, South Africa.

Dr. Candice Jansen van Rensburg

NEMATODA SPECIALIST

Department of Zoology and Entomology University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.

Dr Antoinette P. Malan

NEMATODA SPECIALIST

Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

Dr Mariette Marais

NEMATODA SPECIALIST

Nematology Unit, Biosystematics, ARC- Plant Health and Protection, Roodeplaat, South Africa.

Dr Antoinette Swart

NEMATODA SPECIALIST

Nematology Unit, Biosystematics Division ARC- Plant Protection Research Institute, Queenswood, South Africa.

Prof. Eddie Ueckermann

Acari Specialist

School of Biological Sciences North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

Prof. Pieter Theron

Acari Specialist

School of Biological Sciences North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

Dr Louise Coetzee

Acari Specialist

Research Associate of the University of the Free State (Zoology and Entomology), Bloemfontein, South Africa.

Dr. Elizabeth A. Hugo-Coetzee (Lizel)

Acari Specialist

National Museum Bloemfontein, South Africa.

Deon K. Bakkes

Acari Specialist

Tick Systematics, Biogeography and Evolution,Gertrud Theiler Tick Museum – ARC-OVR, Onderstepoort, South Africa

Prof. Martin H. Villet

Diplura Specialist

Department of Zoology & Entomology Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.

Dr. Charlene Janion-Scheepers

Collembola Specialist

Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Thembeka C. Nxele

Oligochaeta(Earthworm) Specialist

KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, 3200, South Africa.

Danuta J. Plisko

Oligochaeta (Earthworm) Specialist

School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville, South Africa. KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, 3200 South Africa

Prof. Charles Griffiths

Isopods and Amphipods Spacialist

Department of Biological Sciences University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Prof. Michelle Hamer

Diplopoda Specialist

Biosystematics and Research Collections Division South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.

Robin Lyle

Arachnida Specialist

Biosystematics 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 Specialist

Biosystematics Division ARC- Plant Protection Research Institute, Queenswood , South Africa.

Stefan Foord

Arachnida Specialist

University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa

Dr Lorenzo Prendini

Scorpion Specialist

Division of Invertebrate Zoology,, American Museum of Natural History, New York, U.S.A.

Jan-Andries Neethling

Pseudoscorpion Specialist

Department of Arachnology, National Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa.

Dr Vivienne M. Uys

Termite Specialist

Biosystematics Division, ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute, Pretoria, South Africa

Dr Andrew B. Davies

Termite Ecology Specialist

Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, USA

Dr Simon van Noort

Hymenoptera / Wasp Specialist

Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa

Dr Brigitte Braschler

Formicidae / Ant Specialist

Section of Conservation Biology, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Switzerland.

Dr Nokuthula Nhleko

FORMICIDAE / ANT SPECIALIST

Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa

Dr Tom Bishop

FORMICIDAE / ANT SPECIALIST

Ecology and Zoology, Cardiff University, UK

Dr Pia Addison

FORMICIDAE / ANT SPECIALIST

University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

Dr Adrian Davis

Scarabaeidae / Scarab Beetle Specialist

Scarab Research Group, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Dr John Measey

Herpetology Specialist

Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology Stellenbosch University, South Africa.