Director Associate Professor Susan Cunningham Director Academic Staff Associate Professor Arjun Amar Associate Professor Professor David H. M. Cumming Honorary Professor Dr Gabriel Jamie Lecturer & MSc Conservation Biology course co-ordinator Dr Chima Nwaogu Research Fellow Emeritus Professor Peter G Ryan Emeritus Professor Professor Claire Spottiswoode FRS Pasvolsky Chair of Conservation Biology Associate Professor Robert Thomson Associate Professor Support Staff Tania Anderson SABAP Project Coordinator Michael Brooks Chief Technical Officer Janine Dunlop Niven Librarian Dr Sally Hofmeyr Research, Postgraduate and SAFRING Administrator Anthea Links Departmental/Accounts Assistant Dr Susan Miller Scientific Coordinator Yusra Samsodien SAFRING Research Assistant Honorary Research Associates Dr Rita Covas Professor Graeme Cumming Professor Wendy Foden Dr David Grémillet Dr Azwianewi Makhado Assoc Prof Amanda Ridley Dr Andrea Santangeli Dr Rob Simmons Honorary Research Affiliates Dr Megan Murgatroyd Dr Jessica van der Wal Dr Tanmay Dixit Honorary Research Affiliate Postdoctoral Fellows Dr Mairenn Attwood Dr Bukola Braimoh Azaki Dr David Lloyd-Jones Dr Kyle-Mark Middleton Rebecca Muller Dr Olufemi Olubodun Dr Yann Rime Doctoral Students Cameron Blair Robin Colyn Carrie Hickman Chris Jones Eliupendo Laltaika Kyle Maclean Lesedi Moagi Charles Mpofu Rebecca Muller Maggie Mwale Merlyn Nkomo Simon Ojodomo Koi Pillay Michelle Risi Kim Stevens Marc Travers Mic Vrettos Masters Students Yinka Abayomi Abiodun Ademola Connor Barr Leslie Bayanza Martiné van den Berg Selena Flores Lailat Guta Sthabile Khumalo Daniella Mhangwana Joel Radue Yusra Samsodien SAFRING Research Assistant Conservation Biology Masters Students 2026/7 Tom Bonin Lindsay Buckhout Nicole Colome Ilana Engelbrecht Scarlett Hartzenberg Amanda Khosa Rabea Knauer Jeffery Mwila Bianca Rijkmans Alicia Russo Laina Weiss Serena Werner Boyd Zyambo Conservation Biology Masters Students 2025/6 Sebastian Acevedo Lauryn Bull Kumbirai Chiro Emma Del Cuore Mieke Deyzel Maxime Gadeyne Tsholofelo Kohitlhetse Deborah Lanzi Mazzocchini Nkazimulo Lima Lemein Parmuntoro Emily Pernet Carolina Policarpo Prudence Tegueu Kemeni Niels Zwartjes Conservation Biology Masters 2024/25 Catherina Caspers Atalante Itzicsohn Miranda Mix Natalie Psillos Tanki Thubela Conservation Biology Masters Students 2023/4 Wambui Waibochi Research Associates David Allan Dr Ben Ashton Professor Phoebe Barnard Dr Steve Boyes Dr Christiaan Brink Dr Ursula Bryson Dr Elsa Bussière Dr Callan Cohen Dr Maëlle Connan Dr Timothée Cook Dr Robert Flood Dr Andrew Jenkins Dr Grant Joseph Dr Alan Lee Dr Ian Little Dr Anthony Lowney Dr Kristine Maciejewski Dr Rowan Martin Dr Martim Melo Professor Sue Milton Dr René Navarro Dr Samuel Temidayo Osinubi Dr Lorien Pichegru Dr Dominic Rollinson Sanjo Rose Dr Antje Steinfurth Dr Petra Sumasgutner Dr Gareth Tate Jessie Walton Frank Willems