Professor Rob Slotow has been appointed at the University of Kwazulu-Natal since 1996, and has been a Full Professor since 2007. Since 2014, he has been an Honorary Full Professor in the Department of Genetics, Evolution and
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Rashieda Davids
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Rashieda Davids is the UKZN SHEFS Programme Manager and Researcher in the disciplines of environment, ecosystem services, transdisciplinarity and adaptive organisational learning...
Sindiso Chamane
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Sindiso Chamane has been a lecturer and researcher in Grassland and Rangeland Ecology in the School of Life Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal since 2012. Her research interests include...
Nolwazi Hlongwane
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
A PhD student in Ecological Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Nolwazi Hlongwane’s research topic is ‘Diversity of edible insects and their related indigenous knowledge by human in Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa’.
Manqhai Kraai
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
A lecturer in the School of Life Sciences at the Pietermaritzburg campus of University of KwaZulu-Natal, Manqhai Kraai teaches Vertebrate Biology, Animal Behaviour and Rangeland Ecology, and is interested in plant-animal interactions...
Zinhle Nokubonga Lembede
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Zinhle Nokubonga Lembede is studying for a Master’s at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She completed a BSc in Botany and Zoology at the University of Zululand, Empangeni, South Africa, where she was awarded the top...
Elizabeth Lutge
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Elizabeth Lutge is a public health specialist (FCPHM 2005) and currently manages the Epidemiology, Health Research and Knowledge Management Units at the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health...
Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi is an Honorary Research Fellow based at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences. He holds a BSc Honours in Crop Science from the University of Zimbabwe, and...
Dr Anathi Magadlela
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Anathi Magadlela is a plant molecular biologist, lecturer and academic researcher at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s School of Life Sciences. He has a BSc in Biological Sciences from Walter Sisulu University of Science, and...
Anna Meyer-Weitz
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Anna Meyer-Weitz is a Professor in the School of Psychology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She has a PhD in Health Promotion from the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands and a Master’s in Industrial Psychology from UKZN...
Cresswell Mseleku
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Cresswell Mseleku’s research looks at the proximate and nutritional composition of village meat and offal with the aim of establishing the potential of meat-offal synergy in sustainable food and nutrition security for...
Caswell Munyai
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Caswell Munyai is a lecturer in the School of Life Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal since 2015 and is currently supervising Master’s and PhD students...
Professor Onisimo Mutanga
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Onisimo Mutanga is a Professor and DST/NRF Chair on land use planning and management. He completed his PhD on hyperspectral remote sensing of tropical grass quality and quantity at Wageningen University-ITC (Netherlands) in 2004...
Kirsty Naicker
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Kirsty Naicker joined the SHEF’s team as a Master’s intern in 2018. She is based at the environmental science department at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, working under the supervision of Dr Suveshnee Munien and...
Mendy Ndlovu
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Mendy Ndlovu has just completed a Master’s in Agrometeorology, focusing on drought and extreme air temperature events in KwaZulu-Natal, and is about to commence work on a PhD.
Dr Sean O’Donoghue
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Sean O’Donoghue has a doctorate in marine pelagic ecology from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN). He joined eThekwini Municipality, or Durban, in 2011, where he manages the Climate Change Adaptation Branch...
Ndabankulu Khululwa Pheliwe
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Following a BSc in Agriculture at the University of Fort Hare (majoring in Livestock and Pasture and with a final-year project on forage sorghum), Ndabankulu Khululwa Pheliwe joined the Sustainable and Health Food Systems programme...
Sheetal Soni
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Sheetal Soni is a Deputy Academic Leader at the School of Law of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), where she also lectures in the field of bioethics, international law and intellectual property law...
Professor Albert Thembinkosi Modi
Co-Investigator
Albert Thembinkosi Modi is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He is also Professor of Crop Science. His primary goal is...
Abi Vanak
Dr. Abi T. Vanak is the Director of the Centre for Policy Design and Senior Fellow (Professor) at ATREE. He is also an Honorary Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Durban, South Africa. An ecologist by training, Dr. Vanak combines his interests across the fields of animal movement ecology, restoration ecology, savannah dynamics, and disease ecology to better understand the outcomes of interactions among humans, domestic animals, and wildlife in rapidly changing landscapes. In his current role, Dr. Vanak leads programs to restore degraded landscapes with benefits for carbon sequestration, biodiversity conservation, and the improvement of rural livelihoods.