Meet the team
Researchers

Andrea Fuller (PhD)
Andrea heads the team. She is a Professor in the School of Physiology at the University of the Witwatersrand, and an Extraordinary Lecturer in the Department of Paraclinical Sciences at the University of Pretoria

Shane Maloney (PhD)
Shane is a Professor of Physiology in the School of Human Sciences at the University of Western Australia, Australia, and an Honorary Professorial Research Fellow in the School of Physiology at the University of the Witwatersrand

Anna Haw (BVSc, PhD)
Anna is the Consultant Manager at Maliasili, and an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Physiology at the University of the Witwatersrand

Vinicius Fonseca (PhD)
Vini is a Visiting Professor at Paraiba Universidade Federal, and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the School of Physiology at the University of the Witwatersrand

Leith Meyer (BVSc, PhD)
Leith is a Professor in the Department of Paraclinical Sciences at the University of Pretoria, and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the School of Physiology at the University of the Witwatersrand

Edward Snelling (PhD)
Edward (Ned) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anatomy and Physiology in the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Physiology at the University of the Witwatersrand

Duncan Mitchell (PhD, DSc)
Duncan is Emeritus Professor and Honorary Professorial Research Fellow in the School of Physiology at the University of the Witwatersrand, and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Human Sciences at the University of Western Australia

Wendy Panaino (PhD)
Wendy is Assistant Ecologist at Tswalu, and Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Physiology at the University of the Witwatersrand
Technical Staff
Postgraduate Students

Walter Jubber
PhD candidate: The dietary ecology of meerkats in the Kalahari

Daniel Rossouw
MSc candidate: Functional ecology of Temminck’s pangolins in the Kalahari

Molatelo Kekana
PhD candidate: Heat stress in growing ostriches

Ben Melamdowitz
MSc candidate: Temminck’s pangolin distribution and habitat use in a dryland environment

Chanel Rampartab
PhD candidate: Impacts of climate change on small diurnal mammals in the Kalahari drylands

Miles Muller
PhD candidate: Mechanisms underlying capture-induced morbidity in African buffalo

Babolai Kago Gabriel Baruti​
MSc candidate: Vulnerability of aardvark to climate change in the Makgadikgadi Pans, northern Botswana

Precious Lukhele
MSc candidate: Underground biodiversity in the Kalahari
Alumni since 2010

Valery Phakoago
PhD (2024)

Keafon Jumbam
Postdoctoral fellow (2023)

Grace Warner
MSc (2023)

Tilly Molete
MSc (2021)

Gareth Zeiler
PhD (2020)

Carmen Roberts
MSc (2019)

Nora Weyer
PhD (2018)
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Peter Buss
PhD (2017)

Maartin Strauss
PhD (2017)

Shaun D'Araujo
MSc (2016)

Michael Mole
MSc (2016)

Stephanie de Lange
MSc (2016)

Ian Murray
Postdoctoral Fellow (2015)

Hilary Lease
Postdoctoral Fellow (2014)

Michael Kuwong
MSc (2014)

Benjamin Rey
Postdoctoral fellow (2013)

Alwyn Lubbe
MSc (2013)

Anil Shrestha
PhD (2012)

Marna Broekman
MSc (2012)

Joanna Sawicka
MSc (2011)

Trevor Nyakudya
MSc (2010)