People

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.

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.

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.

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.

Anna is a Programme Manager at Conservation International, and an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Physiology at the University of the Witwatersrand

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.

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

Richard is a Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, UK, and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the School of Physiology at the University of the Witwatersrand.

Benjamin is a Research Assistant at the Biometry and Evolutionary Biology Laboratory at the University of Lyon, in France, and an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Physiology at the University of the Witwatersrand.

Wendy is a Research Consultant at Tswalu, and Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Physiology at the University of the Witwatersrand.

Keafon is originally from Cameroon, but has spent many years studying in South Africa. Her research interests range from the thermal tolerances of insects to the diet of bat-eared foxes. For her postdoctoral fellowship she will investigate how wild dogs are responding to climate change, working in collaboration with a big international team.

Tanja studied the responses of birds to heat during her PhD at the University of Cape Town, under the supervision of Susie Cunningham and Andrew McKechnie. Having lived in the Kalahari for much of that time, she extends her interests now to understand how mammals in hot, arid environments will cope with climate change.

Tapiwa is a senior technician in the group.

Zipho is a technician in the group.

PhD candidate: The effect of environmental change on core body temperature patterns in a free-living arid-zone bird, the white-browed sparrow-weaver.

PhD candidate: Immobilization of free-living lions.

MSc candidate: The dietary ecology of meerkats in different age classes.

PhD candidate: Physiological performance and space use of dispersing juvenile ground pangolins.

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

MSc candidate: Functional ecological of Temminck’s pangolins in the Kalahari.

MSc candidate: Characterizing microclimates as potential thermal buffers for reptiles, birds, and mammals in an arid-zone environment.

Peter Buss
PhD (2017)

Melinda Boyers
PhD (2018)

Hilary Lease
Postdoctoral fellow (2014)

Michael Mole
MSc (2016)

MSc (2021)

PhD (2017)

Ian Murray
Postdoctoral fellow (2015)

PhD (2021)

MSc (2019)

Maartin Strauss
PhD (2017)

Nora Weyer
PhD (2018)

Gareth Zeiler
PhD (2020)