TPCP Team
Group Leaders
Prof Bernard SlippersUP Research Leaders Total:17
Prof Irene Barnes
Prof Martin Coetzee
Prof Tuan Duong
Prof Almuth Hammerbacher 
Prof Brett Hurley
Prof Tjaart Krüger
Dr Thabiso Motaung Motaung
Prof Sanushka Naidoo
Prof Emma Steenkamp
Prof Noelani van den Berg
Prof Albe van der Merwe
Prof Fanus Venter
Prof Cobus Visagie
Dr Markus Wilken
Prof Brenda Wingfield
Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology
DST / NRF SARChI Chair in Fungal Genomics
Prof Mike Wingfield
Dr Neriman YilmazExternal Research Associates Total:10
Prof Jeremy Allison
Dr Wubetu Bihon
Prof Treena Burgess 
Dr ShuaiFei Chen
Prof Pedro Crous
Dr Jeff Garnas
Dr Ilaria Germishuizen
Dr Chrizelle Krynauw (née Beukes)
Dr Carlos Rodas
Prof Jolanda RouxResearch Fellows Total:6
Dr Janneke Aylward
Dr Tanay Bose
Dr Lieschen De Vos
Dr Gudrun Dittrich-Schroder
Dr Trudy Paap
Dr Michelle SchroderPostdoctoral Fellows Total:6
Dr Felipe Balocchi
Dr Firehiwot Eshetu
Dr Mesfin Gossa
Dr Privilege Makunde
Dr Nam Pham
Dr Ariska van der NestDoctoral Students Total:40
Ms Omotayo Adegeye
Mr Harm Barten
Mr Johannes Christoff Joubert
Ms Claudette Dewing
Mr Lihan Esterhuizen
Ms Caitlin Gevers
Ms Ginna M. Granados
Mr Mathew Harris
Mr Darryl Herron
Ms Vaylen Hlaka
Ms Sithembile Kunene
Ms Frances Lane
Mr GuoQing Li
Ms WenWen Li
Ms QianLi Liu
Ms Kira Lynn
Ms Mabodiba Maake
Mr Mkhululi Maphosa
Mr Sicelo Masuku
Mr Lazarus Mavima
Mr Khulekani Cyprian Mbatha
Ms Pfano Mbedzi
Mr Tshepo Joseph Mmushi
Mr Siphephelo Phungula
Ms Jenna-Lee Price
Ms Jane Baile Ramaswe
Ms Manchela Francinah Ratsoma
Ms Luki-Marie Scheepers
Mr Preston Shaw
Ms Nomfundo Shinga
Ms Myriam Solis
Ms Benedicta Swalarsk-Parry
Ms Cheyenne Theron
Mr Garyn Townsend
Ms Alida van Dijk 
Ms Melandre Van Lill
Ms Nicole van Vuuren
Ms Lente van Zyl
Mr Edwin WanjofuMasters Students Total:33
Ms Jade Ashmore
Mr Adam Bazerbachi
Mr Callin Ceriani
Ms Deanné Du Plessis
Mr Taygen Fuchs
Mr Johan F. Griesel
Mr Christiaan Grobler
Mr Lehlohonolo Hlahane
Ms Brittney-Aidan Jamieson
Ms Zimazile Jazi
Ms Marizanne Jones
Mr Harris Keetse
Mr Nigel Kombora
Mr Kyle Leeuwendaal
Ms Chulumanco Majavu
Ms Nomaswazi Maseko
Ms Ongeziwe Mbhele
Ms Monique Muller
Ms Kiara Munsamy
Ms Ruth Nante
Ms Anja Piso
Ms Lizzy Ramela
Ms Boitshoko Mercia Rammuki
Ms Vera Röder
Mr Alinaswe Selebi
Mr Drake Slabbert
Mr Michal Slupski
Mr Hannes Strydom
Ms Taponeswa Tasiya
Mr Grant Terblanche
Mr Bertus van Rooy
Ms Anien Viljoen
Mr Nkhoye ZondoHonours Students Total:5
Ms Janie Coetzer
Mr Kyle Craninx
Ms Jennifer Gomes de Freitas 
Ms Promise Ndlovu
Ms Jemma SmithNew Publications
Coutinho TA, Carstensen G, Venter SN, Chen SF, Tarigan M, Wingfield MJ. (2024) Bacterial community in apparently healthy and asymptomatic Eucalyptus trees and those with symptoms of bacterial wilt. Journal of Plant Pathology
10.1007/s42161-024-01697-x
Visagie CM, Cruywagen EM, Duong TA. (2024) A new Paecilomyces from wooden utility poles in South Africa. Fungal Systematics and Evolution 13:163–181.
10.3114/fuse.2024.13.10
Aylward J, Wilson AM, Visagie CM, Spraker J, Barnes I, Buitendag C, Ceriani C, Del Mar Angel L, du Plessis D, Fuchs T, Gasser K, Krämer D, Li W, Munsamy K, Piso A, Price J-L, Sonnekus B, Thomas C, van der Nest A, van Dijk A, van Heerden A, van Vuuren N, Yilmaz N, Duong TA, van der Merwe NA, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD. (2024) IMA Genome – F19: A genome assembly and annotation guide to empower mycologists, including annotated draft genome sequences of Ceratocystis pirilliformis, Diaporthe australafricana, Fusarium ophioides, Paecilomyces lecythidis, and Sporothrix stenoceras. IMA Fungus 15(1):12.
10.1186/s43008-024-00142-z
Ceriani C, Wingfield MJ, Fru F, van Wyk S, Rodas C, Wingfield BD, Steenkamp ET. (2024) Clonality and limited population diversity of Fusarium circinatum in Colombia. Forest Pathology 54(3):e12864.
10.1111/efp.12864
Paap T, Balocchi F, Burgess TI, Bose T, Wingfield MJ. (2024) A diverse range of Phytophthora species from botanical gardens in South Africa, including the novel Clade 5 species, Phytophthora mammiformis sp. nov.. Fungal Systematics and Evolution 13:111-122.
10.3114/fuse.2024.13.05