An array of petri dishes with Aspergillus, Penicillium, Fusarium and Alternaria colonies in greens, yellows, pinks and greys, beside a mouldy maize cob (illustration)

Applied Mycology

Team Members

Academic Staff and Research Leaders

Cobus Visagie

Prof Cobus Visagie

Associate Professor

Neriman Yilmaz

Dr Neriman Yilmaz

Senior Lecturer

Brenda Wingfield

Prof Brenda Wingfield

DST / NRF SARChI Chair in Fungal Genomics

Emma Steenkamp

Prof Emma Steenkamp

Professor

Bernard Slippers

Prof Bernard Slippers

Director of FABI

Mike Wingfield

Prof Mike Wingfield

Founding Director of FABI

External Research Associates

Pedro Crous

Prof Pedro Crous

Associate Professor

Professional Support Staff

Kiara Munsamy

Ms Kiara Munsamy

Nicole van Vuuren

Ms Nicole van Vuuren

Curator: CMW Culture Collection

Postdoctoral Fellows

Cristiane Figueiredo

Dr Cristiane Figueiredo

Postdoctoral Fellow

Claudette Dewing

Dr Claudette Dewing

Postdoctoral Fellow

Doctoral Students

Nkosinathi Sthembiso Ndaba

Mr Nkosinathi Sthembiso Ndaba

Carlynn Jacobs

Ms Carlynn Jacobs

Jenna-Lee Price

Ms Jenna-Lee Price

Masters Students

Morgan Payne

Ms Morgan Payne

Kerryn Fourie

Ms Kerryn Fourie

Unathi Tshabalala

Ms Unathi Tshabalala

MSc student

Honours Students

Hlulani Mthombeni

Ms Hlulani Mthombeni

Elizca Botha

Ms Elizca Botha