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The current team:
Serban Proches - Associate Professor, Environmental Sciences
 Serban has a BBiol and an MSc from the University of Bucharest, a PhD from the University of Durban-Westville, and did postdocs at the University of Port Elizabeth, Stellenbosch University, and UKZN. He studies all sorts of odd things such as phylogenetic diversity and global biogeography, but whenever he gets the time he gets back to his weevil collection. Serban's research * Serban's collaborators *
Contact Serban: setapionatgmaildotcom
Syd Ramdhani - Lecturer, Biological and Conservation Sciences
 Syd has a BSc Hons and an MSc from the University of Durban-Westville, a PhD from Rhodes University, and did a postdoc at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. His current research is on plant phylogenetic diversity patterns in eastern South Africa.
Contact Syd: sydunderscorezaatyahoodotcom
Sanjay Gairola - Postdoc
 Sanjay studied all the way to PhD level at the H.N. B. Garhwal University, and did a previous postdoc at Universiti Sains Malaysia. He is currently investigating the use of remote sensing in mapping tree species in South Africa's scarp forests, with a view to explaining thier exceptional species diversity.
Contact Sanjay: drsanjaygairolaatgmaildotcom
Sandun Perera - Doctoral student
 Sandun has a BSc from Sabaragamuwa University and an MSc from the University of Kelaniya. He is looking at animal endemism in the Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany biodiversity hotspot.
Contact Sandun: sandundotpereraatgmaildotcom
Nikara Mahadeo - Masters student
 Nikara is looking at the relationship between the duration of the flowering season and plant range size (co-supervised by Syd Ramdhani), and is currently doing one semester's coursework at Radboud University in Holland. David Styles - Masters student (co-supervised by Serban; main supervisor Dr Helen Watson)
David is the editor of the Plant Life magazine, and his MSc project is looking at the grassland endemics of the Cato Ridge area between Durban and Pietermaritzburg.
Ntobeko Mkhonza - Volunteer Ntobeko helps with data entry (no field work - not if there are snakes there). Update: Ntobeko will now also help with filed work, snakes and all! Dayani Ratnayake-Perera - Volunteer
Dayani helps with field work and data entry.
2011 Honours students:
Siyabonga Bengu
Siyabonga is looking at the population structure of Protea roupelliae in New Germany Nature Reserve, Durban (co-supervised by Syd Ramdhani).
Nidhi Nepaul
Nidhi is examining changes in forest species diversity in New Germany Nature Reserve, Durban (co-supervised by Syd Ramdhani).
Thabang Sibiya
Serban's former students:
Mcebiseni Bhengu (Hons UKZN, co-supervised with Dr. Erwin Sieben) - currently environmental impact intern in Port Shepstone
Christo Botes (Hons, University of Port Elizabeth; co-supervised with Prof. Richard Cowling) - currently PhD student at UKZN
Michela de Dominicis (Hons, UKZN) - currently working for EduAction GIS Solutions
Steffen Heelemann (Diplom = MSc at University of Rostock; co-supervised with Profs. Richard Cowling and Stefan Porembski) - currently PhD student at the University of Regensburg
Rebecca Joubert (MSc, UKZN; co-supervised with Prof. Fred Ellery) - currently PhD student at Rhodes University
Helashini Kalawan (undergraduate project UKZN) - currently doing an internship with the Cape Town municipality
Patricia Nathaniel (undergraduate project UKZN)
Joshua Olowoyo (postdoc, UKZN) - currently lecturer at the University of Limpopo
Yerdashin Padayachi (Hons, UKZN) - currently MSc student at UKZN
Sarisha Perumal (Hons UKZN, co-supervised with Syd Ramdhani) - currently MSc student at UKZN
Kelly Ryan (Hons, UKZN) - currently MSc student at UKZN
Timothy Wiggill (Hons, UKZN) - currently MSc student at UKZN
Team pictures
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