
Current staff and students at the ADU
Staff:
Ms Candice Lakay, SARCA Data Capturer, (021) 650-3846
Mrs Denise Lesch, Data Capturer, (021) 650-3846
Dr Dieter Oschadleus, SAFRING Project Coordinator, (021) 650-2421
Mrs Donella Young, CAR Project Coordinator, (021) 650-4239
Mr Doug Harebottle, SABAP2 Project Manager, (021) 650-2330
Ms Laurenda van Breda, SABCA Data Capturer
Prof. Les Underhill, Director of the ADU, (021) 650-3227
Ms Linda Tsipa, Financial Assistant, (021) 650-4697
Mr Lungelo Ndaba, SABCA Data Capturer
Dr Marienne de Villiers, SARCA Project Manager, (021) 650-4548
Mr Marius Burger, SARCA Herpetologist
Mr Marius Wheeler, CWAC and BIRP Project Coordinator, (021) 650-4698
Mrs Marja Wren-Sargent, DTP Specialist, (021) 650-3846
Mr Michael Brooks, IT Technician, Software developer, Database administrator, (012) 650-4998
Mr Oscar Noëls, SAFRING Data Capturer, (012) 650-2422
Mr René A. Navarro, IT Manager/Developer, (021) 650-2566
Dr Silvia Mecenero, SABCA Project Coordinator, (021) 650-3426
Mrs Sue Kuyper, Executive Assistant, (021) 650-2423
Research associates:
Postgraduate Students:
Post-Doc.:
PhD:
Mr Adin Stamelman, A reconstruction of seabird populations on the southern African guano islands from historical archives c. 1895–1955 (History Department, UCT)
Mr Albert Schultz, Epidemiological investigations into African Penguin parasites in captive and free-ranging breeding colonies (Rhodes University)
Mr Doug Harebottle, Southern African waterbirds: an analysis of census and ringing databases
Ms Kutlwano Ramaboa, Applications of the singular value decomposition in multivariate analysis
Ms Lauren Waller, The impacts of disturbance on the breeding birds of Dyer Island, and mitigation measures to reduce these impacts
Ms Mariëtte Wheeler, Effects of human impact on breeding seabirds and seals
Ms Marta de Ponte Machado, Population ecology and conservation status of the Great White Pelican in Southern Africa
Mr Newi Makhado, Investigation of the impact of fur seals on the conservation status of seabirds at the Prince Edward Islands and off western South Africa
Mr René A. Navarro, Flight Patterns and Energy Budget of the Cape Gannet During the Breeding Season
Ms Sally Hofmeyr, Conservation impacts of environmental change on populations of threatened large terrestrial bird species in South Africa
Mr Steve Kirkman, Ecology of the Cape fur seal in southern Africa
Ms Yahkat Barshep, Migration strategy of the Curlew Sandpiper
Masters:
Ms Diane Southey, Wildland fire modelling: a South African context (Botany Department)
Ms Justine Braby, Breeding biology of Damara Terns in southern Namibia, particularly in relation to diamond mining (Namibia)
Mr Mduduzi Seakamela, Effects of variation in population management and research methods of the Cape fur seal
Mr Thierry Rousset, Reconstruction of the seal populations of southern Africa, 1895–1995 (History Department, UCT)
BSc(Honours):
Recent graduates:
Mr Alistair McInnes, MSc 2007
Dr Anton Wolfaardt, PhD 2007
- Dr Barbara Paterson, PhD 2005
- Dr Birgit Erni, MSc 2000
Mr Darren Houniet, MSc 2008
Dr Dieter Oschadleus, PhD 2005
- Dr Francesca Little, PhD 2003
Ms Janine le Roux, MSc 2006
Dr Jessica Kemper, PhD 2006
Dr Kathy Tjørve, PhD 2006
Mrs Linda Smith (née Staverees), MSc 2006
- Dr Lorenzo Serra, PhD 2002
Dr Nola Parsons, PhD 2006
- Dr Phil Whittington, PhD 2002
Ms Philippa Schultz, MSc 2007
Dr Samantha Petersen, PhD 2008
Ms Shannon Hampton, MSc 2008
Dr Silvia Mecenero, PhD 2005
Visitors:
Mr Ralf Mullers, Foraging behaviour and energetics of Cape Gannets (PhD, University of Groningen, the Netherlands)
Mr Richard Sherley, Uses of natural markings on African Penguins (PhD, Bristol University, United Kingdom)
Ms Sophie Kohler, Comparative feeding ecology of the African Black Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini related to environmental variability, on the South African coastline (PhD, University of Reunion, France)