ZSSA Office Bearers 2023 - 2025
Prof Aliza le Roux
PRESIDENT
University of Free State Qwaqwa Campus
VICE-PRESIDENT
Position vacant
Prof Andre Ganswindt
PAST PRESIDENT
Director: Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria
Prof Colleen Downs
HONORARY TREASURER
SARChI Research Chair in Ecosystem health and biodiversity in KwaZulu Natal and the Eastern Cape
School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Dr Sandi Willows-Munro
ASSISTANT TO THE TREASURER
Lecturer: Conservation Genetics Lab, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Dr Carolyn Baker
HONORARY EDITOR
South African Sugarcane Research Institute
Prof Theresa Wossler
HONORARY EDITOR
Associate professor: Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University
Dr Leigh Richards
REPRESENTATIVE EXTERNAL BODIES
Curator of Mammals, Durban Natural Science Museum
Dr Sarita Maree
INTERNATIONAL LIAISON
Post-doctoral Fellow in the DST/NRF SARChI Chair of Mammalian Behavioral Ecology & Physiology, Department of Zoology & Entomology,
and The Molecular Ecology & Evolution Program, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Natural & Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria
Dr Seth Eiseb
SADC REPRESENTATIVE
Senior Lecturer: Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Namibia
Prof Michael Cherry
ADVISORY MEMBER
Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University
Ms Loraine Shuttleworth
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE
Dr. Iva Prikrylova
Senior Researcher; NRF SARChI Chair; Department of Biodiversity University of Limpopo
Dr Ute Schwaibold
School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, Wits University
Dr Melissa Boonzaaier-Davids
Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) and assistant curator (Marine Invertebrates) at the Iziko South African Museum
Dr Lelethu Heshula
Dept of Zoology and Entomology, University of Fort Hare
Dr Ntuthuko Masikane
