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EXPERT DATABASE
We are establishing a database of South African marine and polar researchers to provide a platform where experts in the various specialisations can be found by, for example, potential collaborators, students looking for supervisors, organisers of speaking events, media reps, etc.
Finding experts in the field of polar and offshore marine research, within South Africa
ATTENTION: Polar & Offshore Marine Researchers
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r.mathakutha@saeon.nrf.ac.za
Prof. Nico de Bruyn
Vice President (Conservation & Education) & Director of the Global Center for Species Survival
Prof. de Bruyn has led and managed wildlife research and expeditionary field teams with international profiles in the fields of large mammal ecology, marine mammal science, wildlife management and zoological 3D photogrammetry for over two decades.
Prof. Els Vermeulen
Associate Professor and Chief Scientist
With over 20 years of experience in research on whales and dolphins, her main interest and expertise lie in population biology, ecology, and associated conservation management.
Prof. Ken Findlay
Specialist Consultant / Researcher
Prof. Findlay has a strong interest in polar and marine mammal sciences, particularly the population demography, distribution, migration and conservation of large whales. His work also includes comprehensive population assessments, catch histories, historical abundance and distribution, and the recovery of whale populations following severe whaling pressure.
Dr Janine Schoombie
Aerodynamicist
Janine has a passion for cross-disciplinary research, specifically using engineering tools to facilitate robust and meaningful research across conservation and environmental sciences. She has dabbled in Botany, Ornithology and climate studies on Marion Island. Her expertise lie in fluid dynamics and numerical simulations and experimentation.
Prof. Peter le Roux
Professor
Ecologist with experience working in the sub-Antarctic, the sub-Arctic and montane grasslands. My broad research interest is community ecology, with particular attention to interspecific interactions, the impacts of global environmental change, and how the former mediates the impacts of the latter.
Dr Fannie Shabangu
Marine Biologist
My research focus is mainly on marine mammal acoustic occurrence, behaviour and interaction with environmental conditions. Large marine mammals of interest are Antarctic blue whales, fin whales, Madagascan pygmy blue whales, Antarctic minke whales, humpback whales, sei whales, southern right whales, sperm whales and killer whales. And smaller marine mammals of interest are crabeater seals, leopard seals and Ross seals.