Deeva Baboolal 

Deeva Baboolal Deeva Baboolal MSc Graduate Deeva Baboolal’s research investigated the vegetation and fire history of the Soutpansberg Mountains, northeastern South Africa, using palaeoecological techniques. This research was funded by the National Research Foundation (NRF). E-mail: deeva.baboolal@gmail.com

Jean Baverstock 

Jean Baverstock Jean Baverstock MSc Graduate Jean Baverstock’s research focussed on using tree rings from the Outeniqua yellowwood (Afrocarpus falcatus formerly Podocarpus falcatus) to reconstruct past climate variability in the Karkloof area of the KZN Midlands. This work was co-supervised by Prof. Stephan Woodborne at iThemba Laboratories. Jean is working as an environmental consultant. E-mail: […]

Astika Bhugeloo 

Astika Bhugeloo Astika Bhugeloo MSc Graduate Astika Bhugeloo’s MSc explored the use of tree rings are archives of past climate change. Despite the lack of dendroclimatological research in southern Africa, dendroclimatology is vital in understanding previous changes in the Earth’s climatic system which will help predict the sensitivity of southern Africa to future climate change. […]

Anel Geer

Anel Geer Anel Geer MSc Graduate Anel Geer’s research investigated vegetation history in the Karkloof Area using a 12,000 year old sedimentary core extracted from the Dartmoor Vlei. The Midlands region of KwaZulu-Natal in particular is characterised by a mosaic of Southern Mistbelt Forests and Midlands Mistbelt Grasslands, making Dartmoor Vlei a very interesting site […]

Kate Strachan

Kate Strachan Kate Strachan MSc and PhD Graduate Kate Strachan’s research focused on the use of intertidal salt-marsh foraminifera as proxies to reconstruct late Holocene sea-level change along the southern African coastline. Kate is now working as a coastal and climate change scientist at ICLEI Africa. E-mail: kateleighstrachan@gmail.com Twitter: @KateLStrachan

Tristan Duthie 

Tristan Duthie Tristan Duthie MSc Graduate Tristan Duthie’s MSc research focussed on Relative Pollen Productivity Estimates (PPE) and Relevant Source Area of Pollen (RSAP) for key taxa from vegetation communities in Cathedral Peak, KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg. She recently completed her PhD at Leipzig University, representing a paradigm shift from pollen grains to urban greening. She is […]

Ntombi Ngoloyi 

Ntombi Ngoloyi Ntombi Ngoloyi MSc Graduate Ntombi Ngoloyi’s MSc research used sedimentary records as a means of palaeovegetation and fire reconstruction in the Greater Mapungubwe area of Limpopo Province, as part of a broader NRF African Origins Platform funded research project. E-mail: mantombingoloyi@gmail.com

Mendy Shozi 

Mendy Shozi Mendy Shozi MSc Graduate Mendy Shozi’s MSc research focussed on assessing the distribution of sedimentary heavy metals in the Msunduzi River Catchment, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. This work was co-supervised by Dr Letitia Pillay. E-mail: mendyzibuyile@gmail.com

Kirsty Spershott 

Kirsty Spershott Kirsty Spershott MSc Graduate Kirsty Spershott used ostracods as bioindicators to reconstruct past environmental conditions at Lake St Lucia, South Africa. This work was funded by the NRF, and was co-supervised by Prof. Peter Frenzel at the University of Jena. E-mail: kirstydisastar@gmail.com

Craig Cordier 

Craig Cordier Craig Cordier MSc Graduate Craig Cordier’s MSc research focussed on reconstructing sea level from the Keiskamma Estauary using salt marsh foraminifera. He is currently pursuing a PhD in conservation biology. E-mail: craig.cordier@gmail.com