BioMath Group News

Newly published research by one of our a recent MSc graduates, Ashleigh Basel, revealed compelling information on the state of South African dragonflies in concert with biomes and ecotones. A paper from this study has been published…

 

Attention prospective and continuing honours, masters and doctoral students! The National Research Foundation (NRF) is offering funding opportunities to eligible South African and permanent resident students that wish to pursue and/or continue their postgraduate studies for the 2022 academic year…

 

Hilary Lamb joins the Biomath group as the new personal assistant (PA) to Prof. Cang Hui (SARChi research chair). She is a management graduate by training, with years of experience in operational and administrative functions, executing a myriad of duties, across higher education, real estate and retail institutions both locally and abroad…

In the month of April Dr Sandra MacFadyen will be presenting an online course on google earth engine (GEE) through Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS). The course will cover a myriad of topics structured to enable participants to gain a better understanding on the application of GEE for geospatial and related analyses…

Dr. Marcela Espinaze has been selected by the journal Parasitology of Cambridge University Press, for the Early Career Research Awards 2020. The winning paper entitled, Parasite diversity associated with African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) and the effect of host and environmental factors, formed part of her PhD project under supervision of Prof Sonja Matthee (Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology), Prof Cang Hui (Department of Mathematical Sciences) and Dr Lauren Waller (Cape Nature at that time)…