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Prof. Marion Bamford
Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
Discipline: Palaeobotany
Specialisations: Palaeo-vegetation and climate change using proxies such as wood, leaves, seeds, charcoal, pollen and phytoliths.
W: www.wits.ac.za/esi
W: www.ancient-earth.co.za
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Dr Miryam Bar-Matthews
Geological Survey of Israel
Discipline: Geology
Specialisations: Geology, Quaternary Geology, Paleoclimate, Speleothem Research, U-Th Dating, Isotope Geochemistry
W: http://www.gsi.gov.il
W: http://blog.eag.eu.com/invited/speleothems
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Prof. Rose Boswell
Nelson Mandela University
Discipline: Social Anthropology
Specialisations: Cultural Identity, Heritage Management and Heritage Politics
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Dr Kerstin Braun
Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University
Discipline: Geology
Specialisations: Geochemistry and Reconstruction of Palaeoclimates using Speleothems
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Mr Mark Dixon
Strandloper Project
Discipline: Ichthyology and Fisheries Science
Specialisations: Marine Biology, Ornithology, Ichnology and Science Communication
Research Interests: Pleistocene fossil trackways, Ghost fishing and lead poisoning caused by lost recreational fishing tackle, Avifaunal studies, and Livestock grazing methods on Karoo veld regeneration
W: www.strandloperproject.org
W: Wordpress
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Prof. Francois Engelbrecht
Global Change Institute University of Witwatersrand
Discipline: Climatology
Specialisation: Southern African climate variability and change
W: www.csir.co.za
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Prof. Karen Esler
Department of Conservation Ecology & Entomology, Stellenbosch University
Discipline: Botany
Specialisations: Cape Ecology
Interests: USO and other plant resources available to Middle Stone Age humans on the Cape south coast based on inferences from contemporary ecological patterns and processes
W: http://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=psTb5kgAAAAJ&hl=en
W: http://www.sun.ac.za/english/faculty/agri/conservation-ecology
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Dr Irene Esteban
University of the Witwatersrand
Discipline: Archaeobotany
Specialisations: Phytolith analysis, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
Interests: The study of the exploitation and use of plants by past hunter-gatherers and their couple response to vegetation and climate change. The study of plants and surface soils from different types of vegetation as modern analogs for their identification in the fossil record.
W: https://wits.academia.edu/IreneEsteban
W: www.researchgate.net/profile/Irene_Esteban2
W: www.paleoliticovalenciano.es/es
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Dr Enrico Gennari
Oceans Research
Discipline: Zoology
Specialisation: Movement Ecology, in particular of apex predators
W: http://oceans-research.com/
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Mr. Pieter-Jan Gräbe
Independent consultant, Terra-Search Geological Consultants CC
Discipline: Geology
Specialisations: Mining geology, exploration geology, mine planning, geological modelling and geological modelling software, resource and reserve estimations and reconcilliations, mineral resource management practises and due diligence processes representing the MRM disciplines
W: ResearchGate
W: Glencore Alloys - Lead Competent Person
W: Merafe Resources
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Ms Carina Helm
Hatfield Consultants, North Vancouver BC
Discipline: Geography
Specialisations: Applying photogrammetry to the Cape South Coast Ichnology project. Leading topographic and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) surveys to characterize the topography, bathymetry and grain size of river systems.
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Prof. Julia Lee-Thorp
School of Archaeology, University of Oxford
Discipline: Palaeoanthropology and African Archaeology
Specialisations: Stable isotope ecology, Palaeodiet, and Mobility.
W: http://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/JLT.html
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Prof. Aliza le Roux
University of the Free State - Department of Zoology and Entmology
Discipline: Zoology
Specialisations: The cognitive ecology of African primates and carnivores
W: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Aliza_Le_Roux
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Prof. Mandy Lombard
Nelson Mandela University
Discipline: Marine Spatial Planning
Specialisation: Marine Biodiversity Conservation
W: http://cmr.mandela.ac.za/
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Dr Gerrit Mars
Discipline: Medicine
Interests: Archaeology, Foraging Ecology of Hominins, Fundraising, Nature and Heritage Conservation
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Dr Christina Mars
Interests: Preparation of veld food
Instagram: coastal_paleoscape
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Prof. Guy Midgley
Stellenbosch University
Discipline: Botany
Specialisations: Global Change Ecology and Plant Ecophysiology
W: https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=maftA6oAAAAJ&hl=en
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Dr Simen Oestmo
Arizona State University, Co-director of an archaeological research project and field director in Vleesbaai, Western Cape, South Africa
Discipline: Archaeology
Specialisations: Hunter-gatherer technological adaptation in the South African Middle to Late Pleistocene record
W: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Simen_Oestmo
W: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=X50UxUcAAAA,J&hl=en
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Dr Gavin Rishworth
Nelson Mandela University, Department of Zoology
Discipline: Coastal Ecology
Specialisations: Modern microbialites; benthic metazoans; geobiology
Interests: Functional drivers of modern and comparable extinct microbialites, particularly the bioturbation dynamics of associated invertebrates
W: Google Scholar
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Prof. Louis Scott
Bloemfontein Palaeosystems Centre, University of the Free State
Discipline: Palaeobotany
Specialisations: Quaternary palynology and palaeo-environmental reconstructions in Southern Africa.
W: www.palaeosystems.co.za/
W: www.ufs.ac.za/natagri/departments-and-divisions/plant-sciences-home/general/staff
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Prof. Judy Sealy
University of Cape Town
Discipline: Archaeology
Specialisation: Behaviour and environments of pre-colonial human societies in South Africa
W: http://www.archaeology.uct.ac.za/age/faculty-and-staff/judith-sealy
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Dr Kale Sniderman
School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne
Discipline: Botany
Specialisations: Late Cenozoic Palaeoenvironments, Palaeovegetation, and Palaeoclimates
Interests: Refinement and application of palynology, particularly of speleothem archives, to better understand past vegetation and climates
W: http://www.isotopegeoscience.org
W: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kale_Sniderman
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Mr Guy Thesen
Discipline: Artist (sculptures / piantings)
Specialisations: Ichnology, trace fossils, archaeology, Bushman paintings
W: https://www.guythesen.co.za/
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Dr Jan Venter
School of Natural Resource Management, Nelson Mandela University
Discipline: Ecology
Specialisations: Large Mammals and Vertebrate Biodiversity
W: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jan_Venter3
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Prof. Tony Verboom
University of Cape Town
Discipline: Botany
Specialisations: Plant Evolutionary Biology, and the Evolution and Ecology of the Greater Cape Flora
W: http://www.biologicalsciences.uct.ac.za/bio/staff/academic/verboom
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Dr Lita Webley
Independent Academia
Discipline: Archaeology
Specialisations: Stone Age settlement patterns, arid environments and Heritage management.
W:https.independent.academia.edu/LitaWebley
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Dr Jayne Wilkins
Department of Archaeology, University of Cape Town
Discipline: Archaeology
Specialisations: Middle Stone Age Lithic Technologies and Behavioral Adaptations in South Africa
W: https://uct.academia.edu/JayneWilkins
W: http://www.archaeology.uct.ac.za/age/faculty-and-staff/jayne-wilkins
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Dr Sarah Wurz
School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
Discipline: Archaeology
Specialisation: Coastal adaptation and behavior of Middle Stone Age populations at Klasies River
W: https://wits.academia.edu/sarahwurz
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