Professional Involvement
Memberships and committee involvement
As Chair of the RU Animal Ethics Committee, I produced the application form, wrote the university's Animal Ethics Policy and the committee's Terms of Reference, and many of the committee's SOPs. This is in addition to Chairing review meetings, facilitating monitoring of projects, and mediating disputes.
Editorial responsibilities
2017 - present: Associate Editor for the journal: African Journal of Herpetology.
2016 - 2017: Associate Editor for the journal: Cogent Biology.
Examiner and reviewer activities
Reviewer of Teaching Portfolio:
2023: 1x Teaching Portfolio reviewed for promotional application
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Reviewer of Research grant:
2023: 4x grant applications for the National Research Foundation (NRF; S. Africa)
2020: 2x grant applications for the NRF (South Africa)
2019: 1x grant application for the NRF (South Africa)
2018: 4x grant applications for the NRF (South Africa)
2016: 1x grant application for the National Science Foundation (NSF; USA)
External Examiner:
2024 - 2026: 2x BSc (Hons) modules (Univ. of the Western Cape - UWC)
2023 - 2025: 10x BSc (undergraduate) modules (Univ. of Pretoria- UP)
2022 - 2024: 2x BSc (undergraduate) modules and 1x BSc (Hons)
module (Univ. of Johannesburg- UJ)
2020 - 2021: 1x BSc (undergraduate) module (Univ. of KwaZulu Natal - UKZN)
2017 - 2020: 2x BSc (undergraduate) modules and 1x BSc (Hons) module (Univ. of Fort
Hare - UFH)
2017 - 2019: 1x BSc (undergraduate) module (UKZN)
2016: 1x BSc (Hons) module (UKZN)
2020: 1x PhD dissertation (Univ. Free State – UFS)
2019: 1x MSc thesis (UFS)
2017: 1x MSc thesis (University of the Witwatersrand - WITS)
2016: 1x MSc thesis (WITS)
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Reviewed journal articles for the following journals (42, excluding resubmissions):
Acta Oecologica (2015);
African Herp News (2017[2]);
African Journal of Herpetology (2012; 2013; 2014; 2015[2]; 2017; 2022);
African Journal of Wildlife Research (2015[2]);
African Zoology (2021[2]);
Animals (2023);
Amphibia-Reptilia (2018; 2020[2]);
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2012; 2017; 2018);
Bothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservation (2014);
Diversity (2023);
The Herpetological Journal (2015);
Indago (2018);
Journal of Animal Ecology (2014);
Journal of Biogeography (2015; 2016);
Journal of Herpetology (2017);
Journal of Morphology (2015; 2017; 2018);
Organisms Diversity and Evolution (2014);
PeerJ (2014; 2016);
PLoS-One (2013; 2014);
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology (2023);
Salamandra (2012);
Science of Nature (2017);
South African Journal of Science (2014);
Vertebrate Zoology (2022)
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