SAEON's Graduate Student Network is growing

SAEON’s Graduate Student Network is preparing to host the first SAEON Student Symposium in Cape Town in September. (Picture © UCT)

Dr Gina Ziervogel is a postdoctoral researcher based at the University of Cape Town’s Climate Systems Analysis Group and working with the Stockholm Environment Institute’s Oxford office. She focuses on issues of adaptation to climate variability and the role of different information sources and institutions in facilitating adaptation. (Picture © SABC News)

Prof Steven Chown is the Director of the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology based at Stellenbosch University. He is engaged in biogeographic and macroecological studies, the physiological ecology and macrophysiology of insects and other taxa, and to a lesser extent systematics. (Picture © US)

Dr Guy Midgley is the Chief Specialist Scientist in the Global Change Research Group at the Kirstenbosch Research Centre of the South African National Biodiversity Institute. As a plant physiologist he became interested in climate change through trying to understand how rising carbon dioxide and UV-b radiation would affect plant success in an ecological context. (Picture © SANBI)

Dr Angus Paterson, Manager of the SAEON Elwandle Node is well known for his knowledge and expertise in science management and his broad-based understanding of the functioning of the South African coastline. With a strong academic background, previous working experience in research and six years’ industry experience, he has been able to establish a critical link between the three sectors. (Picture © Mitzi du Plessis)