- Nadav Pezaro (Associated researcher)
- Jeff Zeyl (POSTDOC)
- Federico Massetti (PhD) (co-supervisor: M. Shawkey, collaborator: L.B. d'Alba )
- Project
title: Exploring the thermal properties of coloured integument using cordylid lizards
- Welri Nortje (MSc)
- Project title: Exploring the cost-benefit model of thermoregulation in squamates
- Pauline Dufour (PhD) (primary supervisor: Tim Bonebrake)
- Nicole Vorster (PhD) (primary supervisor: Tammy Robinson)
- Amy Collop (MSc) (primary supervisor: Minette Karsten)
Former postdocs
- Raquel Garcia
- Mike Logan, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
- Melissa Plasman, Universidad Autonoma de Tlaxcala, Mexico
Former students
- Karla Alujevic (PhD) (co-supervisors: M. Logan, J. Streicher) Does behavior mediate evolutionary trajectories
to climate adaptation? (2020)
- Ella Morran (MSc) (co-supervisor: R. Garcia) Effects of invasive alien plants on the thermal landscape and food resources of the parrot-beaked dwarf tortoise, Homopus areolatus (2019)
- Dianah Kutama (MSc) (co-supervisor: I. Minnaar) Developmental plasticity of Harmonia axyridis:a test of relationships between melanisation and performance (2019)
- Ingrid Minnaar (PhD) Species traits and their phenotypic plasticity as determinants of insect invasiveness: combining statistical and experimental approaches (2018)
- Tiaan Barnard, Honours: Intra-specific competition for thermal resources did not impact thermoregulatory behaviour in the lizard Agama atra (2017)
- Casey Broom, Masters: Thermal adaptation and behaviour: the interplay between performance and personality in the intertidal teleost Clinus superciliosus (2016)
-Paula Strauss, Masters (co-supervisor): Investigating the genetic and physiological adaptive potential of Meroles knoxii (Family: Lacertidae) in response to climate change (2016)
-Ruben Schoombie, Masters (co-supervisor): Physiological Ecology of a Cape Floristic Region frog, Breviceps montanus (2015)
- Skye Butterson, Honours: Transgenerational plasticity of temperature tolerance in the invasive ladybird, Harmonia axyridis (2015)
- Jessica Allen, PhD: Examining the relative contributions of latitudinal variation and phenotypic plasticity to thermal tolerance in arthropods (2015)
- Sarah Davies, PhD: Geographic range, spread and potential distribution of the painted reed frog Hyperolius marmoratus in the Western Cape Province, South Africa (2014)
- Rebecca Shinner, Masters: Thermal biology of the invasive ladybird Harmonia axyridis: physiological plasticity, thermoregulatory behaviour and fitness (2014)
- Elsje Schreuder, Masters: Impacts of alien invasive pines on lizard diversity and thermal habitat quality (2014)
- Ryan R.J. Daniels, Masters (co-supervisor): Dispersal potential and gene flow of lacertid Pedioplanis lineoocellata based on mark-recapture and microsatellites (2014)
- Helene Basson, Masters: Thermal adaptation in the lizard Cordylus oelofseni: physiological and behavioural responses to temperature variation (2013)
- Nanike Esterhuizen, Masters (co-supervisor): Effects of thermal history on temperature-dependent flight performance in insects: Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) as a model organism (2013)
- Katelyn Faulkner, Masters: Phenotypic plasticity of upper thermal tolerance in marine invertebrates at several hierarchical and geographical scales (2012)
- Ella Morran (MSc) (co-supervisor: R. Garcia) Effects of invasive alien plants on the thermal landscape and food resources of the parrot-beaked dwarf tortoise, Homopus areolatus (2019)
- Dianah Kutama (MSc) (co-supervisor: I. Minnaar) Developmental plasticity of Harmonia axyridis:a test of relationships between melanisation and performance (2019)
- Ingrid Minnaar (PhD) Species traits and their phenotypic plasticity as determinants of insect invasiveness: combining statistical and experimental approaches (2018)
- Tiaan Barnard, Honours: Intra-specific competition for thermal resources did not impact thermoregulatory behaviour in the lizard Agama atra (2017)
- Casey Broom, Masters: Thermal adaptation and behaviour: the interplay between performance and personality in the intertidal teleost Clinus superciliosus (2016)
-Paula Strauss, Masters (co-supervisor): Investigating the genetic and physiological adaptive potential of Meroles knoxii (Family: Lacertidae) in response to climate change (2016)
-Ruben Schoombie, Masters (co-supervisor): Physiological Ecology of a Cape Floristic Region frog, Breviceps montanus (2015)
- Skye Butterson, Honours: Transgenerational plasticity of temperature tolerance in the invasive ladybird, Harmonia axyridis (2015)
- Jessica Allen, PhD: Examining the relative contributions of latitudinal variation and phenotypic plasticity to thermal tolerance in arthropods (2015)
- Sarah Davies, PhD: Geographic range, spread and potential distribution of the painted reed frog Hyperolius marmoratus in the Western Cape Province, South Africa (2014)
- Rebecca Shinner, Masters: Thermal biology of the invasive ladybird Harmonia axyridis: physiological plasticity, thermoregulatory behaviour and fitness (2014)
- Elsje Schreuder, Masters: Impacts of alien invasive pines on lizard diversity and thermal habitat quality (2014)
- Ryan R.J. Daniels, Masters (co-supervisor): Dispersal potential and gene flow of lacertid Pedioplanis lineoocellata based on mark-recapture and microsatellites (2014)
- Helene Basson, Masters: Thermal adaptation in the lizard Cordylus oelofseni: physiological and behavioural responses to temperature variation (2013)
- Nanike Esterhuizen, Masters (co-supervisor): Effects of thermal history on temperature-dependent flight performance in insects: Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) as a model organism (2013)
- Katelyn Faulkner, Masters: Phenotypic plasticity of upper thermal tolerance in marine invertebrates at several hierarchical and geographical scales (2012)
- Casey Broom, Honours (co-supervisor): Thermal physiology of South African Clinid fishes: a comparison of three species occupying contrasting coastal habitats (2013)
- Wilna Jansen, Honours (co-supervisor): Morphological traits and bioindicators: a case study on dung beetles in the Maputaland Centre of Endemism (2009)
Prospective lab members
Postdoctoral researchers and graduate students (Honours, Masters and PhD) interested in studying ectotherm's responses to climate change and biological invasions (consult lab research themes under 'current research areas') are encouraged to contact S. Clusella-Trullas. Students with a strong academic record and a high dedication and commitment to their graduate research will be given top priority. NEW OPPORTUNITIES and projects for 2021-2023:
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