Dr Sindiso Nkuna is a Grassland Ecologist in the School of Life Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal with more than eight years’ experience. She is registered with the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professional (SACNASP) and is a member of Grassland Society of Southern Africa (GSSA), the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) and the Golden Key International Society.
Her leadership roles include being an External Relations Officer for the South African Environmental Observation Network – Graduate Student Network in 2013-2014. She holds a BSc and BSc Hons in Biological Sciences (UKZN), an MSc in Grassland Science (UKZN in collaboration with Yale University) and a PhD in Grassland Science (UKZN).
One of the results chapters from her PhD won the best student presentation at the 10th International Rangeland Congress, Teacher’s Credit Union Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, 16th to 22nd July 2016. Two results chapters from her PhD were invited for a special edition on Holistic Resource Management (HRM) in the African Journal of Range and Forage Science.
Her research interests include understanding the key drivers such as fire and grazing in rangelands and their interaction within grassland and savanna ecosystems, with the focus on the mechanisms of system function that can aid in better managing conservation, communal and commercial agricultural systems.
Senior Lecturer
Biological Sciences / Grassland Science
chamane@ukzn.ac.za
033 260 5508
