Dr Nico Avenant
Position
Research Fellow
Department
Centre for Environmental Management
Address
National Museum
Aliwalstr 36
Bloemfontein
Telephone
0514012863
Office
Information

Short CV

Name of Company / Organisation: National Museum, Bloemfontein
Profession: Principal Museum Scientist / Curator
Position in Company: Head of the Department of Mammalogy
Field of experise: Mammal ecology

Education:

B.Sc. (Zoology), University of Stellenbosch, 1988
B.Sc. Honours (Zoology), University of Stellenbosch, 1989
M.Sc. (Zoology), University of Stellenbosch, 1993
Ph.D. (Zoology), University of the Orange Free State, 1999

Membership in Professional Societies / Serve on Committees:

South African Institute of Ecologists and Environmental Scientists
Zoological Society of Southern Africa
Free State Biodiversity Planning Steering Committee
Research Associate: Centre for Environmental Management, University of the Free State
On the Advising Board: African Large Predator Research Unit, University of the Free State
Serves on the International Conference for Rodent Biology and Management Committee
Serve on the Editorial Advisory Board, The Open Conservation Biology Journal
Serve on the Editorial Advisory Board, Integrative Zoology

Publications (Short List)

Area(s) of Interest

Mammal ecology

Courses Presented

Lecturing at the University of the Free State (UFS):
Third year zoology students (2000 - 2004);
Post-graduate students at the Centre for Environmental Management (2001 - 2009);
Fourth year students at the Department of Animal, Wildlife and Grassland Sciences (2005 - 2009).



BLOEMFONTEIN CAMPUS FACULTY CONTACT

Elfrieda van den Berg (Marketing Manager)
T: +27 51 401 2531
E:vdberge@ufs.ac.za

QWAQWA CAMPUS FACULTY CONTACT

Dilahlwane Mohono (Faculty Officer)
T: +27 58 718 5284
E:naturalscienceqq@ufs.ac.za

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