People & Links
This page will give some background information about people I’ve met and/or currently work with.
Frank Kruger
Frank was born and raised in Pretoria and finished his diploma in Nature Management at Centurion College in 2015, after doing his practical placement at the Mogalakwena Research Center. His love and passion for nature started with watching nature documentaries with his grandfather and doing bush walks with friends and family. After some initial endeavors in the IT business, he decided to follow his interest in nature and started studying nature management. While at Mogalakwena, he discovered a keen interest in the little creatures like scorpions, snakes, and lizards. He worked as a research assistant/field guide, helping with the data collection on long-term projects as well as increasing his own and the student’s bush knowledge.
Currently, he's working as a ranger at the Saragossa Game reserve, Mpumalanga.
Saragossa Game Reserve
Zoe Woodgate
Travelling across Southern Africa in the back of her parents 4x4 ignited a passion for wildlife within Zoe. It drove her to complete her Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 2013, majoring in Applied Biology and Ecology & Evolution. She went on to do her Honours degree at the same institution, with her research project focused on disentangling the spatial relationships between various predator guilds using camera traps. Her interest in using camera traps as a tool for conservation encouraged her to further her academic studies. In 2015, she began a M.Sc. degree at UCT, investigating predictors of the critically endangered riverine rabbit presence. The initial success and scope of the project was such that she is in the process of upgrading to a Ph.D. Currently Zoe is working with both Endangered Wildlife Trust and SANBI to investigate the effects of land use on the presence of medium and large mammals in the South African drylands, paying particular attention to riverine rabbits. She is also involved with me in the BioGaps Project.
University of Cape Town
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Marine Drouilly
Marine is a French conservation scientist who has worked on various predator projects spread over 4 continents after obtaining her M.Sc. in 2009. In 2013, she returned to University to pursue her Ph.D. in wildlife conservation and behavioral ecology at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. She is now running the Karoo Predator Project, which is looking at the drivers of carnivore-farmer conflict in the Karoo, South Africa. Marine has a lifelong interest in conservation and wildlife ecology and is particularly interested in human-carnivore relationships. When she is not tracking animals or writing up her PhD, Marine loves trail running, rock and ice climbing and any outdoor adventure.
