Brenda Wingfield

Brenda Wingfield
Nationality  South Africa
Alma mater University of Cape Town
University of Minnesota
Stellenbosch University
Awards Christiaan Hendrik Persoon medal
Scientific career
Institutions University of Pretoria

Brenda D. Wingfield is a South African Professor of genetics and Deputy Dean of the University of Pretoria.

Early life

Brenda Wingfield is a former attendee of Zimbabwean school. She graduated with B.Sc. from the University of Cape Town, Master's degree from the University of Minnesota[1] and PhD from the University of Stellenbosch (1989).[2] She had published over 300 articles on genetics and trained over 40 both Masters and PhD students respectively.[1]

Research

In 1995 Wingfield studied various species of Armillaria, especially A. cepistipes, A. gellus, A. mellea, and A. tabescens in Europe and North America.[3] In 2004 she along with Michael Wingfield, Pedro Crous and Irene Barnes studied variations of D. septosporum and D. pini and concluded her research on a fact that D. pini is a synonym for D. septosporum.[4] In April of the same year she studied introduction of L. wingfieldii fungi into North America and how it is consumed by various bark beetles such as T. piniperda, D. valens and I. pini.[5]

Awards

Wingfield was a recipient of the Christiaan Hendrik Persoon medal for her scientific achievements from the Southern African Society for Plant Pathology.[6] In 2016 an Oppenheimer Memorial Trust has awarded her with an Harry Oppenheimer Memorial Fellowship Award.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Professor Brenda Wingfield". Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Professor Brenda Wingfield". Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  3. ↑ T. C. Harrington and B. D. Wingfield (1995). "A PCR-Based Identification Method for Species of Armillaria". Mycologia. 87 (2): 280–288. JSTOR 3760915.
  4. ↑ Irene Barnes; Pedro W Crous; Brenda D Wingfield; Michael J Wingfield. "Multigene phylogenies reveal that red band needle blight of Pinus is caused by two distinct species of Dothistroma, D. septosporum and D. pini". Studies in Mycology. 50 (2): 551–565.
  5. ↑ Karin Jacobs; Dale R. Bergdahl; Michael J. Wingfield; Shari Halik; Keith A. Seifert; Donald E. Bright; Brenda D. Wingfield (April 2004). "Leptographium wingfieldii introduced into North America and found associated with exotic Tomicus piniperda and native bark beetles". 108 (4). doi:10.1017/S0953756204009748.
  6. ↑ "Brenda Wingfield". Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "Brenda Wingfield receives the Harry Oppenheimer Memorial Fellowship award". Retrieved 29 March 2017.

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