Current Students

Current PhD Students

  1. Fulufhelo Naomi Mukwevho

Defining E.coli Diversity  in Complex Samples: Methods for Surveillance and Transmission

  1. Etando Ayukafangha

Longitudinal Genomic Surveillance of Surface Water as AMR Proxy in A Resource-Limited Community and Its Proximate Clinical Facility Using ESBL E. coli and K. neumoniae as Indicators

  1. Naledi Masalane

Defining Klebsiella pneumoniae Diversity in Complex Samples: Methods for Surveillance and Transmission

Current MSc Students

  1. Faatimah Moola

A year in the life of a Community Resistome: Temporal Dynamics of a Pooled Gut Resistome of an informal community

  1. Thembeka Zungu

Longitudinal metagenomic surveillance of the microbiome, resistome and mobilome of wastewater proximate to an informal settlement in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

  1. Sinoxolo Latsha

Molecular Sigantures of Antimicrobial Resistance in Commensal E. coli from HIV + and HIV – Inhabitants of Informal Settlements in The KwaZulu Natal Province.

  1. Tahir Maharaj

Metagenomic comparison of stool samples from diabetic and non-diabetic patients: A focus on Antimicrobial resistance

  1. Lisa Ncayiyana

Comparing the quantitative microbial risk assessment of hospital effluent, wastewater treatment plant influent and surface water near informal settlements in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

  1. Sabeeha Suliman

Coliform contamination and Antimicrobial Resistance in Fresh Produce

  1. Ziyanda Dlamini

Transmission of Drug-Resistant E. coli in a  Circular Intensive Pig Production Systems

  1. Bongiwe Ngobese

Molecular Epidemiology of Escherichia coli from Poultry: A Comparative Analysis of Isolates from Healthy and Sick Chickens

  1. Bongisisa Nombuya

Phenotypic and Genomic Characterization of Antibiotic-Resistant Escherichia coli isolated from sewage impacted recreational beaches along the KwaZulu-Natal coast

  1. Anele Mtolo

Assessing the Efficiency of a Non-sewered Sanitation System in Reducing the transmission of  Drug-Resistant E.coli

  1. Nompumelelo Nene

Genomic characterization of antimicrobial resistant Enterococcus species isolated from live and dead chicken using whole genome sequencing