NWU Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management

📢Deadline reminder! 🎓 Masters & PhD students! Submit your abstract for the UESM Postgrad Conference 📅 4–5 Aug at The Roots, Potch. Theme: “Connected Outcomes: Data Shaping Sustainability” 🕒 Deadline: 18 July 2025 🔗 Submit: forms.gle/mDPjeAYr6BTTJp…

📣 Call for Abstracts: UESM Postgraduate Conference 📅 4 & 5 Aug 2025 📍The Roots, Potchefstroom 🎓 Masters & PhD students—showcase your research under the theme: "Connected Outcomes: Data Shaping Sustainability" ⏰ Deadline: 18 July 2025 👉 Submit: forms.gle/mDPjeAYr6BTTJp…

🥔 Join the CRRIsP Learning Exchange Workshop 📍 NWU Potch & Building E4, G02 🗓️ 28–31 July 2025 | ⏰ 09:00–16:00 We’re building #ClimateResilience in #PotatoProduction for a food-secure Southern Africa 🌍🌱 #CRRIsP #SustainableAgriculture #FoodSecurity #NWU

🚨 VACANCY: Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Conservation & Protected Areas 🌿 Join NWU’s UESM under Prof. Reece Alberts for a 3-year full-time postdoc! 📍 Potchefstroom | 🗓️ Start: ASAP Apply: Motivation, CV, PhD proof 📧 [email protected] Subject: Postdoc Enquiry @theNWU

📢 Upcoming UESM Talk by Prof. Joana Falcao Salles (Univ. of Groningen) on 30 July @ 14:00 📍 G23 Room 130 | 💻 Teams: ID 316 425 173 361 | Passcode: jR9gw798 Topic: “Ecological Powerhouses: Microbiomes & Climate Resilience” #UESMTalks #MicrobialEcology #SoilHealth

🎓 Join us for the UESM Talk with Prof. Damase Khasa (Université Laval, Canada)! 📅 30 July 2025 | 10AM–1PM 📍 Building E4, G02 or Teams ID: 3985306948430 | Pass: Bn7rr98D 🌍 From DRC to global forest biology leader-200+ experts trained, 25 countries! #UESMTalk #ForestBiology

🌾 NWU’s School of Geo & Spatial Sciences launches a strategic agricultural partnership in Makouspan near Mahikeng! 🚜 3,800 hectares of farmland, local farmers + NWU scientists = a game-changer for food security & youth jobs. 🙌🏽 🎥 Watch Prof Piketh explain below:

🚗 OPPORTUNITY: 4x4 & Vehicle Recovery Training 📅 30 & 31 July 2025 📍 For UESM Masters, PhDs, Post-docs & Staff Only 15 spots! 📝 Register: [email protected] 🔗 Form: [rb.gy/8pyjif] Compulsory for UESM bakkie drivers!

🌍 Free Webinar Alert! 🦠 Join Prof. Christian Selbach (The Arctic University of Norway & NWU) for a session on Parasites in a Warming World. 📅 9 July 2025 | 12:00–13:00 (SAST) 💻 Free & flexible – watch live or later! 👉 Register now: app.livestorm.co/svtsos/icpowwe… @theNWU

🇺🇸 Applications open for Fulbright SARSP 2026–2027! SA researchers can spend 3–9 months at a U.S. institution. 📅 Deadline: 5 Oct 2025 🎓 PhD required 🔗 Info: lnkd.in/d7gYb3nz 📝 Apply: lnkd.in/d2Xj9_rs facebook.com/share/p/19RL8z… #FulbrightSA #AcademicExchange

🚨 Postdoc Alert! NWU’s UESM seeks a fellow in Palynology (Quaternary/Cenozoic focus). Based in Potchefstroom. Start Aug 2025. ✅ PhD in Earth Sciences/Botany ✅ Lab/microscopy skills a must 📩 Apply by 14 July → [email protected] #Postdoc #NWU #Palynology @theNWU

💡 Upcoming UESM Talk! Join Prof. M. Hedi Negra as we explore: "Natural Enhancement of Tight Oil & Gas Reservoirs in Tunisia" 📅 1 July 2025 ⏰ 10:00-11:30 📍 E4, G02 / Teams: ID: 399 110 811 923 8 Passcode: zh9sK97Z

🐸Discover the Frogs LITE App!🐸 Explore 170+ species of southern African frogs – now FREE on Google Play & the App Store! 🌿🎥 Location-based tools ID frogs with ease Calls & videos Download today! Apple Store: apps.apple.com/app/frogs-of-s… Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/det…

❄️🌨 ENVIRA Winter Edition 2025 is here! 🌨❄️ Filled with groundbreaking research, inspiring stories, and remarkable achievements, this edition is sure to inform and inspire. 🔗 Read it here: natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/sites/natural-… #ENVIRAWinterEdition2025 #Research #UESM #NWU

🌊🎙️ Exciting news! The NWU-WRG has launched their first YouTube channel: EcoPod – a podcast by postgrads, for postgrads (and science lovers everywhere). 🧪 Episode 1 is out now! Watch here: youtu.be/m8bQ1LrzfMQ?si… ✅ Like, Comment & Share ✅ Subscribe for weekly episodes!

🌱 UESM Talk: Allergy Risks in the Vaal Triangle 🌬️ Join Prof. Frank Neumann & Ms. Keneilwe Podile to explore allergy risks mapped through skin prick testing & aerobiological data. Teams Meeting ID: 331 427 377 089 8 Passcode: pT2B94rc

🌟Exciting Free Webinar Leading up to the ICPOW Conference!🌟 📅 Upcoming Webinar: Prof. Oriel Thekisoe from the NWU 18 June 2025 12h00-13h00 👉 Register now to access the webinar and secure your spot for this unmissable event: app.livestorm.co/svtsos/icpowwe…

🚨 Registration Open! Join us at the 2025 National Symposium on Biological Invasions (6–9 Oct) at NWU Mahikeng! Theme: “Managing biological invasions through innovative partnerships” 🌿 Submit abstracts by 1 July 2025! 👉 Register: natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/national-sympo… #NSBI2025 @theNWU