Donnavan Kruger, PhD

I have been involved in amphibian research in southern Africa since 2006. My MSc research included a morphological review of tadpole species from the Drakensberg Mountains and Lesotho. I have recently completed my PhD within the African Amphibian Conservation Research Group at the North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa. The scope of my research includes the ecology and conservation of frogs occurring in urban habitats of South Africa, with a strong focus on bioacoustics. I am interested in migration patterns of frogs in urban habitats, as well as how roads affect them. I also extensively study the acoustic properties of frog calls and how human-generated noise affects their calling behaviour. I am currently a postdoctoral research fellow at the same university to promote these fields of research in South Africa.