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toP PuBliSheD reSearcherStoP PuBliSheD reSearcherSThese are the Top Published Researchers in accredited, peer-reviewed journals.top Published overall, 2008Professor Johannes van Stadentop Published overall, 2009Professor Steve JohnsonSchool of Biological and Conservation Sciencesvanstadenj@ukzn.ac.zaSchool of Biological and Conservation SciencesJohnsonSD@ukzn.ac.zaProfessor Johannes van Staden achieved his BSc and MSc in Botanyin the fields of plant hormones, seed germination, senescence, stressProfessor Steve Johnson holds the South African Research Chair inin the role of floral volatiles in mediating specialised plant-pollinatorPfrom the University of Stellenbosch where he also lectured. AfterPjoining the former University of Natal, he received a PhD in BotanyPin 1970. He was promoted to Professor of Botany and appointed PHead of Department in 1987. In 1999 he became Director of his ownphysiology, post-harvest physiology, biotechnology and plant tissueculture, ethnobotany, secondary products and ethnomedicine.Professor van Staden has supervised 69 MSc students andPEvolutionary Biology and is a Professor in the School of Biological andPConservation Sciences on UKZN’s Pietermaritzburg campus.PHis PhD on the pollination of plants in the Cape flora was obtained Pfrom the University of Cape Town in 1994 and he has since become ainteractions, and has established a state-of-the-art laboratory for thestudy of chemical cues used by plants to attract insect pollinators.Professor Johnson has published more than 160 peer-reviewed scientific78 PhD students. Between 1985 and 2009 he also supervised 48papers, co-authored a book on the Natural History of Table Mountainandpostgraduate research centre – the Research Centre for Plant GrowthPostdoctoral Researchers. He is the author/co-author of 1 059 papersleading specialist in the field of plant pollination biology.has also written many popular science articles. He is currently on theand Development.which have been published in ISI-rated journals and in 2002 he fellProfessor Johnson’s research is aimed at understanding theeditorial boards of two international journals, Oecologiaand Arthropod-Professor van Staden has been a Research Fellow at the Universitywithin the top 0.5% of the internationally most cited authors. Professorevolutionary diversification of plants, particularly in southern Africa,Plant Interactions, and was guest editor for a special issue of the SouthCollege of Wales, the University of California, the National Australianvan Staden, who is the recipient of numerous awards and prizes inthe conservation of plant-pollinator mutualisms, and the reproductiveAfrican Journal of Botany in 2009. He received the NRF President’s AwardUniversity, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Broom’s Barnhis field, is the Editor-in-Chief for the South African Journal of Botanybiology of invasive species. He has recently developed a strong interestin 1999 and currently holds an A2-rating from the NRF.Experimental Station in the United Kingdom, and the University ofand Plant Growth Regulation and an Associate Editor of the Journal ofWest-Hungary, where he was awarded an Honorary DSc. In his careerEthnopharmacology. He serves on the Editorial Board of several otherhe has worked in many areas of Plant Sciences/Botany, but specificallyjournals.72 UKZN Research Report // 2008/2009UKZN Research Report // 2008/2009 73