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Mike Wingfield
South African academic · South Africa · On the map · Scientists · Born 1954 · age 72
Michael John Wingfield is a South African academic and scientist who studies plant pathology and biological control. He was the founding director of the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria.
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Wingfield has authored or co-authored over 1,000 scientific publications and is considered a leading expert in the field of forest health and invasive species. He has received numerous awards and honours throughout his career, including Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award and John Herschel Medal, the highest accolade from the Royal Society of South Africa. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa and the African Academy of Sciences. Wingfield has had several fungi named after him.
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Salim Abdool KarimBoth received John F.W. Herschel MedalAnsie Dippenaar-SchoemanBoth received Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
Thomas Robertson SimBoth received Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
Phillip V. TobiasBoth received John F.W. Herschel MedalEdna P. PlumsteadBoth received Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa