Bernard Slippers

Professor in Genetics at the University of Pretoria

Research Leader of the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme at the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute

• Former Co-Chair, Global Young Academy
• Award for outstanding doctoral research from the International Union of Forestry Research Organizations
• President’s Award from the National Research Foundation in South Africa
• Founding member of the Global Young Academy in 2010
• Founding member of the South African Young Academy of Science in 2011
• Ph.D. in Plant Genetics from the University of Pretoria