Jan A Venter 🇿🇦

Professor in wildlife conservation ecology. @WildEcoLabNMU Also likes history and politics. My views are not my employer's. #Academic

[Jan A Venter 🇿🇦 @JanBuffel]

We’re Hiring | GOLDMAP

Open positions (2026):
• Postdoctoral Fellow
• Research Technician (Molecular / eDNA)
• Research Technician (Field)

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[Jan A Venter 🇿🇦 @JanBuffel]

Opportunities | Wildlife Ecology Lab https://t.co/d3puoFBeay

[Jan A Venter 🇿🇦 @JanBuffel]

Post doc opportunity in my lab: https://t.co/XxjKHnQA04

[Jan A Venter 🇿🇦 @JanBuffel]

What happens if you allow elephant populations to grow unchecked in fenced reserves https://t.co/YdMQTLKwa7

[Jan A Venter 🇿🇦 @JanBuffel]

Visit George Campus tommorow and Saturday to chat with our staff and students about your conservation career @WildEcoLabNMU @MandelaUni @MandelaUniGC

[Jan A Venter 🇿🇦 @JanBuffel]

New paper from @WildEcoLabNMU global study using our SnapshotSafari data. https://t.co/TjrEfmJU5w

[Jan A Venter 🇿🇦 @JanBuffel]

@WildEcoLabNMU is offering they very popular camera trap Field school again during July this year. Only few spots available. https://t.co/ychuQY0GgP

[Jan A Venter 🇿🇦 @JanBuffel]

@WildEcoLabNMU will be offering our very popular African Field school of camera trap studies again in July 2025. Only a few spots available so apply asap. https://t.co/ychuQY0GgP

[Jan A Venter 🇿🇦 @JanBuffel]

Want to learn more how contemporary ecology is used in the Palaeosciences and visa-versa please follow @africanpalaeo

[Jan A Venter 🇿🇦 @JanBuffel]

@WildEcoLabNMU Want to work on cool projects in Pilanesberg National Park? A MSc and PhD position available. https://t.co/9DNMHDxPMD

[Jan A Venter 🇿🇦 @JanBuffel]

Two postgrad positions up for grabs in @WildEcoLabNMU
https://t.co/9DNMHDynCb

[Jan A Venter 🇿🇦 @JanBuffel]

Two postgrad positions up for grabs in @WildEcoLabNMU
https://t.co/9DNMHDynCb

[Jan A Venter 🇿🇦 @JanBuffel]

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[Africa Geographic @africageo]

Does lion pride behaviour change between fenced & open systems? Researchers monitoring lions in Kruger, Pilanesberg & more aim to find out

⬇️Read more here⬇️
https://t.co/coaeJ7iRxR

[Jan A Venter 🇿🇦 @JanBuffel]

Update Kruger NP lion count: After a slow start earlier this week we hit the motherload today with 8 different sightings. One a nice pride with 15 individuals. @WildEcoLabNMU @LionRecovery

[Jan A Venter 🇿🇦 @JanBuffel]

Our @WildEcoLabNMU field teams finally on route to Kruger National Park for the lion 🦁 count. They will spend the next 90 days following SECR count protocols counting 🦁 between the 🐘 river and 🐊 river. @LionRecovery

[Sarah Wild @sarahemilywild]

Tomorrow, SA goes to the ballot box. My latest in @Nature about what this means for research.

[Jan A Venter 🇿🇦 @JanBuffel]

I spent some time with some of our @WildEcoLabNMU students in @TswaluFdn Tswalu Kalahari Reserve this past week. Elizabeth (PhD) and Marna (MSc) are working on large carnivores in this interesting ecosystem.

[Jan A Venter 🇿🇦 @JanBuffel]

How many lions in Kruger National Park? Our quest to determine this kicked off yesterday with our @WildEcoLabNMU field teams receiving training from @ArjunGswamy and Nick Elliot on field protocols when using SECR techniques. This project is supported by @LionRecovery