She is also a Professor of Zoology and Director of the Centre for Ecological Genomics and Wildlife Conservation [1] at the University of Johannesburg.

She was invited to become a core team member of the Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology (CIB) (ended 2014).

She has driven research documenting genetic patterns for several of Africa's economically important game species (such as roan and sable antelope, black rhino, nyala and buffalo).

To this end, she was involved (2005–2007, and again in 2013–2014) with the Draft Regulations for the Biodiversity Act (#10 of 2004) as the Coordinator for the listing on invasive vertebrate species (excluding fishes) and was largely responsible, in collaboration with Dr Preston (Deputy Director General: Environmental Programmes, Department of Environmental Affairs), for the listing of mammal species and associated distribution maps.

In addition to studying spatial patterns on the African continent, her research has a strong Antarctic / sub-Antarctic focus.