Matt Buys
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Bertil Nordenstam
Matt Buys - an excellent South African botanist I know Matt Buys from several years of fruitful collaboration and also personal encounters. I can safely state that he is an excellent taxonomist and field botanist, with a thorough knowledge of South African flora in general, and with an outstanding expertise on the families of Boraginaceae and Mesembryanthemaceae. Stockholm in November 2010 Bertil Nordenstam Professor emeritus Swedish Museum of Natural History, Royal Swedish Acadmey of Sciences
Stefan Siebert
While curator of the AP Goossens Herbarium, Matt brought about strategic changes and upgrades to the herbarium and its management practices. The current facilities at the herbarium positioned it well in the new millenium to conduct competitive research in systematic botany.
Bertil Nordenstam
Matt Buys - an excellent South African botanist I know Matt Buys from several years of fruitful collaboration and also personal encounters. I can safely state that he is an excellent taxonomist and field botanist, with a thorough knowledge of South African flora in general, and with an outstanding expertise on the families of Boraginaceae and Mesembryanthemaceae. Stockholm in November 2010 Bertil Nordenstam Professor emeritus Swedish Museum of Natural History, Royal Swedish Acadmey of Sciences
Stefan Siebert
While curator of the AP Goossens Herbarium, Matt brought about strategic changes and upgrades to the herbarium and its management practices. The current facilities at the herbarium positioned it well in the new millenium to conduct competitive research in systematic botany.
Bertil Nordenstam
Matt Buys - an excellent South African botanist I know Matt Buys from several years of fruitful collaboration and also personal encounters. I can safely state that he is an excellent taxonomist and field botanist, with a thorough knowledge of South African flora in general, and with an outstanding expertise on the families of Boraginaceae and Mesembryanthemaceae. Stockholm in November 2010 Bertil Nordenstam Professor emeritus Swedish Museum of Natural History, Royal Swedish Acadmey of Sciences
Stefan Siebert
While curator of the AP Goossens Herbarium, Matt brought about strategic changes and upgrades to the herbarium and its management practices. The current facilities at the herbarium positioned it well in the new millenium to conduct competitive research in systematic botany.
Bertil Nordenstam
Matt Buys - an excellent South African botanist I know Matt Buys from several years of fruitful collaboration and also personal encounters. I can safely state that he is an excellent taxonomist and field botanist, with a thorough knowledge of South African flora in general, and with an outstanding expertise on the families of Boraginaceae and Mesembryanthemaceae. Stockholm in November 2010 Bertil Nordenstam Professor emeritus Swedish Museum of Natural History, Royal Swedish Acadmey of Sciences
Stefan Siebert
While curator of the AP Goossens Herbarium, Matt brought about strategic changes and upgrades to the herbarium and its management practices. The current facilities at the herbarium positioned it well in the new millenium to conduct competitive research in systematic botany.
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Strategic Thinking
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Leadership Mindsets
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Experience
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Scion
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New Zealand
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Research Services
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300 - 400 Employee
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Curator: National Forestry Herbarium & Xylarium,
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Jul 2011 - Present
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Project Lead: BioCollections
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Apr 2021 - Present
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Team Lead: Plant Systematics & Collections
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Apr 2021 - Present
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South African National Biodiversity Institute
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Environmental Services
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400 - 500 Employee
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Senior Plant Systematist
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Jun 2006 - Jun 2011
Plant systematic research and curator of the Aizoaceae, Molluginaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Crassulaceae and Boraginaceae Plant systematic research and curator of the Aizoaceae, Molluginaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Crassulaceae and Boraginaceae
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North-West University / Noordwes-Universiteit
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South Africa
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Lecturer
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Jan 1998 - May 2006
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Herbarium Curator
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Jan 1998 - May 2006
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Education
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1984 - 1997
Stellenbosch University/Universiteit Stellenbosch
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Plant Systematics -
1979 - 1983
Fairmont High
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