Ronel Pienaar obtained her MSc degree (cum laude) in 2014 from the University of the Free State, South Africa with a thesis entitled ‘Assessment and improvement of the molecular diagnosis of Theileria parva of African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in southern Africa’, resulting in 3 publications in peer reviewed journals and one conference proceedings. She received the Junior W O Neitz Medal in 2014 conferred by The Parasitological Society of southern Africa for a Postgraduate thesis in parasitology. Since she started her research career in 2010 she has 13 articles and 4 conference papers. Ronel Pienaar obtained her MSc degree (cum laude) in 2014 from the University of the Free State, South Africa with a thesis entitled ‘Assessment and improvement of the molecular diagnosis of Theileria parva of African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in southern Africa’, resulting in 3 publications in peer reviewed journals and one conference proceedings. She received the Junior W O Neitz Medal in 2014 conferred by The Parasitological Society of southern Africa for a Postgraduate thesis in parasitology. Since she started her research career in 2010 she has 13 articles and 4 conference papers.

Bacteriology,virology