User:Thermofan/Ronell Renett Klopper

Ronell Renett Klopper, (née Visser), (born 26 January 1974), is a South African botanist. She has been the coordinator for the South African National Plant Checklist in the Fundamental Biodiversity Sciences Division of the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) since 2014. Klopper is responsible for keeping the plant checklist up to date and for liaising with the Biodiversity Information Management Unit of SANBI for its online distribution. This checklist forms the taxonomic backbone for numerous projects, and for management and conversation planning activities. She curates the Lycopodiophyta, Pteridophyta and Asphodelaceae collections of the National Herbarium, Pretoria, and conducts research on these groups. Klopper is currently rated by the National Research Foundation as a C3 scientist, or "Established Researcher".

Background
Klopper, Ronell Renett was born 26 January 1974 in Randfontein, Gauteng, the daughter of Dawid Jacobus Visser en Ella Petronella Visser.

Sy behaal ‘n Baccalaureus scientiae in Natuurwetenskappe aan die Universiteit van Pretoria, in 1994 en  ‘n Baccalaureus scientiae in Plantkunde aan dieselfde universiteit in  1995. Daarna verwerf sy 'n Meestersgraad in Planttaksonomie, aan die Universiteit Pretoria in 2000. Klopper behaal ‘n Ph.D. in Plantkunde in 2015. Haar Ph.D. proefskrif, getiteld Contributions to the systematics of the genus Aloe L. in southern Africa, spruit uit haar betrokkenheid by die Aalwyne van die Wêreld-projek en verskaf 'n sintese van kennis van die 210 aalwyne wat in Suider-Afrika voorkom.


 * Lys van botaniste volgens outeursafkorting