Primary Supervisor
Research Fellow
I joined FABI in November 2013 as a doctoral student in the Tree Protection Cooperative Program (TPCP) under the supervision of Prof. Michael J. Wingfield. Currently, I am a research fellow with Prof. Almuth Hammerbacher. My primary research focuses are (1) screening for disease-tolerant cultivars of commercial tree species, (2) plant, soil and insect-gut microbiome, and (3) Phytophthora diversity.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, 2018Master of Science in Botany (Taxonomy and Molecular Systematics), University of British Columbia, 2013Master of Science in Botany (Plant Pathology), Presidency College (University of Calcutta) 2009 Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Botany, University of Calcutta, 2007 Teaching
PLG 251 (lectures on fundamentals of plant pathology and selected plant diseases caused by fungi, bacteria, viruses, oomycetes, and nematodes) - Department of Plant Sciences, University of Pretoria, 2025MBY 251 (lectures on growth, replication and survival of bacteria, energy sources, harvesting from light versus oxidation, regulation of catabolic pathways, chemotaxis, nitrogen metabolism, iron-scavenging) - Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, Genetics, University of Pretoria, 2024PLG 783 (lectures advanced plant disease control) – Department of Plant and Soil Sciences (division Plant Pathology), University of Pretoria, 2024-ongoingGKD 420 (lectures on soil-borne plant pathogen and disease management strategies) – Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, 2023-ongoingPLG 251 (Lab course) - Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, Genetics, University of Pretoria, 2022MCP 751 (Advanced research methods in Genetics, Microbiology and Biochemistry) - Department of Microbiology, University of Pretoria, 2017MBY 251 (Bacteriology lab course), Department of Microbiology, University of Pretoria, 2016Scientific Mentor at DST-NRF Centre for Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology (CTHB), 2014-2018BIOL 209 (non-vascular plants and fungi) - 2010-2013, Department of Botany, University of British ColumbiaBIOL 210 (vascular plant) - 2010-2013, Department of Botany, University of British ColumbiaStudents supervisions
Students
Institutions
Degree
Year started
Year finished
Co-advisor
Lola Bakhareva
University of British Columbia
B.Sc. (Honours)
2012
2012
Mary L Berbee
Tanay Bose
Ellca Rathore
University of British Columbia
B.Sc. (Honours)
2012
2012
Mary L Berbee
Tanay Bose
Jacques E Theron
University of Pretoria
DST-NRF, CPHB Mentorship student
2014
2015
Tanay Bose
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Robert J van Vuuren
University of Pretoria
DST-NRF, CPHB Mentorship student
2015
2017
Tanay Bose
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Modjadji C Makwela
University of Pretoria
B.Sc. (Honours)
2017
2017
Almuth Hammerbacher
Tanay Bose
Modjadji C Makwela
University of Pretoria
M.Sc.
2018
2021
Almuth Hammerbacher
Tanay Bose
Khwathelani M Takalani
University of Pretoria
M.Sc.
2017
Dropped out
Teresa Coutinho
Tanay Bose
Bianca L Jones
University of Pretoria
B.Sc. (Honours)
2018
2018
Almuth Hammerbacher
Tanay Bose
Patience Modiba
University of Pretoria
M.Sc.
2018
2020
Teresa Coutinho
Tanay Bose
Kgetise P Malele
University of Pretoria
DST-NRF, CPHB Mentorship student
2021
2021
Almuth Hammerbacher
Tanay Bose
Tiphany Nkomo
University of Pretoria
B.Sc. (Honours)
2021
2021
Almuth Hammerbacher
Tanay Bose
Tiphany Nkomo
University of Pretoria
M.Sc. (with distinction)
2022
2024
Almuth Hammerbacher
Tanay Bose
Brenda Wingfield
Hendrik Johannes Esterhuizen
University of Pretoria
M.Sc. (with distinction)
2020
2024
Almuth Hammerbacher
Tanay Bose
Bernard Slippers
Anna Bosman
Brittney-Aidan Jamieson
University of Pretoria
B.Sc. (Honours)
2023
2023
Tanay Bose
Almuth Hammerbacher
Thabo Moabi
University of Pretoria
M.Sc.
2023
Ongoing
Honest Machekano
Tanay Bose
Pride Mudavanhu
Future Machate
University of Pretoria
PhD
2019
Ongoing
Tanay Bose Almuth Hammerbacher (UP)
Abel Ramoelo (UP)
Moses Azong Cho (CSIR)
Brittney-Aidan Jamieson
University of Pretoria
M.Sc.
2024
Ongoing
Tanay Bose
Almuth Hammerbacher
Trudy Paap
Khulekani Cyprian Mbatha
University of Pretoria
PhD
2024
Ongoing
Almuth Hammerbacher
Tanay Bose
Lizaan Taljaard
University of Pretoria
B.Sc. (Honours)
2024
2024
Tanay Bose
Almuth Hammerbacher
Keegan Walton
University of Pretoria
B.Sc (Hons)
2025
Ongoing
Tanay Bose
Tanweer Goolam Mahomed
Work experiences
University of Pretoria, Senior Postdoctoral Fellow (Aug 2023-ongoing)FSA funded postdoctoral fellow (Jan 2021 - July 2023)Sappi Forests funded postdoctoral fellow (2018-2020)Plant Diagnostic Clinic (FABI) - November 2013 -2016Research assistant with Prof Almuth Hammerbacher (Fungal Biochemistry and Host-Pathogen Interaction)Chairman, Protea Student Residence, Department of Residence Affairs and Accommodation (TuksRes), University of Pretoria - August 2016 - August 2017Chairman, TuksRes Postgraduate Research Committee, University Of Pretoria - March 2017 - March 2018Administration
Member of the RETHINK@NAS Core Committee, the transformation initiative of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pretoria, promoting inclusivity, empowerment, and thought leadership to drive positive change within the faculty (appointed from March 2025).Chair of the organising committee and Host of the 12th International Forest Research Organisation (IUFRO) Phytophthora in Forests and Natural Ecosystem International Congress in South Africa in September 2026. Co-Chair of the International Society for Plant Pathology (ISPP) Oomycota Woking Group (beginning in August 2024)Elected as a member of the International Society for Fungal Taxonomy (ICTP) Oomycota working group (beginning in September 2024) Member of the Management Committee of the Tree Protection Cooperative Programme and Centre of Excellence in Plant Health Biotechnology, FABI | 2024–presentRepresentative of Postdoctoral Fellows on the Management Committee of the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) | 2023–2025Research visits
Visiting researcher, Prof. Treena Burgess Laboratory, Centre for Phytophthora Research and Management (CPSM), Department of Biological Science, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia – 1 July 2014 – 30 September 2014. Visiting researcher at Prof. Dominik Begerow’s Laboratory, AG Geobotanik, Ruhr Universität of Bochum – (15 June – 17 August 2019)Awards
Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute - Best Postdoc Publication Award 2023 & 2024.Forestry South Africa funded postdoctoral fellow 2021-2025 on plant health screening.Sappi funded postdoctoral fellow 2018-2021 on Eucalyptus tree health.The University of Pretoria, TYRLP Fellow 2018 (Tuks Young Research Reader Programme).Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute - Best Mentorship Award 2016.Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute - Best Website Award 2016.Recipient of Biology Teaching Assistant Professional Development (BioTAP) Certificate 2013, Department of Botany, University of British Columbia.Gold Medal in Master of Science in Botany, Presidency College, University of Calcutta – 2009.Reviewer
Section editor for Oomycota and Microbial Diversity, Mycological ProgressReviewer for ISI rated journal in Mycology, Plant Pathology and Microbial biodiversity- Web of Science
Gao, Mengting, Yan, Zhaoqi, Liu, Zexin, Jiang, Yunxia, Liu, Tengteng, Miao, Xingjun, Dai, Meixue, Bose, Tanay, Chang, Runlei. (2025) A novel Arthrobotrys species: Taxonomic characterization, nematicidal activity, and multi-omics insights into nematode predation. Biological Control 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2025.105853
Crous, P W, Catcheside, D E A, Catcheside, P S, Alfenas, A C, Alfenas, R F, Barreto, R W, Lebel, T, Balashov, S, Broadbridge, J, Jurjević, Ž, De la Peña-Lastra, S, Hoffmann, R, Mateos, A, Riebesehl, J, Shivas, R G, Soliz Santander, F F, Tan, Y P, Altés, A, Bandini, D, Carriconde, F, Cazabonne, J, Czachura, P, Gryta, H, Eyssartier, G, Larsson, E, Pereira, O L, Rigueiro-Rodríguez, A, Wingfield, M J, Ahmad, W, Bibi, S, Denman, S, Esteve-Raventós, F, Hussain, S, Illescas, T, Luangsa-ard, J J, Möller, L, Mombert, A, Noisripoom, W, Olariaga, I, Pancorbo, F, Paz, A, Piątek, M, Polman-Short, C, Suárez, E, Afshan, N S, Ali, H, Arzanlou, M, Ayer, F, Barratt, J, Bellanger, J-M, Bidaud, A, Bishop-Hurley, S L, Bohm, M, Bose, T, Campo, E, Chau, N B, Çolak, Ö F, Cordeiro, T R L, Cruz, M O, Custódio, F A, Couceiro, A, Darmostuk, V, Dearnaley, J D W, de Azevedo Santiago, A L C M, de Freitas, L W S, Yáñez-Morales, M de J, Domnauer, C, Dentinger, B, Dhileepan, K, De Souza, J T, Dovana, F, Eberhardt, U, Eisvand, P, Erhard, A, Fachada, V, García-Martín, A, Groenewald, M, Hammerbacher, A, Harms, K, Haroon, S, Haqnawaz, M, Henriques, S, Hernández, A J, Jacobus, L M, Jaen-Contreras, D, Jangsantear, P, Kaygusuz, O, Knoppersen, R, Kumar, T K A, Lynch, M J, Mahiques, R, Maraia, G L, Marbach, P A S, Mehrabi-Koushki, M, Miller, P R, Mongkolsamrit, S, Moreau, P-A, Oberlies, N H, Oliveira, J A, Orlovich, D, Pérez-Méndez, A S, Pinto, A, Raja, H A, Ramírez, G H, Raphael, B, Rodrigues, A, Rodrigues, H, Ramos, D O, Safi, A, Sarwar, S, Saar, I, Sánchez, R M, Santana, J S, Scrace, J, Sales, L S, Silva, L N P, Stryjak-Bogacka, M, Tacconi, A, Thanh, V N, Thomas, A, Thuy, N T, Toome, M, Valdez-Carrazco, J M, van Vuuren, N I, Vasey, J, Vauras, J, Vila-Viçosa, C, Villarreal, M, Visagie, C M, Vizzini, A, Whiteside, E J, Groenewald, J Z. (2025) Fungal Planet description sheets: 1781–1866. Persoonia 10.3114/persoonia.2025.54.10
Esterhuizen HJ, Slippers B, Bosman AS, Roux J, Jones W, Bose T, Hammerbacher A. (2025) Early detection of Phytophthora root rot in Eucalyptus using hyperspectral reflectance and machine learning. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 10.1016/j.compag.2025.110761
Chang R, Yan Z, Jiang J, Wang Y, Si H, Bose T, Miao C. (2025) Four novel endolichenic fungi from Usnea spp. (Lecanorales, Parmeliaceae) in Yunnan and Guizhou, China: Taxonomic description and preliminary assessment of bioactive potentials. MycoKeys 10.3897/mycokeys.118.155248
Bose T, Vivas M, Slippers B, Roux J, Dovey S, Kemler M, Begerow D, Witfeld F, Brachmann A, Wingfield MJ, Hammerbacher A. (2025) Removal of organic biomass in Eucalyptus plantations has a greater impact on fungal than on bacterial networks. Forest Ecology and Management 10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122734
Knoppersen RS, Bose T, Coutinho TA, Hammerbacher A. (2025) Inside the Belly of the Beast: Exploring the Gut Bacterial Diversity of Gonipterus sp. n. 2. Microbial Ecology 10.1007/s00248-025-02524-1
Bose T, Roux J, Titshall L, Dovey SB, Hammerbacher A. (2025) Mulching of post-harvest residues and delayed planting improves fungal biodiversity in South African Eucalyptus plantations and enhances plantation productivity. Applied Soil Ecology 10.1016/j.apsoil.2025.106091
Brasier, Clive M., Grünwald, Niklaus J., Bourret, Tyler B., Govers, Francine, Scanu, Bruno, Cooke, David E. L., Bose, Tanay, Hawksworth, David L., Abad, Z. Gloria, Albarracin, M. Victoria, Alsultan, Wael, Altamirano-Junqueria, Astrid E., Arifin, Arild R., Arnet, Matthew J., Aumentado, Herbert Dustin R., Bakonyi, József, Belisle, Wei H., Benigno, Alessandra, Bienapfl, John C., Bilodeau, Guillaume J., Blair, Jaime E., Botella, Leticia, Brandano, Andrea, Cacciola, Santa Olga, Carbone, Ignazio, Castroagudin, Vanina L., Chaendaekattu, Narayan, Consford, Jonathan D., Corcobado, Tamara, Covey, Paul A., Daniels, Hazel A., Deidda, Antonia, Dorrance, Anne E., Dort, Erika N., Drenth, Andre, Drizou, Fryni, Evangelisti, Edouard, Fajardo, Sebastian N., Fang, Yufeng, Ference, Christopher M., Frankel, Susan J., Goss, Erica M., Guest, David I., Hardy, Giles E. St. J., Harris, Anna R. H., Hawku, Mehari Desta, Heungens, Kurt, Hong, Chuanxue, Horner, Ian J., Horta Jung, Marília, Iyanda, Olumayowa J., Jamieson, Brittney-Aidan, Jeffers, Steven N., Judelson, Howard S., Junaid, Muhammad, Kalogeropoulou, Eleni, Kamoun, Sophien, Kang, Seogchan, Kasuga, Takao, Kudláček, Tomáš, LeBoldus, Jared, Lee, Christopher A., Li, DeWei, Llanos, Alejandro K., Lopez-Nicora, Horacio D., Machado, Helena, di San Lio, Gaetano Magnano, Maia, Cristiana, Mandal, Kajal, Manosalva, Patricia, Martin, Frank N., Matson, Michael E. H., McDougal, Rebecca L., McDowell, John M., Michelmore, Richard W., Milenković, Ivan, Moricca, Salvatore, Mostowfizadeh-Ghalamfarsa, Reza, Nagy, Zoltán Á, Nikolaeva, Ekaterina V., Ortega-López, Paula, Paap, Trudy, Parada-Rojas, Camilo H., Peduto Hand, Francesca, Perez-Sierra, Ana, Pettersson, Martin, Prasad, Pramod, Puig, Alina S., Raco, Milica, Rajput, Nasir A., Ristaino, Jean B., Rooney-Latham, Suzanne, Seidl, Michael F., Shamoun, Simon F., Solla, Alejandro, Spies, Christoffel F. J., Sudermann, Martha A., Swiecki, Tedmund J., Tian, Miaoying, Tripathy, Sucheta, Uematsu, Seiji, Van Poucke, Kris, Vichou, Aikaterini E., Walter, Monika, Webber, Joan F., Williams, Nari M., Wingfield, Michael J., Yadav, Dhananjay, Yang, Xiao, Jung, Thomas. (2025) Preserving the Biologically Coherent Generic Concept of Phytophthora, ‘Plant Destroyer’. Phytopathology 10.1094/PHYTO-11-24-0372-LE
D’Angelo D, Sorrentino R, Nkomo T, Zhou X, Vaghefi N, Sonnekus B, Bose T, Cerrato D, Cozzolino L, Creux N, D’Agostino N, Fourie G, Fusco G, Hammerbacher A, Idnurm A, Kiss L, Hu Y, Hu H, Lahoz E, Risteski J, Steenkamp E T, Viscardi M, van der Nest M A, Wu Y, Yu H, Zhou J, Karandeni Dewage C S, Kotta-Loizou L I, Stotz H U, Fitt B D L, Huang Y, Wingfield BD. (2025) IMA GENOME - F20 A draft genome assembly of Agroathelia rolfsii, Ceratobasidium papillatum, Pyrenopeziza brassicae, Neopestalotiopsis macadamiae, Sphaerellopsis filum and genomic resources for Colletotrichum spaethianum and Colletotrichum fructicola. IMA Fungus 10.3897/imafungus.16.141732
Knoppersen R, Hammerbacher A, Bose T. (2024) Fungal Planet description sheets: 1697–1780 (Description of Sporisorium enterogonipteri). Fungal Systematics and Evolution 10.3114/fuse.2024.14.19