My name is Alicia Vermeulen and I am currently a PhD Microbiology candidate in the Department of Microbiology, Genetics and Biochemistry. I completed my BSc undergraduate degree in Human Genetics in 2015 at the University of Pretoria. I then went on to complete my BSc (Hons) Medical Virology in 2016 and my MSc in Medical Virology in 2019 also at the University of Pretoria. Between 2020 and 2022 I worked as a staff scientist at a private diagnostic laboratory. I joined the FABI Avocado Research Programme in late 2022 and will be working under the supervision of Prof. Noëlani van den Berg.
Magagula P, Swart V, Fourie A, Vermeulen A, Nelson JH, van Rooyen Z, van den Berg N. (2025) Avocado rhizosphere community profiling: white root rot and its impact on microbial composition. Frontiers in Microbiology 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1583797