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Career

· Research Professor And Executive Director, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence2026–
· Senior Research Associate, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence2025–
· Consultant, African Union and UNESCO2024–2024
· CEO And Founder, Global Center on AI Governance2024–
· Editor In Chief, South African Journal on Human Rights2022–2024
· Director, African Observatory on Responsible AI2021–2024
· Principal Investigator And Director, Global Index On Responsible AI2021–
· Programme Director AI And Global Programmes, Research ICT Africa2021–2024
· Research Associate, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies2019–
· Chief Research Specialist, HSRC (Human Sciences Research Council)2016–2021
· Senior Researcher Civil And Political Rights, South African Human Rights Commission2012–2016

Publications (63)

Dispersal in microbes: fungi in indoor air are dominated by outdoor air and show dispersal limitation at short distances
The ISME Journal · 2013
785
cited
Schrödinger’s microbes: Tools for distinguishing the living from the dead in microbial ecosystems
Microbiome · 2017
417
cited
Microbiota of the indoor environment: a meta-analysis
Microbiome · 2015
263
cited
Farm-like indoor microbiota in non-farm homes protects children from asthma development
Nature Medicine · 2019
258
cited
Ten questions concerning the microbiomes of buildings
2016
174
cited
The Diversity and Distribution of Fungi on Residential Surfaces
PLoS ONE · 2013
168
cited
Population structure and gene evolution in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
FEMS Yeast Research · 2006
146
cited
Airborne Bacterial Communities in Residences: Similarities and Differences with Fungi
PLoS ONE · 2014
145
cited
Chamber bioaerosol study: human emissions of size-resolved fluorescent biological aerosol particles.
Indoor Air: International Journal of Indoor Environment and Health · 2016
132
cited
Contribution of Vegetation to the Microbial Composition of Nearby Outdoor Air
Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2016
130
cited
The ectomycorrhizal fungus Amanita phalloides was introduced and is expanding its range on the west coast of North America
Molecular Ecology · 2009
111
cited
Scale-dependent variation in nitrogen cycling and soil fungal communities along gradients of forest composition and age in regenerating tropical dry forests.
New Phytologist · 2016
100
cited
Emission Factors of Microbial Volatile Organic Compounds from Environmental Bacteria and Fungi.
Environmental Science and Technology · 2018
95
cited
Distinct Leaf‐trait Syndromes of Evergreen and Deciduous Trees in a Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest
2011
90
cited
Evolution of the indoor biome.
Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 2015
90
cited
New findings of Neurospora in Europe and comparisons of diversity in temperate climates on continental scales
Mycologia · 2006
72
cited
Passive dust collectors for assessing airborne microbial material
Microbiome · 2015
72
cited
Genetic diversity within vertebrate species is greater at lower latitudes
Evolutionary Ecology · 2012
71
cited
Ten questions concerning the implications of carpet on indoor chemistry and microbiology
Building and Environment · 2019
62
cited
A Unique Signal Distorts the Perception of Species Richness and Composition in High-Throughput Sequencing Surveys of Microbial Communities: a Case Study of Fungi in Indoor Dust
Microbial Ecology · 2013
61
cited
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