Nationality: South African

Institution:  University of the Witwatersrand

Department: Evolutionary Studies Institute

PAST programme support: Conferences and workshops: PSSA

Project title: Phylogenetic Implications of a New Middle Permian Burnetiamorph (Therapsida: Biarmosuchia) from the South African Karoo.

Fonda is currently a Masters student at the University of the Witwatersrand. His research focuses on the description, phylogeny, biostratigraphy, and body size trends of early anomodonts from the middle Permian of South Africa and implications for anomodont phylogeny and Palaeoecology.