 In 2002, she returned to Stellenbosch University.She was invited to become a core team member of the Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology (CIB) (2005 to 2014).In October 2011, she accepted a position at the University of Johannesburg (where she established the Molecular Zoology Laboratory), and in 2016 / 2017 she was awarded a University of Johannesburg research centre (Centre for Ecological Genomics and Wildlife Conservation).