Mike Wingfield

Professor
Mike Wingfield
Born
Michael John Wingfield

(1954-04-21) 21 April 1954 (age 70)
Durban, Natal, South Africa
Education
SpouseBrenda Wingfield
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisEcology of the pine wood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus in the north-central United States (1983)

Professor Michael John Wingfield (born 21 April 1954) is a South African academic and scientist who studies plant pathology and biological control. He was the founding director of the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria. Wingfield has authored or co-authored over 1,000 scientific publications and is considered a leading expert in the field of forest health and invasive species. He has received numerous awards and honours throughout his career, including Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award and John Herschel Medal, the highest accolade from the Royal Society of South Africa. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa and the African Academy of Sciences. Wingfield has had several fungi named after him.