Anna Sophia Kropff

Determined and well-rounded individual with more than 11 years working as Geneticist within the legal and illegal wildlife trade industry. Sharp and focused professional offering skills in data analysis and laboratory management.

• ID Number: 9109130014087
• Citizenship: South African
• Date of Birth: 09/13/91
• Driving License: Code B

• Van Wyk, A. M., Labuschagne, C., Kropff, A. S., Kotzé, A., Grobler, J. P., van Vuuren, B. J., & Dalton, D. L., 2019, A targeted gene approach to SNP discovery in the blue (Connochaetes taurinus) and black wildebeest (C. gnou)., Conservation Genetics Resources, 11, 1, 35-38
• Van Wyk, A. M. L., Dalton, D. L., Kotze, A. L., Grobler, J. P., Mokgokong, P. S. L., Kropff, A. S. L., & Van Vuuren, B. J., 2019, Assessing introgressive hybridization in roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus): Lessons from South Africa., BioRxiv, 569830
• Ahmed, S., Kropff, A. S., Jonker, T., & Kotze, A. L., 2018, Can We Source the Origin of the Feral Tankwa Goat of South Africa?, J Phylogenetics Evol Biol, 6, 4
• Monadjem, A., Richards, L. R., Decher, J., Hutterer, R., Mamba, M. L., Guyton, J., Naskrecki, P., Markotter, W., Wipfler, B., Kropff, A. S., & Dalton, D. L., 2020, A phylogeny for African Pipistrellus species with the description of a new species from West Africa (Mammalia: Chiroptera)., Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
• Monadjem, A., Guyton, J., Naskrecki, P., Richards, L. R., Kropff, A. S., & Dalton, D. L., 2020, Cryptic diversity in the genus Miniopterus with the description of a new species from southern Africa., Acta Chiropterologica, 22, 1, 1-19
• Magliolo, M., Prost, S., Orozco‑ter Wengel, P., Burger, P., Kropff, A. S., Kotze, A., Grobler, P., & Dalton, D. L., 2020, Unlocking the potential of a validated single nucleotide polymorphism array for genomic monitoring of trade in cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus)., Molecular Biology Reports
• Mamba, M. L., Dalton, D. L., Themb’alilahlwa, A. M., Kropff, A. S., & Monadjem, A., 2020, Small mammals of a West African hotspot, the Ziama-Wonegizi-Wologizi transfrontier forest landscape., Mammalia
• Mwale, M., Dalton, D. L., Kropff, A. S., Labuschagne, K., Russo, I. R., & Osinubi, S. T., 2022, Genetic and morphological variation of Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis reveals cryptic mitochondrial lineages and patterns of mitochondrial–nuclear discordance., Ostrich, 93, 3, 192-207
• Dalton, D. L., Nupen, L. J., Mwale, M., Pretorius, C., Kropff, A. S., Monchusi, B. A., ... & Osinubi, S. T., 2022, First steps to success: identification of divergence among the northern and the southern lineages of African pygmy kingfisher (Ispidina picta)(Coraciiformes: Alcedinidae)., Journal of Ornithology, 163, 4, 931-943
• Slater, K., De Jager, D., van Wyk, A. M., Dalton, D. L., Kropff, A. S., & Du Preez, I., 2022, Population genetics of a lethally managed medium‐sized predator., Journal of Zoology, 318, 1, 47-62
• Kropff, A. S., Visser, C., & Kotzé, A., 2023, A homozygosity-based investigation of the South African feral Tankwa goat population., Small Ruminant Research, 227, 107086

NZG Annual Research symposium/ SANBI Foundational Research Symposium, South African National Biodiversity Institute, National Zoological Garden, Pretoria, 

• 2022, Using genetics methods to tackle problems with Leopard Tortoise conservation
• 2021, The Tankwa goat: Characterization of a unique genetic resource
• 2020, Cryptic diversity in the genus Miniopterus with the description of a new species from southern Africa
• 2019, Interspecific hybridization between bushbuck and nyala
• 2018, Where did it all start? The mitochondrial origin of the Tankwa Goat, Best research technical support presenter
• 2017, A window to population genetic differentiation of Kingfishers, Best intern/student diploma/BSc presenter
• 2016, Diversity in the Toll-like receptor genes of the bontebok and blesbok
• 2015, DNA barcoding of meat samples from the food industry

North west biodiversity conference, 09/21/22, Conservation genetics of the leopard tortoise Stigmochelys pardalis

The use of Genomics in Conservation of Genetic Resources and Bioinformatics Analysis, 01/08/20, National Research Center, Giza, Egypt, The use of genomics in conservation of local genetic resources

• 11/04/25, Groblersdal Magistrate Court
• 03/31/25, KwaMsane Magistrate Court
• 01/31/25, Johannesburg Magistrate Court
• 11/10/24, Mothibistad Magistrate Court
• 09/26/24, Mahwelerneg Magistrate Court
• 09/11/24, Victoria Wes Magistrate Court
• 05/14/24, Vryburg Magistrate Court
• 03/15/24, Victoria Wes Magistrate Court
• 02/07/24, Siyabuswa Magistrate Court
• 11/22/23, Victoria Wes Magistrate Court

• Quantstudio 12k Open Array training, Thermo Fisher Scientific, 03/21/18
• Good Laboratory Pipetting and Centrifuge Training, AEC-Amersham and Thermo Fisher Scientific, 02/05/16