Marliese Truter completed her undergraduate studies in Environmental Sciences (Zoology and Microbiology) at the North-West University in South Africa, in 2014. She pursued an Honours degree in 2015 in Aquatic Ecosystem Health under the supervision of Prof Nico Smit and Drs Wynand Malherbe and Iva Přikrylová. In 2016 she continued with an MSc in freshwater fish parasitology with a focus on invasion biology in collaboration with the Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology (CIB) and the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB) under the supervision of Professors Nico Smit, Olaf Weyl and Dr Iva Přikrylová and completed a PhD on the parasite diversity of the sharptooth catfish in native and introduced regions in southern Africa.
