Education
2012-2016 PhD (Environmental and Applied Science Management) Ryerson University, Canada
2009-2011 MSc cum laude (Microbiology) Stellenbosch University South Africa
2008 BSc (Hons) cum laude (Microbiology) Stellenbosch University, South Africa
2005-2007 BSc cum laude (Molecular Biology and Biotechnology) Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Grants
2022-2024 Water Research Commission Grant 00820 Principal Investigator. Collaborator: Dr Cathy Clarke (Soil Sciences).
The Circular Economy of Water Wastes as Soil Amendments: The Agricultural Potential of Non-Edible Crops on City Sludge
Wastes.
Awards
2021-2024 BIOGRIP (Biogeochemistry Research Infrastructure Platform, Stellenbosch Node) Postdoctoral Fellowship
2019 African Collaboration Grant Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Travelled to colleagues in Zimbabwe for a sampling field trip.
2019 Top 20 Postdoctoral Fellows Award Stellenbosch University, South Africa
2018-2020 Claude Leon Postdoctoral Fellowship
2016 Doctoral Completion Award Ryerson University, Canada
2015 3rd Annual Science at the Interface Symposium Best postgraduate poster in the Environmental Sciences category, Ryerson University, Canada
2012-2016 Ontario Trillium Scholarship Canada
2012-2016 National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF) Freestanding Scholarship
2012-2013 Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Award South Africa
2009 South African Society of Microbiology (SASM) Award Best BSc (Hons) student of 2008,
awarded at the 2009 SASM Bio2Biz Congress (International Convention Centre, Durban, South Africa, 20 – 23 Sept 2009)
2008-2010 National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF) Freestanding Scholarship