Qualifications

2016     D.Phil Zoology, "The role of dispersal in life history and population dynamics: an experimental and theoretical approach", University of Oxford

2005     MSc Zoology, "Acclimation effects on thermal tolerance in ameronothrid mites at sub – Antarctic Marion Island", Stellenbosch University

2002    BSc (Honours) Zoology, University of Pretoria

Professional history

Dec 2020 - present: Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), University of Amsterdam

Aug 2019 - Nov 2020: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford

Oct 2018 - Jan 2019: Guest Researcher, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), University of Amsterdam

July 2015 - Sept 2018: Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), University of Amsterdam

Jan 2013 -  June 2015: D.Phil student, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford

July 2010 - Dec 2012: Laboratory Technician, Imperial College London

Dec 2007 -  June 2010: Research Coordinator, NERC Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College London

July 2004 - Dec 2006: Research Coordinator, USAID/NRF Capacity Building Programme for Climate Change Research, University of Stellenbosch