I graduated with a PhD in conservation ecology from Stellenbosch University, South Africa, in 2015, where I also obtained my MSc (2011) and BSc (2008) degrees. After obtaining my PhD, I completed several local and international postdoctoral fellowships during which I gained valuable research and teaching experience. I then spent more than 4 years working at a contract research organisation in the animal health industry in South Africa as a researcher where I developed new research models and conducted studies for large international pharmaceutical companies. I am currently a senior lecturer in the Department of Zoology and Entomology at the University of the Free State, South Africa.
My work here in South Africa, and internationally, has enabled me to gain proficient expertise in the cutting-edge fields of evolutionary ecology, community ecology, biogeography, veterinary parasitology and parasiticide resistance of ecto- and endoparasites. My scientific approach is flexible. Having a background in conservation ecology, I am able to contextualise my research and make it applicable to a broader biological setting.
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Experience
2024–present
Senior lecturer, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, South Africa
2023–2024
Research fellow, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, South Africa
2022–2024
Senior specialist: Study management, Clinvet International, Bloemfontein, South Africa
2021–2022
Investigator: Study management, Clinvet International, Bloemfontein, South Africa
2020–2021
Senior researcher, Clinvet International, Bloemfontein, South Africa
2019–2020
Postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
2016–2018
Postdoctoral research fellow, Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Education
2015
Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, PhD in Conservation Ecology
2011
Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, MSc (cum laude) in Conservation Ecology
2008
Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, BSc in Conservation Ecology
Professional Memberships
Parasitological Society of Southern Africa (PARSA)
World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP)