BSc (Specialising Academic) (with distinction), University of the Free State, South Africa, 2003. (distinctions in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Statistics and Computer Science)
BSc Honours in Mathematics (with distinction), University of the Free State, South Africa, 2004.
MSc in Mathematics (with distinction), University of the Free State, South Africa, 2005. Mini Dissertation: Hereditary Properties of Graphs.
PhD in Mathematics, University of the Free State, South Africa, 2008. Dissertation: Contributions to the Theory of Near Vector Spaces
Dean’s Medal for the best BSc student in the Faculty of Natural & Agricultural Sciences, University of the Free State, 2002.
Dean’s Medal for the best BSc Honours student in the Faculty of Natural & Agricultural Sciences, University of the Free State, 2003.
Awarded fourteen Vice-Rector’s Awards at Stellenbosch University for Excellence in Teaching at the First-year Prestige evening, 2010 (2), 2014, 2017 (3), 2018 (2), 2019 (1), 2020 (1), 2022 (4)
Lecturer, Engineering and Natural Sciences Cluster, National Institute of Higher Education (Northern Cape), 2004 - 2007.
Manager, Student Academic Services, National Institute of Higher Education (Northern Cape), June 2006 – December 2007, May – September 2008.
ICT Research Analyst, Frost & Sullivan, January 2008 – April 2008.
Lecturer, Mathematics Division, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, October 2008 – December 2012.
Senior Lecturer, Mathematics Division, Department of Mathematical Sciences,
University of Stellenbosch, January 2013 – December 2021.
“Mathematicians are machines that turn coffee into theorems”
Paul Erdos
Last updated: July 2023