Qualifications

  • 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

Awards

  • 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)

Present Position(s)

  • Associate Professor, Mathematics Division, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Stellenbosch
  • Member of the African Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS South Africa) Executive team.
  • Member of the Associate Faculty of AIMS South Africa.
  • Secretary of the South African Mathematical Society (SAMS).
  • Member of the Advisory Committee for Mathematics (ACM) of the South African Mathematics Foundation (SAMF).
  • Member of the Mathematics Committee of the National Graduate Academy (NGA).

Earlier Positions

  • 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: January 2023