Education

• PhD (Chemical Engineering) – University of Cape Town (2015)
• MSc (Chemical Engineering) – University of Kwa-Zulu Natal (2014)
• BEng (Chemical Engineering) – National University of Science and Technology (2008)

Professional Experience

• Undergraduate Coordinator – Dean’s Division, Stellenbosch University (2022 – Present)
• Lecturer – Department of Chemical Engineering, Stellenbosch University (2016 – Present)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Centre for Minerals Research, University of Cape Town (2015 – 2016)

Honours, Research Grants & Fellowships

• African Rainbow Minerals Geometallurgy Research Chair – Stellenbosch University (2022 – Present) 
  Co-chaired with Prof Bjorn von der Heyden (Department of Earth Sciences).
• Fellow: Future Professors Programme, DHET (2020 – Present)
• Grant: FLAIR Fellowship Grant (2019 – 2022)
• Award: Scholarly Teachers Award, Stellenbosch University (2023)
• Award: Emerging Researcher of the Year, Faculty of Engineering (2023)
• Award: Best Young Author Award, International Mineral Processing Congress (IMPC 2014)

Research Interests

• Geometallurgical modelling
• Tailings reprocessing and environmental impacts of mining
• Electrochemical processing and redox systems in metallurgy

Selected Publications

A list of published works can be found on her Google Scholar profile.

Teaching

• Engineering Chemistry 123
• Mineral Processing 345
• Geometallurgy in Practice (Postgraduate Short Course)