Education

• PhD (Chemical Engineering), University of Cambridge, 2013
• BSc (Hons) (Chemical Engineering), University of Cape Town, 2008

Professional Experience

• 2023 – Present: Full Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stellenbosch University
• 2021 – 2023: Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stellenbosch University
• 2018 – 2020: Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stellenbosch University
• 2015 – 2017: Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stellenbosch University
• 2014 – 2015: Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Claude Leon Fellowship), Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cape Town
• 2014: Assistant Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cape Town
• 2009: Research Assistant, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cape Town

Honours & Awards

• National University Teaching Awards recipient, 2025
• Institutional Innovator Prize, 2024
• Stellenbosch University Postgraduate Supervision award, 2023
  Faculty Emerging Researcher award, 2022
• Stellenbosch University Teaching award, 2019
• Regional winner of the IOM3 Young Persons Lecture competition, 2014
• PhD prize: Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, 2012
• Dow Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Award: Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, 2011

Research Interests

• Bioprocess engineering
• Biosurfactants
• Biohydrogen
• Waste beneficiation
• Biorefineries

Selected Publications

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

Teaching

• Design 448
• Fluid Mechanics 264
• Engineering Chemistry 123
• Research Design & Expertise (RDE) (Postgraduate)