Professional and academic experience

• 5 years as State Veterinarian in South Africa and Namibia
• 29 years as Research Veterinarian and Assistant Director, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute
• 17 years (to date) Extraordinary Lecturer, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria

Professional memberships

• South African Veterinary Association / Suid-Afrikaanse Veterinêre Vereniging (SAVA / SAVV)
• Parasitological Society of Southern Africa (PARSA)

Subjects taught at undergraduate and postgraduate levels

Sustainable helminth management, anthelmintic resistance

Research interests

Remote integrated systems for controlling nematodes using emerging technology:  funded by BBSRC+DFID, RMRD-SA (Red Meat Research & Development South Africa), THRIP (Technology and Human Resources for Industry Programme of the National Research Foundation, South Africa) and Cape Wools (South Africa).

Postgraduate Students

Co-supervisor: N Babayani (PhD); N. Masuluke (BTech)

Research output/publications

• 90 publications in peer-reviewed journals
• 32 full-length conference papers/keynote addresses
• 5 workshops
• 15 technical reports
• 38 abstracts
• 113 contributions in media for farmers and colleagues
• Training 2010-2013: presentations to groups of farmers/veterinarians/scientists.

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Collaboration

Teams from the following: ACSRPC (American Consortium for Small Ruminant Parasite Control), Fort Valley State University (USA), University of North Georgia (USA), University of Bristol (UK), Moredun Veterinary Research Institute, INRA (Nouzilly, France), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (Brazil), Western Australia Dept of Agriculture (Parasitology division, Albany, WA).