Professional and academic experience

• 25 year’s experience as researcher
• 14 year’s experience as extraordinary lecturer in DVTD
• 2 years as OIE Reference Laboratory Expert in Lumpy skin disease

Professional memberships

• Member of the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP)
• Member of the South African Veterinary Council (SAVC)

Subjects taught at undergraduate and postgraduate levels

• Post-graduate supervisor, MSc
• Post-graduate supervisor, PhD

Research interests

Recombinant vaccine development, pox virology (esp. lumpy skin disease virus), molecular diagnostics and epidemiology.

Collaboration

National:

CSIR, SANBI-NZG

International:

CSIRO, The Pirbright Institute and H2020-DEFEND consortium, IZSAM (Italy), USDA-ARS

Postgraduate students

Mr Pravesh Kara (PhD degree)

Research output/publications

• 25 publications in peer-reviewed or refereed journals
• 1 book chapter
• 61 congress presentations (oral or poster)
• 2 non-refereed publications
• 4 radio interviews