University of Pretoria: Pretoria, ZA
2025 to Present | Lecturer (Department of Zoology and Entomology)

Max Planck Institute for Biology: Tübingen, DE
2024 to 2025 | Postdoctoral researcher (Mutualisms)

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology: Jena, DE
2024 to 2024-08-31 | Postdoctoral researcher (Insect Symbiosis)

University of the Witwatersrand: Johannesburg-Braamfontein, ZA
2017-05-01 to 2017-12-05 | Chief Invigilator (Examinations and Graduations Office)

University of the Free State: Bloemfontein, ZA
2015-01-17 to 2016-12-22 | Teaching Assistant (Center for Teaching and Learning)

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology: Jena, DE
2021-09-01 to 2024-04-30 | Research Associate (Insect Symbiosis)

Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz: Mainz, DE
2019-07-01 to 2021-10-30 | Research Associate (Institute for Organismic and Molecular Evolution)

University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg: Johannesburg-Braamfontein, ZA
2017-02-01 to 2018-06-04 | Laboratory Assistant (Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences)

University of the Free State: Bloemfontein, ZA
2016-01-17 to 2016-12-13 | BSc Hons Zoology (Zoology and Entomology)

University of the Free State: Bloemfontein, ZA
2013-01-17 to 2015-12-13 | BSc Zoology and Life Sciences (Zoology and Entomology)

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology: Jena, DE
2021-10-01 to 2024-05-13 | Doctorate. Dr.rer.nat. (Insect Symbiosis)

University of the Witwatersrand: Johannesburg-Braamfontein, ZA
2017-01-12 to 2018-07-04 | MSc, Animal Behaviour (Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences)

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology: Jena, DE
2024-04-04 | Dr.rer.nat. summa cum laude (Insect Symbiosis)

International Symbiosis Society: Lyon, FR
2022 | Best oral presentation

University of the Witwatersrand: Johannesburg-Braamfontein, ZA
2019-04-04 | CJ Van Der Horst Prize for Outstanding Postgraduate Research in Zoology (Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences)

University of the Witwatersrand: Johannesburg-Braamfontein, ZA
2018-07-04 | MSc with distinction (Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences)

British Ecological Society: London, GB
2024 to Present | Blog Associate Editor (Methods in Ecology and Evolution)

The behavioural ecology of bachelor male groups in the African striped mouse, Rhabdomys pumilio
National Research Foundation: Johannesburg, ZA
2017-01 to 2018-12 | Award

Endosymbiosis allows <i>Sitophilus oryzae</i> to persist in dry conditions.
2023-07 | Journal-article
PMID: 37497544
PMC: PMC10366622
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1199370
Source: Europe PubMed Central

Nutritional symbionts enhance structural defence against predation and fungal infection in a grain pest beetle
2022-01-01 | Journal-article
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.243593
Source: Crossref

Bachelor groups form due to individual choices or environmental disrupters in African striped mice
2021-12 | Journal-article
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.10.005
Source: Crossref

Metabolic Cost of a Nutritional Symbiont Manifests in Delayed Reproduction in a Grain Pest Beetle
2020-10 | Journal-article
DOI: 10.3390/insects11100717
Source: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

Biochar alleviates the toxicity of imidacloprid and silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) to Enchytraeus albidus (Oligochaeta).
2018-02 | Journal-article
PMID: 29397515
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-1383-x
Source: Europe PubMed Central