Academic interests
- Translational Research
- Immunology
- T-cells
- Macrophages
- Intercellular communication
- Host-pathogen interactions
- Drug Delivery mechanisms
Background
Education
- 2017 - 2019 PhD Immunology and Drug Delivery, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physiology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Disputation date: 06.02.2020
- 2015 - 2016 MSc (Cum Laude) Immunology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physiology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
- 2014 Bachelor of Science (Hons) Cardiotoxicity, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physiology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
- 2011 - 2013 Bachelor of Science Physiology with Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physiology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Work Experience
- 2021 - present Postdoctoral Fellowship, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Scientia Fellows Scholarship, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway.
- 2020 - 2021 Senior Research Scientist, Biotech Africa (African Reagents Design), Cape Town, South Africa.
- 2018 - 2019 Guest Lecturer, Stellenbosch University
Committees and Conferences
- 2022 - Present UiO FOCIS Centre of Excellence Postdoc Committee
Responsible for inviting and hosting international professors - 29 February 2024 Scientia Fellows Annual Meeting, University of Oslo (UiO)
Member of organizing committee - 27 September 2023 Science Impact 2023, University of Oslo Growth House
Member of organizing committee - 24-28 August 2023 Molecular control of immune cell activation in health and disease
Member of organizing committee -
Nov 2022 40th Annual Meeting of Norwegian Society for Immunology
Oral presentation presenter - June 2022 48th Annual Meeting of Scandinavian Society of Immunology
Travel grant awardee and Poster presenter - May 2022 1st Norwegian Symposium on Proteomics and Biological Mass Spectrometry
Training Certificates
- Sept - Nov 2023 Entrepreneurship in Healthcare Course 2: School of Health Innovation (Micro-MBA)
Collaboration between University of Oslo (UiO), NTNU in Trondheim, University of Copenhagen and Karolinska Institutet (KI) - Sept 2023 Career Development Course
Postdoctoral Programme at University of Oslo - March - May 2023 Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship Course 1: School of Health Innovation (Micro-MBA)
Collaboration between University of Oslo (UiO), NTNU in Trondheim, University of Copenhagen and Karolinska Institutet (KI) - Dec 2022 University of Oslo Bioinformatics Courses
Bioinformatics Course: Introduction to whole genome sequencing
Microscopy Image Processing with ImageJ - Oct - Nov 2022 Research Management and Supervision Course
Postdoctoral Programme at University of Oslo
Awards
- Most Innovative Methods, Physiological Society of Southern Africa
- Wyndham Presentation Competition, 3rd place, Physiological Society of Southern Africa