Professional and academic experience

• 3 years experience as a Programme Manager
• 22 years experience as researcher
• 9 years experience as post graduate supervisor

Professional memberships

• Member of the Leverhulme Trust Tsetse Research Network (LTTRN)
• Member of the subcommittee to the advisory committee in terms of section 11(2) of the genetically modified organisms act, 1997

Subjects taught at undergraduate and postgraduate levels

• Microbial genetics
• Molecular diagnostics
• Genetic and evolution of virus genomes

Research interests

• Virology, Molecular diagnostics development, viral vaccine development, genetics of arthropod vectors, dsRNA viruses, Molecular epidemiology, Metagenomics

Collaboration

• Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
• CSIR
• Moredun Research Institute
• Pirbright Institute
• USDA
• OIE

Postgraduate students

• Harry Ngoveni
• Mathilde Schade-Weskott

Research output/publications

• 11 publications in peer-reviewed or refereed journals
• 1 congress proceedings
• 5 full-length conference papers/keynote addresses
• 2 non-refereed publications
• 6 technical reports