Education and Awards

Degrees

Year Degree Institution
In Progress PhD in Statistics University of Cape Town, South Africa
2013 MSc in Mathematical Statistics (with distinction) University of the Free State, South Africa
2010 BSc Hons. in Mathematical Statistics (with distinction) University of the Free State, South Africa
2009 BSc Actuarial Science (with distinction) University of the Free State, South Africa

Positions

Year Position Institution
2014 - current Lecturer University of Cape Town
2010 - 2013 Assistant Lecturer & Research Assistant University of the Free State

Awards

  • UCT Science Faculty Emerging Teacher Award, 2020
    This faculty prize was awarded biennially to one recipient.

  • Apereo Teaching and Learning Award (ATLAS), 2016
    This international award was received for the entry: Teaching Introductory Statistics using a Blended Mode of Instruction at the University of Cape Town.

  • SASA Honours Project Competition, 2022 –- Supervision of second place winner
    Maxine Norrie & Daniel Singer for their entry: Engineering Features for Tennis Match Outcome Prediction in a Statistical Learning Framework.

  • SASA Honours Project Competition, 2018 –- Supervision of first place winner
    James Lloyd for his entry: Classification of Galaxy Morphologies using Convolutional Neural Networks.