EDUCATION, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa PhD, Nuclear Physics, Dec 2001

WORK EXPERIENCE

ITHEMBA LABS, South Africa:

Senior Research Scientist, Jan 2014 – present

Research Scientist, Oct 2006 - Dec 2013

Postdoctoral Researcher, Oct 2003 - Sep 2006

-Coordinator of K600 magnetic spectrometer, responsible for operational readiness, maintenance, development, and data quality -Principal investigator: projects focused on cluster structure of light nuclei and the quasi-free (p,2p) reaction -Active collaborator on numerous projects at iThemba LABS studying giant and pygmy dipole resonances, aspects of the nuclear shell structure and topics in nuclear astrophysics -Collaborating on international projects: NUMEN and Pandora -Coordinator of team that installed and commissioned the CAKE and BaGeL ancillary detector systems -Successfully developed and commissioned the K600 Zero-Degree facility -Collaborated on numerous experiments at iThemba LABS and RCNP, Japan

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, USA:

Postdoctoral Researcher, Aug 2002 - Sep 2003 -Assisted in final commissioning activities of the G0 liquid hydrogen target subsystem -Implemented the G0 120Hz trigger and micro-pulse timing monitor electronics

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS Publications in peer reviewed journals: Co-author of 56 publications NRF rating B3 (since Jan 2019) h-index: 20 (ISI Web of Science, May 2022)