"Head of Department & Senior Lecturer in Biotechnology - Biotechnology Innovation Centre (July 2015- Current) Senior Lecturer in Biotechnology- Biotechnology Innovation Centre, Rhodes University Rhodes/Krege Foundation Lecturer in Biotechnology 2012-2014 - Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology/Biotechnology Innovation Centre, Rhodes University. Junior Lecturer in Biotechnology 2011 - Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology, Rhodes University. Claude Leon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow 2008-2010 - Biomedical Biotechnology Research Unit, Rhodes University. NRF Innovation Fund Postdoctoral Fellow 2007 - Chaperone Research Group, Rhodes University. Ph.D (Microbiology) 2006 - Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University."

My research focuses on the role of mitochondria in stem cell biology and application of this knowledge to tissue engineering using additive manufacturing (Bioprinting) systems. Stem cells hold great promise for the future of regenerative medicine and drug discovery. Understanding the regulatory balance that maintains stem cell self-renewal and differentiation will allow for the biotechnological exploitation of this biomedical resource in tissue engineering.