Senior Lecturer | Geometallurgy, Electrochemistry/Electrometallurgy, Tailings Management & Processing
Short Bio
Education
PhD (Chemical Engineering), University of Cape Town, 2015
MSc (Chemical Engineering), University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, 2014
BEng (Chemical Engineering), National University of Science and Technology, 2008
Professional experience
Undergraduate Coordinator, Dean’s Division, Stellenbosch University, 2022 – Present
Lecturer: Department of Chemical Engineering, Stellenbosch University, 2016 – Present
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow – Centre for Minerals Research (UCT), Centre for Minerals Research, University of Cape Town, 2015 – 2016
Honours, research grants, fellowships
African Rainbow Minerals Geometallurgy Research Chair, Stellenbosch University, shared with Dr Bjorn von der Heyden from SU’s Department of Earth Sciences, 2022 – Present
Fellow of the Future Professors Programme, DHET, 2020 – Present
FLAIR Fellowship Grant, 2019 – 2022
International Mineral Processing Congress Best Young Author Award, IMPC Santiago Chile, 2014
Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment Research Award, UCT, 2015, and Research Associateship, UCT, 2013
Research Interests
Geometallurgical Modelling
Tailings reprocessing and environmental impacts of mining
Electrochemical processing and redox systems in metallurgy
Selected Publications
A list of her published works can be found on her Google Scholar profile.
Teaching
Engineering Chemistry 123
