Tertiary Qualifications

University attended: University of the Witwatersrand

Degrees obtained:

• (a) B.Sc. Chemistry (1989-1991)
• (b) B.Sc. Honours Chemistry (1992)
• (c) M.Sc. Organic/Inorganic Chemistry (1995)
• (d) Ph.D. Organic Chemistry (1999)

Awards and Prizes

• AECI Honours Medal in Chemistry (For Honours, 1993)
• SACI James Moir Medal (For Honours, 1993)
• AECI Postgraduate Fellowship (For PhD, 1995-1997)
• SASOL Post-Graduate Medal (1998)
• NRF Postdoctoral Fellowship (2000 & 2001) – Department of Chemistry, University of Montreal (Prof. S. Hanessian)
• Faculty of Science Team Teaching Award (with Profs Michael, de Koning and Dr Dinsmore, 2003)
• SACI Raikes Medal (2004) – “to a chemist, under the age of 35, for original work showing outstanding promise”
• University of the Witwatersrand Friedel-Sellschop Award (2004) – the “University’s premier award for young researchers”
• Tetrahedron Letters “Most cited paper 2003-2006 Award for 2003 paper (top 50 papers out of 2092 papers in 2003) – 2006
• Tetrahedron Letters “Most cited paper 2004-2007 Award for 2004 paper (top 50 papers out of 2133 papers in 2004) – 2007
• Faculty of Science Distinguished Individual Teachers Award (2007)
• Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Individual Teachers Award (2007)
• Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany – Georg Forster Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers (2008-2009)
• NRF Rating: B3

Affiliations

• Member of the South African Chemical Institute (SACI)
• Member of the American Chemical Society (ACS)

Present Position

Chair of Organic chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Polymer Sciences, Stellenbosch University (June 2010 – present)

Associate Professor

The University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Department of Chemistry, University of Montreal, Canada

(September 1999 – May 2001)

Visiting Professor

Chemical Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, The University of Dortmund, Germany

Visiting Professor

Department of Chemistry, University of Mainz