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I joined the ARC as a student intern in 2006. In 2007 I enrolled for the ARC Professional Development Program (PDP). It provided me the opportunity to gain my Honours and Master’s degrees in Wine Biotechnology at Stellenbosch University, which I completed in 2012. Later that year, I became a Junior researcher in the Post-Harvest and Agro-processing division (previously Post-Harvest and Wine Technologies). Currently, I am the project leader of the Oenological yeast and bacterial genebank project funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and DALRRD and coordinator of 8 other genebank projects within ARC Infruitec Nietvoorbij. My passion is Molecular Biology and so I am involved with most of the molecular characterization and identification of microorganisms within my team. I have mentored several students over the past few years which covers microbiological and agro-processing projects.
Contribute to Biobank initiatives through the Biodiversity Biobanks of South Africa ( (BBSA) community.
Key responsibilities in current position:
Maintenance and management of the microorganism genebank
culture collection and database.
Conduct & support research on the microorganisms in the genebank and culture collection.
Molecular biologic support to other research projects.