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PhD candidate: School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand

PhD candidate in the Alexander Herp Lab focusing on the behavioural ecology of venomous snakes and assessing snakebite in South Africa. I also work as the Africa programme manager for Save The Snakes and run a snake education and outreach programme in Limpopo.

Experience

  • 2020–present
    Africa Program Manager, Save The Snakes

Education

  • 2017 
    University of Witwatersrand, MSc Ecology, Environment and Conservation (distinction)

Publications

  • 2023
    Body size predicts prey preference but not diet breadth in pythons, Journal of Zoology
  • 2021
    Ancestral reconstruction of diet and fang condition in the Lamprophiidae: Implications for the evolution of venom systems in snakes, Journal of Herpetology
  • 2021
    Promoting co-existence between humans and venomous snakes through increasing the herpetological knowledge base, Toxicon

Grants and Contracts

  • 2018
    Role:
    Research
    Funding Source:
    National Research Foundation

Professional Memberships

  • Herpetological Association of Africa