I completed my Ph.D. degree in Plant Biotechnology at the Institute for Plant Biotechnology at Stellenbosch University (in 2010). I am currently working at the University of the Western Cape as an Associate Professor in the Department of Biotechnology. Since 2021, I am serving a term as the Chairperson of the Department of Biotechnology (UWC). I am a National Research Foundation Y-rated researcher whose main research focus is to improve metal stress (high and low) tolerance in plants and bacteria.