Education
PhD in Geology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, 2018
Master of Science (Distinction) in Geology, University of Cape Town, 2012
Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Geology, University of Cape Town, 2009
Bachelor of Science in Geology and Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences, University of Cape Town, 2008
Master of Science (Distinction) in Geology, University of Cape Town, 2012
Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Geology, University of Cape Town, 2009
Bachelor of Science in Geology and Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences, University of Cape Town, 2008
Current and Previous Positions
Associate professor (part-time) in Geology at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, August 2021-present
Researcher and lecturer in Geology at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, October 2020-June 2021
Post Doctoral Researcher in Geology at McGill University, February 2018 - February 2020
PhD fellow (75% research, 25% teaching) at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, May 2013 – January 2018
Research assistant in Geology, Stellenbosch University, January - March 2013
Teaching assistant for undergraduate geology and field mapping courses, UCT, 2010 –2013
Researcher and lecturer in Geology at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, October 2020-June 2021
Post Doctoral Researcher in Geology at McGill University, February 2018 - February 2020
PhD fellow (75% research, 25% teaching) at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, May 2013 – January 2018
Research assistant in Geology, Stellenbosch University, January - March 2013
Teaching assistant for undergraduate geology and field mapping courses, UCT, 2010 –2013
Teaching Experience
Lecturer
Teaching assistant
- Regional geology of Norway (half bachelor course & course coordinator, taught in Norwegian, UiT, 2021)
- Igneous and metamorphic petrology (full bachelor course & course coordinator, taught in Norwegian, UiT, 2021)
- Geological maps (bachelor level, UCT, 2011-2012), metamorphic petrology (bachelor level, UiT, 2014).
Teaching assistant
- Bachelor level: Introduction to geology. Igneous and metamorphic petrology. Mineralogy. UiT and UCT, 2010-2017
- Bachelor & graduate levels: Structural geology. UiT and UCT, 2010-2017
- Graduate level: Deformation mechanisms & Tectonics. UiT, 2014 - 2017
- Field course in structural geology and sedimentology (MSc and PhD level) in Utah & Nevada, USA, McGill, 2019
- Field course in structural geology, West Troms Basement Complex (BSc level), UiT, 2013 - 2016
- Various field courses in structures, sedimentology and magmatic rocks (BSc level), Namaqua-Natal mobile belt, Karoo Basin, Cape Fold Belt, South Africa (total 9 weeks), UCT, 2010-2013
Supervision of students
- Co-supervisor for Emilie Aamodt Jensen, MSc project. Comparison of rock slope deformation processes at Dusjnjarga and Gamanjunni-3 rockslides using bedrock mapping, rock mechanics and scanning electron microscope techniques, ongoing.
- Main supervisor for Amelie Schickhoff, project assignment for MSc. Petrology and metamorphism of the Chatanika eclogite, Alaska, USA, UiT, 2021.
- Main supervisor for Dana Silerova, BSc project. Characterization of metamorphic structures and their effect on formation of pseudotachylyte, Norumbega shear zone, Maine, USA, McGill, 2019.
- Main supervisor for Audrey Woo, BSc Project. Microstructural characterization of greenschist facies deformation overprinting high pressure rocks from the Yukon-Tanana Terrane, McGill, 2019.
- Co-supervisor for Katrin Kraus, MSc project, Caledonian nappe emplacement: an example from Uløya, northern Norway, UiT. 2016.
Other activities
- Member of the Forum for Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the Faculy for Science and Technology, UiT, 2021-present
- Committee member for JEDI (justice, equality, diversity and inclusion) group, UiT, 2020 - present
- Field trip leader and coordinator for Georeizen in Lofoten, Norway, 2021
- Member of organizing committee and leader of public field trip for Norway's National Geology Day, UiT, 2020
- Referee for Lithosphere and Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2019-2020
- Geological Society of South Africa, Western Cape Branch (Student Member, 2008 - 2012, and Student Representative for UCT (Committee Member), 2010 - 2011)
Honours, awards and grants
Travel grant from the Tectonic Studies Group (UK) for Tectonic Studies Group AGM, UK, 2020
Grant for travel & lab work at NORDSIM facility, from DEEP PhD School, University of Oslo, 2017
Best oral presentation award, AMGG Annual Meeting, UiT, 2016
Geological Society of South Africa Travel Grant for Goldschmidt, Montréal, Canada, 2012
Postgraduate Publication Incentive Grant from UCT, 2012
South African National Research Foundation Student Funding, 2011
UCT Student Funding, 2011
Postgraduate Publication Incentive Grant from UCT, 2010
American Geophysical Union Student Travel Grant, 2009
Council for Geoscience Full Student Bursary, 2008, 2009
UCT Dean’s Merit List, 2008
J Barry Hawthorne Centennial Prize for Best Undergraduate Student in Geology, UCT, 2008
Grant for travel & lab work at NORDSIM facility, from DEEP PhD School, University of Oslo, 2017
Best oral presentation award, AMGG Annual Meeting, UiT, 2016
Geological Society of South Africa Travel Grant for Goldschmidt, Montréal, Canada, 2012
Postgraduate Publication Incentive Grant from UCT, 2012
South African National Research Foundation Student Funding, 2011
UCT Student Funding, 2011
Postgraduate Publication Incentive Grant from UCT, 2010
American Geophysical Union Student Travel Grant, 2009
Council for Geoscience Full Student Bursary, 2008, 2009
UCT Dean’s Merit List, 2008
J Barry Hawthorne Centennial Prize for Best Undergraduate Student in Geology, UCT, 2008
Affiliations
GSA Member, 2020, 2021
AGU Member, 2009, 2018 and 2019
EGU Member, 2015, 2017
DEEP: Norwegian research school for Dynamics and Evolution of Earth and Planets, student member, 2016 - 2018
AGU Member, 2009, 2018 and 2019
EGU Member, 2015, 2017
DEEP: Norwegian research school for Dynamics and Evolution of Earth and Planets, student member, 2016 - 2018