PhD (Genetics) obtained from Univerity of Pretoria, South Africa, in 2012. Post doctoral fellow at the council for scientific and industrial research (CSIR) 2013-2016. Permanantly employed as Researcher at CSIR since April 2017. Currently working on plant-based expression of subunit vaccines for a number of veterinary pathogens. Mammalian and plant-based expression of therapeutic antibodies against cancer currently in progress.