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Deputy coordinator of research group 7.01.00 Jul 2015 -
MSc Student Jan 2014 -
School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
Education
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2014 - 2016
Field of study: Plant physiology and forestry
Degree: Master of Science
Climate change and Eucalyptus in South Africa: A physiological assessment of the frost tolerance potential of commercially important species and hybrids.
Skills
Plant stress physiology, abiotic plant stress physiology, biochemistry, analytical thinking and problem solving, scientific and technical report writing, ability to work independently and in a team, experimental design, working in various outdoor as well as laboratory conditions sampling flora and fauna, working with compound, light and scanning electron microscopes, working with scientific equipment such as electrolyte conductivity machines, freeze driers, spectrophotometers, centrifuges, fluorometers and programmable freezers supplied with liquid nitrogen, data collection and analysis using statistical programs such as R, XLStat and Statistica, exposure to GIS mapping and analysis using ArcGIS, data consolidation and reporting, project management
Awards
University of the Witwatersrand Postgraduate Merit Award 2015
National Research Foundation Innovation Masters Scholarship Award 2015
University of the Witwatersrand Postgraduate Merit Award 2014
Collaborations
Sappi South Africa Ltd 2013 - 2016
Climate change and Eucalyptus in South Africa: A physiological assessment of the frost tolerance potential of commercially important species and hybrids.
Languages
English and basic Afrikaans
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