By profession I am an agricultural researcher with a particular interest in combining detailed agricultural research on crop production and agricultural water use in sub-Saharan Africa with wider questions about agricultural sustainability, food security and how this is impacted by climate change. I am currently the Head of Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa. I have published around 40 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, completed the supervision of around 18 M.Sc. students and 4 Ph.D. candidates. I regularly act as a reviewer for the key journals in the field of agriculture, as an external examiner of students’ theses and on NRF expert panels evaluating research proposals. I hold an NRF rating (C2).
