MSc student
I am currently completing my MSc in Genetics through the Department of Microbiology, Genetics and Biochemistry. I am part of the Hans Merensky Chair in Avocado Research, supervised by Professor Noëlani van den Berg and co-supervised by Dr Markus Wilken.
My MSc project is a continuation of my Honours project, in which the first steps were taken to characterise the complex nature of sexual reproduction in the avocado-infecting pathogen, . My MSc research will further aid in understanding the sexual reproduction of , with the ultimate goal of protecting avocado farmers and the avocado industry as a whole.