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Qualifications: 

  • BSc (Chemistry), University of Cape Town 1984
  • MSc (App Sci in Civ Eng), University of Cape Town, 2006
  • PhD (Civil Engineering), University of Cape Town, 2013

Professional Affiliations:

  • Senior fellow of Water Institute of South Africa (SFWISA)

Undergraduate Teaching: 

  • CIV4044S (Research project)

Postgraduate Teaching: 

  • APG4021F (Urban infrastructure)
  • CIV5166S (Sustainable water management in Africa)

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Research Interests: 

  • Urban water management and service provision in a South African context.
  • Sustainability assessment in water management.
  • Integrated approaches geared towards sustainable urban development and water sensitive cities.
  • Communities of practice and social learning related to water sensitive design.

Selected Research Projects:

  • Project Leader for WRC Project K5/2413: Development and management of a Water Sensitive Design Community of Practice programme (2014-2022).
  • Researcher for WRC Project K5/2526: Viability of urban stormwater ponds as water resources in Cape Town (2016-2019).
  • Researcher for Royal Society International Collaboration award (with Coventry University): Determining the performance of large biofiltration cells in treating contaminated runoff from a slum settlement and its reuse for urban food production (2017-2021).
  • Researcher for WRC Project K5/2801: Liveable neighbourhoods with water as foremost priority: Redesigning an existing neighbourhood using Water Sensitive Design (2018-2022).
  • Project leader for DANIDA Fellowship Centre Window 2 project: Pathways to water resilient South African cities Phase 1 and 2 (2019-2025).
  • Researcher for UKRI GCRF project, ‘Water & Fire: Enhancing capacity and reducing risk through 15 'Best Bets' for transformative adaptation with vulnerable residents on the Cape Flats’ (2019 to 2022).
  • Researcher for UKRI GCRF project ‘Resilient benefits from water resources’ (2020 to 2022).
  • Project leader for UCT Khusela Ikamva - Sustainable Campus Initiative (2021 to 2025).
  • Project leader for Erasmus+ project, 'Nature-based solutions for African resilience (NbS4AfrRes)'.
  • Key researcher in BMBF NEUWater project Nature Engineered Urban design for Water recycling and reuse.