Curriculum Vitae
Formal record of teaching, research, and awards with links to supporting work.
Last updated: Nov 26, 2025
Academic History
2023 – present: M.Sc Mathematics, University of Cape Town. Supervisors: Prof. George Janelidze and Dr. Juana Sanchez-Ortega.
2022: B.Sc Mathematics (Hons, cum laude), University of Cape Town. Project: Free semimodules and their examples. Supervisor: Prof. George Janelidze.
2019 – 2021: B.Sc Mathematics & Computer Science (cum laude), University of the Witwatersrand.
2014 – 2018: IEB National Senior Certificate, King David Victory Park High School.
Research
M.Sc thesis (in progress): Category theory under Prof. George Janelidze and Dr. Juana Sanchez-Ortega.
Industry
May 2025 – present: Lean mathematician, Harmonic.
Mar 2025 – May 2025: Lean mathematician, Project Numina.
Seminars and research groups
Weekly participant in the Category Theory Seminar, Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town.
Teaching assistant
2023: Linear algebra (compulsory undergraduate mathematics), University of Cape Town.
2023: Fundamentals of mathematics (compulsory undergraduate mathematics), University of Cape Town.
2022: Introduction to discrete mathematics (compulsory undergraduate computer science), University of Cape Town.
2021: Discrete computational structures (compulsory undergraduate computer science), University of the Witwatersrand.
Awards
Master’s Fellowship; UCT Building Research Active Academic Staff Grant (2023, 2024).
Myer Levinson (EMDIN) Scholar (2022, 2023, 2024).
Nominated by UCT’s Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics for the Max Price and Deborah Posel Scholarship for aspiring academics (2022).
Dean’s List (2020 Year II, 2021 Year III).
University Council Merit Scholarship, University of the Witwatersrand (2020, 2021).
Certificate of First Class across mathematics, applied mathematics, computer science, statistics, and psychology (Wits, 2020).
Certificate of Merit across mathematics courses (Wits, 2020).
Graduation award for intellectual curiosity (2018).
Asian World Schools Debating Championship delegation member; quarter finalist; top 20 speakers (2016).
Summer schools
Harvard’s New Horizons in Theoretical Computer Science (June 2021).
IBM Qiskit Global Summer School (July 2020).
WitsQ-IBM Quantum Computing Summer School (December 2019).
Honours UCT 2022
Homological algebra - 80%
General mathematical structures - 85%
Category theory II reading module - 90%
Category theory - 91%
Topology - 100%
Differential geometry - 89%