I am a dedicated and highly driven developing researcher, with a boundless interest in science, but I am mostly fascinated by the (micro) biological world and the genetics that underlies it. I am more interested in the application of the knowledge I acquired during my studies/training. I embrace research environments I am unacquainted with, and learning of new concepts. This is attested to by my undertaking of three-isolated post-graduate research fields; my Honors Degree was in Human Physiology and my Master’s Degree was in Biochemistry, specializing in Molecular Biology. I have recently completed Doctoral (PhD) degree at the Faculty of Science at the University of Pretoria. The project was based on Molecular Diagnostics where I was investigating the prevalence of Q-fever and toxoplasmosis in slaughter animals in Gauteng red meat abattoirs and also development of cell-mediated immunity response biomarkers. With this project, we managed to optimize and introduce diagnostic PCR testing of Q fever at the Bacterial PCR Laboratory –ARC-OVR. Currently I am currently involved in Food and Mouth Disease (FMD) at ARC-OVR Transboundary Animal Programme (TADP). The projects I am involved in include construction of FMDV -specific phage-display libraries for epitope identification to be used in improved design of FMD vaccine. I am also involved in the multi-scale infection dynamics from cells to landscapes: FMD in African buffalo as well as FMD Biobank projects respectively.