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STOR-i Doctoral Training Programme at Lancaster University | Statistics & Machine Learning

About Me

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I am a PhD student studying at STOR-i, a Centre for Doctoral Training specialising in Statistics and Operations Research.

I’m deeply passionate about statistics and machine learning, driven by a journey that started with an undergraduate degree in actuarial science and has evolved into a focus on statistical modelling and artificial intelligence. Join me on this journey as we delve into these fields to tackle real-world challenges.

My academic journey

PhD in Statistics and Operations Research
- Date: Oct 2025 – Sept 2028 (expected completion date)
- Institution: School of Mathematical Sciences, Lancaster University
- Research topic: Identifying Epidemic Dynamics from Data Using Machine Learning
Master of Research in Statistics and Operations Research (distinction)
- Date: Sept 2024 – Sept 2025
- Institution: School of Mathematical Sciences, Lancaster University
Master’s degree in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (distinction)
- Date: 2022-2023
- Institution: Faculty of Science, Stellenbosch University
- Research topic: Automated Malignant Melanoma Detection using Supervised Contrastive Learning
Honour’s degree in Mathematical Statistics (distinction)
- Date: 2021
- Institution: Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Stellenbosch University
- Research topic: High-dimensional Co-occurrence Modelling with an Application in Disease Co-morbidity
Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science
- Date: 2017-2020
- Institution: Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Stellenbosch University
- Multiple exemptions from the Actuarial Society of South Africa (ASSA)

My professional journey

Graduate Teaching Assistant (Lancaster University)
- Oct 2025 – present
- Run tutorials and workshops, and grade assignments
AI Consultant (AI Heroes, Amsterdam)
- Sept 2023 – Sept 2024
- Built software integrating AI components
Research Engineer Intern (InstaDeep Ltd, Cape Town)
- Nov 2022 – Jan 2023
- Applied Natural Language Processing techniques to protein sequence data
- Machine Learning research
Junior Data Scientist (Wimmy, Cape Town)
- Jan 2022 – Oct 2022
- Building mathematical, statistical & machine learning models
- Data visualisations and reporting
- Project planning
Research and Information Assistant (Wimmy, Cape Town)
- Aug 2021 – Jan 2022
- Disease modelling and healthcare research
- Presenting and reporting on research
Vacation Work Student (Insight Actuaries & Consultants, Johannesburg)
- Dec 2017 – Jan 2021
- Healthcare research
- Data capturing, analysis and visualisations