Qualifications
B.Sc (Hons) (Appl. Math.), (Cape Town)
M.Sc,, D.Sc (Pretoria)
Employment
Currently, Honorary Professor, School of Science, RMIT University
2003-2020 Professor of Applied Mathematics, School of Science (Mathematical Sciences), RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, includes 15 years as Head: School of Mathematical and Geospatial Sciences.
Prior to this, positions were held at the University of Natal, the University of Zululand, and the Atomic Energy Board of South Africa.
Visiting Positions
– Massey University, New Zealand, Postdoctoral researcher, 1986.
– San Diego State University, California: Research Specialist in the Systems Ecology Research Group, 1989.
– Institute of Freshwater Ecology, River Laboratory, UK. Visiting scientist, 1992.
– Tropical Ecology and Vertebrate Zoology Group, Wageningen University, Netherlands, Visiting professor, 1998.
– Department of Natural Resources, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands: Erasmus mundus Fellowship, 2010 and 2014.
Awards
New Zealand UGC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship.
Tom Rozwadowski Medal – 1992, 2000, and 2004 (awarded by ORSSA)
Fellow of the Operations Research Society of South Africa( ORSSA).
Fellow of the Resource Modelling Association
EU Erasmus Mundus Fellowship ( 2010 and 2014)
Ren Potts Medal 2020 awarded by the Australian Society for Operations Research (ASOR)
Member of Editorial boards (now retired)
Ecological Modelling
International Abstracts in Operations Research (IAOR) (Contributing Editor -Environment)
ORiON
Mathematical and Computational Forestry and Natural Resource Sciences
Professional affiliations
Resource Modelling Association (President, 1999-2000, 2014-2016)
Operations Research Society of South Africa (President, 1999-2000 )
Australian Society for Operations Research
Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM)
Current Position
Editor-in-Chief, Natural Resource Modeling ( Wiley Online)