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I spent the years between 2016 and 2019 working as a postdoctoral scholar at the Agricultural Research Council and the South African Sugarcane Research Institute after finishing my doctoral degree at the University of the Free State in 2015. Then, in September 2019, I joined the academic staff at the University of Pretoria, where I now supervise postgraduate research projects in several departments, including the Department of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Microbiology, as well as lecture on occasion. I also actively participate in the dynamic FABI (Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute) team, lending my knowledge to various groups like the Grain Research Program, the Tree Protection Cooperative Program, and the DSI-NRF Centre Of Excellence In Plant Health Biotechnology. My research focus is understanding how plants and fungi interact at a molecular level, focusing on extracellular vesicles (EVs) from plants and fungal pathogens. I also research biofilms in plant-damaging fungi, such as Fusarium circinatum, a serious pathogen infecting pine trees, as well as Fusarium verticillioides and Exerohilum turcicum, both important maize fungal pathogens causing Fusarium ear rot and northern leaf blight, respectively. In parallel with my research interests, I'm also passionate about open science and work with groups like ASAPbio (Accelerating Science and Publication in Biology) to support their campaign for preprints and open dialogue in science.