I am a wildlife biologist with current specialization in African small carnivore and rodent ecology and natural history. I am supervising students from Honours to Doctoral level. I am lecturing several courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including Ecology, Behavioural Ecology and Research Techniques in Animal Ecology. I am a member of the IUCN Small Carnivore Specialist Group, an Associate Editor of 3 scientific journals and a reviewer for a wide range of ecology/zoology journals.