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Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Potsdam Area, Germany

My responsibilities include:- Fundamental research into various aspects related to the propagation of charged particles in magnetised interstellar turbulence- Development of software for research purposes (using Python, Fortran, C)- Presenting tutorial classes for master students- Organisation of group meetings

Cape Town

My responsibilities include:- Developing and maintaining the Python back-end infrastructure for a number of websites (using the Django web framework, and 'Wagtail' content management system)- Continuous deployment and integration- Developing and maintaining software tests- Developing API's for mobile services- Developing and maintaining a NodeJS websocket server- Ad hoc code development for miscellaneous tasks (e.g., web scraping, TCP/IP sockets)- Integrating and using various third-party web services, e.g., Heroku, AWS, Codeship- Integrating DFP (DoubleClick for Publishing) and the Rubicon advertising platform - Researching and testing services such as Kubernetes and Docker to see if this would improve the company’s software products- Liaising with stakeholders in order to understand how the websites can be improved. This includes overall usability of the websites, as well as understanding the special needs of the stakeholders

Cape Town

My responsibilities include:- Developing and maintaining the Python back-end infrastructure for a number of websites (using the Django web framework, and 'Wagtail' content management system)- Continuous deployment and integration- Developing and maintaining software tests- Developing API's for mobile services

Stellenbosch, South Africa

My responsibilities included:- Calculating the monthly bad debt provision for the outstanding loan book- Calculating the recovery on loans that have defaulted - Improving the existing statistical Bad Debt Provision and Loss Given Default models - Assisting in developing an Advanced Internal Ratings Based model- Monthly reporting on provisions and various other aspects of the bank- Ad hoc analysis of data- Improve existing and develop large-scale SQL queries for data mining

West Lafayette, Indiana, Usa

My responsibilities include:- Using numerical/computational simulations to model complex astrophysical systems- Development of software for research purposes (C/C++)

Potchefstroom, South Africa

My responsibilities included:- Lecturing (Classical Mechanics, Astrophysics, Introduction to programming with IDL)- Setting and grading of homework assignments, tests, and exams- Choosing the syllabus

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astrophysics, University Only Awards Pass Or Fail

My Ph.D. research focused on developing new mathematical models, as well as extending existing mathematical models, that can be used.

Master’S Degree, Astrophysics, Passed With Distinction

My M.Sc. research focused on developing a mathematical model that can be used to model a certain kind of stellar system.

Honours, Astrophysics And Space Science, Passed With Distinction

A general degree that focused on astrophysics and space science.

Bachelor’S Degree, Physics, Mathematics, And Applied Mathematics, Passed With Distinction

The main subjects were physics, mathematics, and applied mathematics, as well as a number of statistics modules.