A versatile PhD student in Environmental and Water Science at the University of the Western Cape. My research interests are in weather observation and forecasting, weather model acquisition and interpretation, and the measurement and modelling of water use under different land use types including agricultural crops. In addition, I also have research interests on various aspects of agricultural water management, mainly establishing the water requirements of fruit orchards, evaluating the precision of water-use estimation technologies, and the relationship between water and fruit trees. Evaluating the water stress dynamics of various tree species is also an activity of interest. I have hands-on experience in eco-physiological and micro meteorological instrumentation for quantifying plant water use.