Experience

University of the Free State

• South Africa
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PHD Student

  • Jan 2017 - Present

• Volunteer Assistant

  • Jan 2015 - Present

  • Assisting students (MSc, PhD and Post Doc’s) with reaction mechanisms• Advising with regards to failed reactions and possible ways of improving these reactions• Training post graduate students on equipment• Assisting post graduate students with reaction conditions like: inert, anhydrous, low temperature, etc.• Assisting post graduate students with techniques like: column chromatography, cannula, etc.

• Practical Invigilator

  • Feb 2019 - Mar 2019

  • Assisted ±60 third-year students set up and complete their lab experiments• Problem solving with regards to instrumentation, students and calculations on their lab reports• Administration of first-aid treatment to students when needed• Ensuring the required lab safety regulations was met by the students• Lab clean-up after completion of their experimental session• Trained students to work with: torsion balances, polarimeters, refractometers, manometers connected to vacuum pumps, titrations and circuit building• Prepared solutions at different concentrations so that students can complete their experiments• Assisted in marking student lab reports Show less

• Assistant Invigilator

  • Jan 2018 - Dec 2018

  • Marked first-year student class tests and semester tests• Alphabetized the marked papers• Recording the marks on an excel sheet• Supervision of students whilst writing class and semester tests

• Eskom Expo Judge

  • Aug 2018 - Aug 2018

  • Reading and grading of grade 6 and 7 learners Eskom Expo projects• Conducting interviews with the learners to clarify certain gaps in the project• Checked for plagiarism and verifying the executability of the learner’s projects