My career began in Kenya, where I was a Research Scientist at the National Museums of Kenya (1993-2008). I have a BSc and MPhil from Moi University (Kenya), PhD from University of Reading (UK), and postdoctoral stints at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew (UK), Rutgers University (USA) and KU Leuven (Belgium). I am a Senior Lecturer (since 2006) teaching courses in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology and my research is predominantly on Angiosperm Systematics.

Research Interests

• Cypereceae: taxonomy and conservation; phylogenetics and biogeography; genome evolution
• The taxonomy, speciation and macroevolution of the Cape flora with current focus on Cyperaceae and Fabaceae
• Wetland diversity and sustainable extraction of macrophytes
• The origin, diversity and utilization of the African savanna biome

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