Recognition

Prizes, Awards & Fellowships

Prize

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Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

2025 · ATLAS Collaboration · CERN

Awarded to the ATLAS Collaboration in recognition of the discovery and study of the Higgs boson. Accompanied by an individual certificate recognising personal contributions to the success of the ATLAS Run-2 physics programme.

Awards

Postgraduate Merit Award

2017 · University of the Witwatersrand

Merit-based award covering tuition fees for full-time postgraduate study, conditional on performing six hours per week of academic departmental duties in the School of Physics. Also included a financial stipend. Awarded purely on academic merit and competitive availability of funds.

Wits Research Office Bursary

2016 · University of the Witwatersrand

Bursary awarded on the recommendation of my MSc supervisor to support full-time postgraduate research study in the School of Physics. Provided financial support to cover MSc tuition and research costs at Wits.

Post-AIMS Bursary

2015 · African Institute for Mathematical Sciences

Bursary awarded by AIMS to support continued postgraduate study following completion of the AIMS structured programme in Mathematical Sciences.

Fellowships

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CAS-TWAS President's Fellowship Programme

2018 – 2022 · Chinese Academy of Sciences

Fully funded doctoral fellowship awarded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) to outstanding international students pursuing a PhD at CAS institutions.

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AIMS Postgraduate Scholarship

2014 – 2015 · African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Arusha

Competitive postgraduate scholarship awarded by AIMS to support advanced study in mathematical sciences across Africa.