Welcome to my website! I am half South African and half Swiss - I grew up in Cape Town, but have been living in Zurich since 2011. I am currently working as a Senior Data Scientist at Credit Suisse. My expertise lies in data analysis, data visualisation, statistical learning, and data engineering; however I am interested in a range of subjects that involve technical know-how and logical thinking. Further interests include deep learning, natural language processing, combinatorial optimization, automation, building and maintaining unix servers, personal finance, endurance sports, and reading.

My PhD (undertaken in Sydney, Australia) focused on making predictions of future rainfall and temperature extremes. Since climate models are imperfect, we use statistical methods to select subsets of models or weight models differently, such that they collectively compare well to observations in-sample. If results are satisfactory after cross-validation (in sample) or model-as-truth experiments (out-of-sample), we then apply our fitted statistical model out-of-sample (into the future).

Up until the end of my PhD I led and co-authored a range of peer-reviewed articles which are published in scientific journals. The full list can be found here. You can also find a copy of my CV here.