Research Ireland — Frontiers for the Future PhD Scholarship
Research Ireland
Fully funded PhD scholarship at Trinity College Dublin under the Frontiers for the Future Programme.
Education
Sep 2025 – Present
Dublin, Ireland
Trinity College Dublin
PhD in Statistics (Ongoing)
T-DIET: statistical methods for longitudinal dietary patterns and their association with health outcomes. Supervised by Assistant Professor Silvia D'Angelo. Funded by the Research Ireland Frontiers for the Future Programme.
Research Ireland Scholar 2025
Sep 2024 – Jul 2025
Cape Town, South Africa
AIMS South Africa / Stellenbosch University
MSc in Mathematical Sciences
Coursework in pure mathematics, physics, statistics, and machine learning. Masters project on large language models and the multi-armed bandit problem, awarded Distinction. Fully funded by the Mastercard Foundation Scholarship.
Mastercard Foundation Scholar · Distinction
2019 – 2023
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
National University of Science & Technology (NUST)
BSc Honours — Operations Research and Statistics
First Class Honours. Overall Best Graduating Male Student, Class of 2023. Recognised with five national and university awards including the Chancellor's Award, Vice Chancellor's Award, Moonlight Award, and two NUST Book Prizes.
1st Division · Best Graduating Male Student 20232017 – 2018
Zimbabwe
Centenary High School
Advanced Level — Pure Mathematics, Statistics, Economics & Geography
Experience
Nov 2025 – Present
Dublin, Ireland
Trinity College Dublin
Teaching Assistant & Demonstrator
Demonstrating on four undergraduate modules, running lab sessions in RStudio, and marking coursework.
- Time Series Analysis Lab sessions in RStudio
- Multivariate Analysis Lab sessions in RStudio
- Engineering Practice 2 Grading and report writing support
- Mathematics II Mathematical logic for computer science
Sep 2025 – Present
Dublin, Ireland
Trinity College Dublin
Doctoral Researcher — T-DIET Project
Developing statistical methods for the analysis of longitudinal dietary patterns and their association with health outcomes.
Dec 2023 – Aug 2024
Harare, Zimbabwe
EY Zimbabwe
Quantitative Risk Analyst
Developed and validated credit risk models for clients under the IFRS 9 standard. Built and reviewed PD, LGD, EAD, and MEV models, supported audit assignments, and worked on IFRS 9 frameworks and tooling.
Sep 2024 – Aug 2025
Cape Town, South Africa
AIMS House of Science Outreach Programme
Tutoring Lead
Led tutoring sessions for school children, planned and scheduled tutorial sessions, and mentored students in mathematics and science.
2021 – 2022
Harare, Zimbabwe
EcoCash Holdings
Reporting Analyst Intern — Product Solutions & Operations
Produced product and operations reports, ran product testing (dev / beta environment), performed data analysis, competitor analysis, and delivered business insights using Microsoft Excel and Power BI.
Awards
MasterCard Foundation Scholarship
MasterCard Foundation
Fully sponsored scholarship for the MSc in Mathematical Sciences at AIMS South Africa.
Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa Chancellor's Award
President and Cabinet Office, Zimbabwe
National recognition as the NUST Overall Best Graduating Male Student, Class of 2023.
Vice Chancellor's Award
National University of Science and Technology
Overall best graduating student in the Department of Operations Research and Statistics.
Moonlight Award for Best Graduating Student
Moonlight Zimbabwe
Overall best graduating student in the Faculty of Applied Sciences at NUST.
NUST Book Prize
National University of Science and Technology
Best Student in the Department of OR&S for the 2023 calendar year.
NUST Book Prize
National University of Science and Technology
Best student in the Department of OR&S for the 2021 calendar year.
Teaching
Time Series Analysis
Lab sessions using RStudio. Covers forecasting, ARIMA modelling, seasonal decomposition, and diagnostics.
Multivariate Analysis
Lab sessions using RStudio. Dimensionality reduction, clustering, PCA, and multivariate methods.
Engineering Practice 2
Grading assignments and assisting students with report writing, presentations, and structured feedback.
Mathematics II
Mathematical Logic for computer science. Formal proof techniques and discrete mathematics.
PhD Preparatory Coursework · TCD · 2025–2026
Research Integrity & Impact in an Open Scholarship Era
Result: Pass. Responsible research conduct, open science, and research impact.
Research Methods (MSc / PhD by Research)
Ongoing. Structured doctoral research training in quantitative and qualitative methodologies.
Teaching & Supporting Learning for Graduate Teaching Assistants
Result: Pass. Evidence-based teaching, feedback design, and student support.
Academy for PhD Training in Statistics · UK · 2026
High-Dimensional Statistics
April 2026 · Nottingham University
Statistical Modelling
April 2026 · Nottingham University
Applied Stochastic Processes
July 2026 · University of St Andrews
Computer Intensive Statistics
July 2026 · University of St Andrews
Skills
Statistics & Modelling
- Bayesian inference & latent variable models
- Longitudinal & sequential data analysis
- IFRS 9 risk modelling & validation
- High-dimensional & multivariate statistics
- Time series & stochastic processes
Machine Learning & AI
- Supervised & unsupervised learning
- LLM evaluation on sequential tasks
- Reproducible ML pipelines
- Data science workflows
- Monitoring & evaluation