Education

Academic Background

Education & Degrees

Sep 2025 – Present Dublin, Ireland

Trinity College Dublin

PhD Student — Statistics and Informatics

T-DIET: developing novel 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

Focus on Pure Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, and Machine Learning. Masters project on LLMs and the Multi-Armed Bandit problem — 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 2023
2017 – 2018 Zimbabwe

Centenary High School

Advanced Level — Pure Mathematics, Statistics, Economics & Geography

Experience

Professional & Research Roles

Work Experience

Nov 2025 – Present Dublin, Ireland

Trinity College Dublin

Teaching Assistant & Demonstrator

Teaching four courses — Time Series Analysis, Multivariate Analysis, Engineering Practice 2, and Mathematics II (Mathematical Logic). Lab sessions using RStudio and grading/feedback support.

Time Series Multivariate Analysis RStudio Demonstrator
Sep 2025 – Present Dublin, Ireland

Trinity College Dublin

Doctoral Researcher — T-DIET Project

Developing novel 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

Credit risk model development and validation for clients — ensuring IFRS 9 Standard compliance. Built and reviewed PD, LGD, EAD, and MEV models. Supported audit assignments and contributed to IFRS 9 framework development, implementation, and review.

IFRS 9 Credit Risk PD / LGD / EAD Model Validation
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.

Power BI Excel Data Analysis Reporting
Awards

Distinctions & Honours

Awards & Scholarships

Seven national, institutional, and competitive recognitions across academic and professional domains.

2025

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.

2024

MasterCard Foundation Scholarship

MasterCard Foundation

Fully sponsored scholarship for the MSc in Mathematical Sciences at AIMS South Africa.

2023

Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa Chancellor's Award

President and Cabinet Office, Zimbabwe

National recognition as the NUST Overall Best Graduating Male Student, Class of 2023.

2023

Vice Chancellor's Award

National University of Science and Technology

Overall best graduating student in the Department of Operations Research and Statistics.

2023

Moonlight Award for Best Graduating Student

Moonlight Zimbabwe

Overall best graduating student in the Faculty of Applied Sciences at NUST.

2023

NUST Book Prize

National University of Science and Technology

Best Student in the Department of OR&S for the 2023 calendar year.

2021

NUST Book Prize

National University of Science and Technology

Best student in the Department of OR&S for the 2021 calendar year.

Teaching

Academic Teaching · Trinity College Dublin · Nov 2025–Present

Teaching Assistant & Demonstrator

Time Series Analysis

Lab sessions using RStudio. Covers forecasting, ARIMA modelling, seasonal decomposition, and diagnostics.

RStudioLab Demonstrator

Multivariate Analysis

Lab sessions using RStudio. Dimensionality reduction, clustering, PCA, and multivariate methods.

RStudioLab Demonstrator

Engineering Practice 2

Grading assignments and assisting students with report writing, presentations, and structured feedback.

GradingReport Writing

Mathematics II

Mathematical Logic for computer science. Formal proof techniques and discrete mathematics.

LogicDiscrete 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

Software & Tools

Python R / RStudio Power BI Git / GitHub SPSS Excel Macaulay2 MS Office

Interests

Running Hiking Music Storytelling Photography