CURRICULUM VITAE

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Surname : Du Preez

First names : Johannes Lodewickus Title : Mr

Date of birth : 27 January 1978

Place of birth : Bloemfontein – South Africa Age : 25 years

2.1 SCHOOL EDUCATION

Name of school : Jim Fouché Secondary School Town : Bloemfontein

Matric year : 1995

2.2 TERTIARY EDUCATION

University : University of the Free State Degree : B.Sc.

Graduated : 1998 Main subjects : Genetics

: Physiology

Degree : B.Sc. Hons. (Genetics) Graduated : 1999

Area : Cytogenetics : Taxonomy

Degree : M.Sc. (Genetics) (Degree in progress)

Course : Recent Developments in Capillary Gas Chromatography

Company : University of Pretoria

In collaboration with: SAAMS

CHROMSA

SACI Year : 27 – 30 November 2001

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Congress : South African Genetics Society (SAGS) Contribution : Poster: The genetic diversity within and

between Lachenalia unicolor and L. pustulata.

Presentation: Interspecific hybridization involving Lachenalia unicolor

(Hyacinthaceae).

Year and Place : June 2000

University of Pretoria

Congress : South African Society of Systematic Biology

Contribution : Attendance only Year and Place : July 2000

Mtinzini (Kwazulu-Natal)

Congress : Internartional Bulb Society

Contribution : Poster: Interspecific hybridization involving Lachenalia unicolor (Hyacinthaceae).

Year and Place : 28-31 August 2000

Kirstenbosch (Cape Town)

Symposium : RAU Symposium for Botanists

Contribution : Presentation: Interspecific hybridization involving Lachenalia unicolor

(Hyacinthaceae).

Award : First price for MSc talks Year and Place : 1 November 2000

Spies, J.J., Du Preez, J.L., Minnaar, A. & Kleynhans, R. 2000.

Hyacinthaceae: Chromosome studies on African plants. 13. Lachenalia mutabilis, L. pustulata and L. unicolor. Bothalia 30: 106-110.

6.1 DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY, UFS, BLOEMFONTEIN 6.1.1 01-06-2001 to present : Analyst