Born Pietermaritzburg 1943, BScHons Chem at UKZN 1964, MSc UPE (now NMMU) 1966, PhD UPE 1969, lecturer org chem 1968-1973, Post Doc York UNiv, UK, 1974-1975, Industrial R&D Chem 1976-2002 (Sentrachem Group then DOW Sentrachem - as contract researcher from 1993), CTO then CEO of Chemin, S A Chemical Technology Business Incubator Jul 2002-dec 2007), Independent Consultant/ researcher 2008-2015, Research Fellow Walter Sisulu University Feb 16 2015 to date.
Connected to PD via my son, Alhyrian Laue https://www.facebook.com/tryecosystems, who graduated from a PDC Oct 2011. Actively involved in helping him implement PD Food projects at 3 township schools (poor apartheid legacy townships in Port Elizabeth) and own garden. With re-employment as a Research Fellow could afford to do Geoff Lawton's 2015 PDC, with my son; graduation confirmation June 17 2015.
Research Fellowship is investigating the feasibility of establishing a Permaculture Demonstration Site at Tsolo Agricultural College, Eastern Cape, SA.