Jabulile Grace Malindi

• Verification of specimens from online database and publications.
• Physical curation: decontaminating,renovating or repairing and sorting specimens, creation of genus and species covers.
• Filing specimens with accession tags.
• Barcoding and imaging specimens.
• Quality control of barcodes.

• Physical curation: repairing and renovating specimens.
• Generating barcodes, barcoding and imaging specimens.
• Data entry, quality assurance, queries using data management tools, Specify and Brahms.

• Collecting and preparing plant material and equipment for identifications and floral dissections.
• Prepractical lectures on plant families and floral dissections.
• Managing and coordinating demonstrators.
• Capturing marks of students, managing register and filing necessary documents.
• Setting up and marking practical exams.

• Laboratory management: maintaining chemical stock and documentation where necessary, preparing solutions (such as buffers and primers), ensuring equipment is autoclaved and properly packed for use.
• Training postgraduate students in the Molecular lab.
• Sequencing plant DNA & data processing.
• Collecting plant material and equipment for student practicals and invigilating tests.

• Assisting students operate microscopes and other necessary equipment.
• Tutoring and guiding students during floral dissections and plant IDs.
• Weekly marking of spot tests and practical reports.
• Invigilating during tests and exams.

• Assisting students operate microscopes and other necessary equipment
• Tutoring and guiding students during floral dissections and plant IDs
• Weekly marking of spot tests and practical reports
• Invigilating during tests and exams
• Facilitating one-on-one group students (up to6) to foreign students (China, Japan, Taiwan)
• Customizing lesson plans according to students' level and needs
• Corrective feedback and evaluation for each student on pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary extension

Administrative duties

• Quality Control checks of production jobs, archiving files and sorting out vacant offices
• Data capturing, preparing workshop registers and filing, communication with teachers
• Reception duties included communicating with staff on daily updates
• Record keeping of micro kits stock and updating inventory

Science and Math Sector

• International Year of Crystallography (IYCr) developing interactive activities for growing crystals (Copper Sulphate crystals, Borax crystals and Magical Rock Garden) presenting and demonstrating for the learners at the National Science Week in Orange farm
• Attending, taking and circulating agenda and minutes monthly for Science sector meetings
• Proofreading and checking Maths Literacy textbooks before publishing and capturing marks