JENNY WHITTAL
Career category: GEOMATICS: Professional Land Surveying
Current Employment: Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Town
Email address: jwhittal@ebe.uct.ac.za

Career History:
I completed a BSc in Surveying at UCT in 1989 and proceeded directly with a Masters degree in Engineering at the same university. For my thesis I investigated the use of GPS for vertical crustal deformation monitoring for the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. After graduating in 1991 I began working for the Cape Town City Council where I completed my cadastral articles and was registered as a Professional Land Surveyor. In 1996 I joined the Department of Geomatics at the University of Cape Town as a senior lecturer and am currently the programme convenor for the BSc Geomatics and BSc Hon GIS programmes. I’ve been actively involved in professional bodies having been the Vice President and President of the local branch of the South African Geomatics Institute. I am currently studying for a doctoral degree through the University of Calgary in Canada. My persona interests include surfskiing, mountain walking, mountain biking, boogie boarding, hobie-cat sailing, reading and bird watching. I am also married with two girls aged four and six.