Mr. Sizwe Zondo is an academic and Clinical Neuropsychologist at Rhodes University, (South Africa), where he teaches courses in biological psychology, quantitative research methods, and neuropsychology. Sizwe completed his studies at the University of Cape Town and is currently pursuing his Ph.D. at the University of the Witwatersrand. His Ph.D. seeks to uncover the neural correlates of pediatric HIV and the role of brain plasticity in enhancing the neural networks underpinning sustained attention. The motivation for his research and subsequent supervision at the postgraduate level is based on his clinical work with children living with HIV/AIDS, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and autism. In his research, Sizwe seeks to understand neuropathology using affordable but high-resolution neuroimaging techniques, namely functional near-infrared spectrometry (fNIRS) techniques. His research and professional goals are to: (a) Investigate neurovascular coupling in the cerebral cortex, particularly to elucidate brain network connectivity in pediatric HIV, TBI, and autism. Related to the former, the secondary goals of his research are (b) to create biomarkers of the aforementioned disorders based on the study of hemodynamic differences in oxygenated hemoglobin (HbO2)and deoxygenated hemoglobin (Hb) coupled with EEG measures and fNIRS measures. The objective of this research is to better refine brain plasticity protocols used to remediate neurocognition in children living with HIV, TBI, and autism in Sub-Saharan Africa.