Staff Profiles: Chemical Sciences
Dr Munyaradzi Shumba
Position: Deputy Dean-Faculty of Science and Technology
Research Interests:
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Development of Electrochemical and Optical Nanosensors for the detection of disease indicator molecules
Nanosensor fabrication based on Nanosized phthalocyanines and carbon based nanomaterials for disease indicator molecules,
Environmental remediation.
Prof Upenyu Guyo
Position: Associate Professor
Research Interests:
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Water treatment
Applied synthetic organic chemistry
Catalysis
Process development
Continuous flow processing
Polymer synthesis
Computational
Chemistry
Mr Invine Tatenda Kandirai
Position: Senior Technician
Research interests
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Environmental remediation
Wastewater/Water treatment
Dr Piwai Tshuma
Position: Senior Lecturer
Research Interests
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Preparation of Metal-Organic Frameworks with functional groups for heterogeneous catalysis.
Dr Mellisa Brenda Sagandira
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Pharmaceutical drug synthesis
Organic synthesis
Continuous flow chemistry
Dr Dubekile Nyoni
Position: Lecturer
Research interests:
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Organic synthesis
Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery
Natural Products Chemistry
Theoretical/Computational Chemistry
Physical Organic Chemistry
Dr Gift Mehlana
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Development of novel materials and their applications in heterogeneous catalysis, biomedical science and sensing.
Mrs M Nemaura
Position: Lecturer
Research interests:
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Electrochemistry
Environmental remediation
Material chemistry
Industrial Chemistry
Mr Coaster Mabanga
Position: Lecturer
Research interests:
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Nanomaterial synthesis
Electrochemistry
Sensing technologies
Mr Chakanaka Pardon Mungwari
Position: Lecturer
Research interests:
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Corrosion and Materials Protection
Bioenergy Production
Predictive Modeling
Environmental remediation
Miss Evernice S Chikukwa
Position: Lecturer
Research interests:
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Metal Organic Frameworks
Drug Delivery
Renewable Energy
Water Treatment
Photovoltaics
Ms Magdalene C Change
Position: Lecturer
Research interests:
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Organic synthesis
Environmental remediation
Material chemistry`
Mrs Linia Gedi Marazani
Position: Lecturer
Research interests
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Crystallography
Carbon dioxide utilization
Development of novel metal-organic frameworks
Water sorption studies using metal-organic frameworks
Enzyme catalysis using metal-organic frameworks.
Mrs Muriel Mambanda
Position: Lecturer
Research Interest
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Material Chemistry
Environmental remediation
Ms Pimpernel Garanganga
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests
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Medicinal Chemistry
Natural Products Chemistry
Drug discovery and development
Indigenous medicinal plants pharmaceuticals
Miss Maureen Gumbo
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests
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Applied synthetic organic chemistry.
Metal-Organic Frameworks and applications.
Catalysis.
Mr Naison Chauya
Position:
Research Interests
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Fluid flow
Froth Flotation
Heat Transfer and Exchange Analysis and Water Treatment
