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.
Dr Fidelis Chigondo
Position: Chairperson
Research interests:
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Organic synthesis
Continuous flow synthesis
Medicinal chemistry
Environmental remediation
Material chemistry
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
Professor Mambo Moyo
Position: Associate Professor
Research Interests:
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Electrochemical analysis, electrochemical sensors and biosensors.
Fabrication of biosensors using
Dr Piwai Tshuma
Position: Senior Lecturer
Research Interests
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Preparation of Metal-Organic Frameworks with functional groups for heterogeneous catalysis.
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.
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 Vitalis Chitsa
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Materials Chemistry with particular specialisation in the area of porous metal organic frameworks (MOFs).
Mr Tichaona Nharingo
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests
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Environmental remediation
Developing novel nano-sorbents and membranes for wastewater treatment,
Development of Biosensors,
Inorganic synthesis
Nanotechnology and drug delivery
