Staff Profiles: Professors

Dr Pepukai Manjeru

Position: Senior Lecturer

Research Interest:

    Plant Breeding (breeding for biotic and abiotic resistance, breeding for improved nutritional value in staple crops), Seed Systems and stress Physiology. 

DR Arthur Fidelis Chikerema

Position: Senior Lecturer.

Research Interests:
    Conflict Management and Resolution, Peace Building and Reconciliation, Local Governance, Democracy and Human Rights

Dr Casper C Nyamukanza

Position: Senior Lecturer

Research Interests:
    Plant-Herbivore Interactions, Livestock Production

Dr Nomagugu Ndlovu

Position: Lecturer                     

Research Interests:
    Food security Climate change Nutrition and Health Non communicable diseases

Dr. Caven Masuku

Position: Lecturer

Research Interest: 

    Corporate Communication/Strategic Communication Corporate Social Responsibility/Stakeholder relationships Journalism & Social Media

Dr. Desmond Tichaona Mugadza

Position:

Research Interests
    Food Safety, Risk Analysis, Quality and Food Safety Management Sysytems  Microbiology and Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WaSH) Food security, Food waste and New Food Product Development 

Dr Gift Mehlana

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:

    Development of novel materials and their applications in heterogeneous catalysis, biomedical science and sensing.

Dr Lawrence Poperwi

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests

    Strategy – culture nexus Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Strategic management practices in the public sector Strategic leadership and corporate governance issues

Dr Terrence Musanga

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:
    Migration and Identity in Zimbabwean Literature HIV and Gender Nationalism and Popular Culture

Ms Ratidzo Midzi

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:

    Media and Disability Studies Media and Popular Culture Media and Specific Communities Film and video production

 

Mr Admire Takawira

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests

Mr Gregory Mero Dowo

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:

    Socio-ecological systems, Dynamics of wood utilisation at periphery of protected areas, Ecosystem services, Restoration ecology.

Mr Erasmus Madzudzo

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests

    Product Design and Development Simulation and Modelling Maintenance Engineering

Mr Givemore Moyo

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:

    Financial inclusion Financial intermediation  Savings groups Corporate Governance 

Mrs Linia Gedi Marazani

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests
    Development of novel Metal Organic Frameworks Photocatalytic degradation of emerging pollutants Cloud Point Extraction (CPE) of antibiotics from biological matrices Dispersive Liquid-Liquid Microextraction (DLLME) of antibiotics from biological matrices Crystallography

Mr Toleni Tayi

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:

    Industrial heritage, Community participation in heritage management, Heritage presentation and interpretation, Land reform and sustainable livelihoods,

Mr Samuel Musungwini

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:

    Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) ICT Applications areas Mobile Technologies Cloud Computing Mobile Computing Applications Social Media implications.

Mr Julius Mukarati

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:

    Development Economics Environmental Economics CGE modeling Micro simulation.

Mrs Mercy Dube

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:

    Consumer Behavior Digital marketing Supply chain relationships

Mr Abel Dzobo

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:
    Film Production and Aesthetics Media Economics and Management Documentary Production Decolonial and Post-colonial studies Media Law and Ethics