Staff Profiles: Professors

Mr Sammie Batanai Lovemore

Position: Acting Chairperson / Lecturer

Dr Whatmore Sengweni

Position: Chairperson

Research Interests     
    Distribution Theory Probability Mathematical and Applied Statistics, Actuarial Statistics Machine learning and Data science Applications.
 

Professor Thomas Marambanyika

Position: Acting Executive Dean Faculty of Social Sciences

Research Interests:

    Sustainable utilization and conservation of natural resources Environmental management in industry Food systems and Food security Wetland processes and management GIS and remote sensing applications with societal impact

Dr P. Dube

Position: Lecturer

Research interests include Seed quality determination for indigenous vegetables and crops, post-harvest handling of exotic crops, integrated food- based strategies- combining dietary diversity through the promotion of indigenous vegetables in Zimbabwe, post-harvest, value chains and diet quality of indigenous vegetables. Member of the Community of Practice on African Forgotten and underutilized food commodities.

Dr Peace Mukwara

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:

    Decolonising AI and algorithmic Screen Media African Theatre, Performance, Film, Cinema, and Television Identities The intersection of Cultural Production, Media, and Politics Advertising, Copywriting, Graphic Design, and Branding

Dr Peterson Chawuruka

Position: Lecturer

Research interests:
    Marketing strategic management corporate communications, entrepreneurship and small businesses, and corporate strategy

Dr Betserai Gracious Mashiri

Position: Lecturer

Expertise: Management, Leadership and Corporate Governance, Business and its environment Research interests:
    Business Leadership, Corporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, Training and Development, Strategic management
 

Dr Doreen Nkala

Position: Lecturer

Research Interest :
    Corporate Social  Investment, Emotional Marketing, Entrepreneurship a  Peace Strategy, E-commerce, Services Marketing.

Dr Enard Mutenheri

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:
    Applied Econometrics and Statistics Corporate Finance

Mr Albert Gumbo

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests
    Rehabilitation and biorediation of degraded land & water resources Enviornmental impacts of anthropogenic activities on environmental resources Impacts of climate change on environmental resouces and climate change resilience  Natural resources governance Biochar and bioremediation capabilities Geotechnology application in natural resources management    

Mr Taurai George Rebanowako

Position: Lecturer

Research interests:

    Data Science and Business Intelligence  Knowledge Representation  Computer Security/Cybersecurity  Mobile Computing and Wireless Networks, Artificial Intelligence, Simulation and Modelling Image Processing and Deep Learning

Mr Tichaona Byson Matsvimbo

Position: Lecturer

Research Interest

Mr Zivanayi Vhusi Nicol

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:

    Econometric modelling Financial Modelling Statistical analysis International Finance Blockchain technology

Mr Gift Tapedzesa

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests     
    Biomathematics

Mr Wellington Frederick Charumbira

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests     
    Distributional Theory and Time series

Mr Paul Kundai Ziwakaya

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests     
    Financial Mathematics, Disease and Infectious Disease Modelling (Biomathematics), Stochastic Processes and Control, Numerical Methods and Computational Modelling

Mr Godfrey Shoko

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests     
    Dynamical systems (climate change modelling), Mathematical Finance (Asset  price modelling, financial engineering), Machine learning  and Data science Applications

Mr Abraham Maposa

Position: Research fellow

Research Interests

    Child sexual abuse prevention and socio-ecological frameworks Gender-based violence Sexual harassment in higher education Sexual and reproductive health and rights Community psychology and institutional transformation Monitoring and evaluation of social development programmes

 

Ms NHEMACHENA NANCY

Position: Researcher – English

Research interests:

    Language Technology Academic and Professional Communication Language Policy and Planning Language teaching Literature