Staff Profiles: Professors

Dr S Shoko

Position: Chairperson

Qualifications:  
    Dip Ed (UZ), B.Ed Hons (UNISA), MEd (ZOU), PhD (UKZN) 
Research Interests:

Dr Piwai Tshuma

Position: Senior Lecturer

Research Interests

    Preparation of Metal-Organic Frameworks with functional groups for heterogeneous catalysis.

Dr Julia Mutambara

Position: Senior Lecturer

Research interests

    Positive Psychology Developmental psychology Health psychology Trauma healing and coping Women`s mental health Bereavement Implementation Science

Dr Augustine T Mataba

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests

    Strategic Management Business/Labour Law Human Resources Management  Intellectual Property Law Business model Innovation Strategic Human Resources Management

Dr Takunda Maodza

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests: Media and Politics, Data Journalism, Investigative Journalism 

Dr Precious Dube

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:
    Applied Linguistics gender studies Climate change Multilingualism Second language Acquisition Communication

Dr. Sheunesu Mandizvidza

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:
    Interface between history and literature (Auto)biography Life writing Academic and Professional Communication Land literature Memory Studies

Dr Winmore Kusena

Position: RESEARCH MANAGER

Research Areas:

    Aspects of Human Geography Water Governance Sustainable household livelihood Environmental Assessment & Management

Dr Mellisa Brenda Sagandira

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:  
    Pharmaceutical drug synthesis Organic synthesis Continuous flow chemistry
 

Mrs Nency Munyuki

Position: Lecturer

Research interests: 
    Agronomy, Sustainable Agriculture, Soil fertility Plant nutrition

Mr Scott Mamimine

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law and Human Rights Law

Mrs M Nemaura

Position: Lecturer

Research interests: 

    Electrochemistry Environmental remediation Material chemistry Industrial Chemistry

Mr Chakanaka Pardon Mungwari

Position: Lecturer

Research interests: 
    Corrosion and Materials Protection Bioenergy Production Predictive Modeling Environmental remediation

Miss Evernice S Chikukwa

Position: Lecturer

Research interests: 
    Metal Organic Frameworks Drug Delivery Renewable Energy Water Treatment Photovoltaics
   

Ms Magdalene C Change

Position: Lecturer

Research interests: 
    Organic synthesis Environmental remediation Material chemistry`

Mrs Linia Gedi Marazani

Position: Lecturer

Research interests
    Crystallography Carbon dioxide utilization Development of novel metal-organic frameworks Water sorption studies using metal-organic frameworks Enzyme catalysis using metal-organic frameworks.
 

MR R. ZHOU

Position: Staff Development Fellow

Research Areas:  

Structural Designs, Water and Sanitation

Lindani Mpinami

Position: Assistant lecturer

Research Interests:
    Cultural studies language development Climate change  translation studies gender studies

Limukani T Dube

Position:

Research Interests:
    Development of marginalised languages sociolinguistics identity and onomastics

Mr Sydney Kaseke

Position: Laboratory Technician

Research interests
    Medicinal chemistry