Staff Profiles: Professors

Dr Talknice Z. Jombo

Position: Chairperson

Research Interests:
    Food Chemistry Cereals and legumes processing Dairy science and processing Product development

Dr Macloud Sipeyiye

Position: Chairperson

Research Interests
    Religion, health and human flourishing, Religion and politics, Religion and ecological conservation, Religion and 4IR.

Dr Ernest Jakaza

Position: Senior Lecturer

Research interests:
    Discourse analysis, parliamentary discourse, media discourse, argumentation discourse, appraisal discourse, political discourse, sociolinguistics and syntax Communication 

Dr. Angeline K. Sithole

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:
    Gender and Development Public Policy Public Administration

Dr Smart Mhembwe

Position: Research Fellow

Research Interests:
    Gender & Development Gender, Climate change & Food security Cooperatives and collective development

Miss Davidzo Hope Mufema

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:
    Public Management  Local Government Financing Public Finance Public Organisation behaviour  Government civil service reform Local Government service delivery

Mr Zibanai Zhou

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests
    Tourism management Destination management Event tourism Tourism development and local communities.

Mr Tenson Tawanda Mugodzwa

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:
    Gender Education  Politics and History

Mr Amiel Mugari

Position: Lecturer

Research interests
    Sensory Science and Food Product Development. Food and Nutrition Security and Community Development. Food Safety, water and sanitation.

Mrs Phyllis Nyamande

Position: Lecturer

Research interests
    Reproductive health and nutrition Therapeutic nutrition Indigenous food systems Food safety Product development

Ms Chengeto P Mkwendi

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:
    Ubuntu Journalism Health Journalism & the media Polital Economy & the media Cultural Studies

Mr V.T Nyanhete

Position: Lecturer

Research Interest 
    Food Safety and Microbiology Fruit and Vegetable Processing Nutrition and Bioavailability of nutrients Risk Analysis & Predictive microbiology Antibiotic Resistance Mycotoxin analysis

Precise Ndebele

Position: Technical Assistant

Research Interests:
     

Mr Rodney N Gwaza

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests
    Food Microbiology, Food Biotechnology, New Product Development Total Quality Management Systems, Risk Analysis and Food Safety
 

Ms Getrude Ndari

Position: Lecturer

Research interests
    Diet and disease Food Security, Maternal and Child nutrition Gut microbiota Functional foods and herbs Public health nutrition consultancy and Policy Food microbiology Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
 

Bhasera Maruzani

Position: Researcher – Braille

Research interests:
    Inclusion of persons with disabilities Braille technology Visual impairment and braille Deaf-blind and tactile signing Disability in the community

Nhorito Shadreck

Position: Full- time Lecturer

Research Interests: 
    Interest in Taxation Financial Reporting  Research

Ms Gillian. V. Mandizvidza

Position: Chief Laboratory Technician

Research Interests: 
    Dairy Sciences Food safety and Microbiology Food Security

Mr Charles Magogo

Position: Laboratory Technician

Research Interests:
    Food Microbiology, Food Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, New Product Development, Food Safety, Food Quality Management Systems