Staff Profiles: Professors
Dr Willard Mugadza
Position: Chairperson Private Law
Research Interests
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Public procurement law,
Anti-corruption law,
International economic law,
International trade law, AfCFTA
Administrative law and public international law.
Decoloniality
Jurisprudence
African governance systems and democracy
MR LAURENCE MAREGEDZE
Position: Acting Chairperson
Research Interests
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Machine design
Computational engineering
Digital Twin
Energy engineering
Industrial process automation and optimization
Artificial intelligence
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Finite element method
Andragogy
Professor (Fellow) Dr G Chikowore
Position: Associate Professor
Research Interests:
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Transformation, regional integration, local communities, international aid
development cooperation
Transformative AfCFTA program
forestry
digital technology
green economy.
Dr. Allan Tapiwa Maganga
Position: Research Fellow
Research Interests:
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African Studies
Ethnolinguistic Studies
Dr. Ngceboyakwethu Primrose Zinyama
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Drug discovery and development
Cheminformatics
Medicinal Chemistry
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Dr Naome Rajah
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests
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Local Governance,
E-Government,
Public administration,
Environmental Management,
Local Government Administration,
Land Reform, Human Settlements and Governance,
Service Delivery,
Rural and Urban Development,
Project Management,
Human Rights and Governance,
Inclusive Service Delivery,
Strategic Planning.
Dr Samuel Simbarashe Furusa
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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eHealth
Computer Security
Big Data Analytics
Cloud Computing
DR NOAH KUPETA
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Cultural Studies and Political Communication,
Memory Studies,
Digital and Electronic Broadcasting
Media Education & Andragogy Training Approaches
Indigenous Languages in Journalism
Dr Amato Chireshe
Position: Lecturer
Research interests
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Waste management
Occupational safety and health
Environmental issues.
Sustainability
Mr Thamsanqa Maphosa
Position: Language Researcher
Research Interests:
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Translation
Language Policy and Planning
Ndebele Culture
Language and Education
Onomastics
Sinikiwe Mapangisana
Position: Language Researcher
Research Interests:
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Language and Gender
Speech Therapy
Language Planning and Policy
Miss Cynthia Gauya
Position: Lecturer
Research interests:
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Behavioral Science
Digital HR Transformation
Industrial Relations & Labor Dynamics
Gender & the world of work
MR KUMBIRAI NICHOLAS MATINGO
Position: Assistant Lecturer / Staff Development Fellow
Research Interests:
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Spatial Dimensions of Public Health and Health Geography
Climate Change Impacts on Health
Spatial Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance
Applications of Geographic Information Science (GISc) for Sustainable Development
Earth Observation Technologies for Enhancing Livelihoods and Supporting the Sustainable Development Goals (Space4SDGs)
Mr Obert Manyasa
Position: Software Developer (ML/NLP)
Research Interests:
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Low-Resource Natural Language Processing (NLP)
Machine Learning & Deep Learning Engineering
Applied AI for Language Technologies
Software Project Management for AI/ML
Mr Zwidzai Chinyowa
Position: Researcher
Research Interests:
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Language and Technology
Computational Linguistics
Language Digitisation
Mr. Tendai Chirimaunga
Position: Researcher - ChiBarwe
Research Interests:
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phonology
morphology
lexicography
terminography
translation and interpretation
sociolinguistics
language policy and planning
indigenous knowledge systems
Amon Mudenda
Position: Researcher - Tonga
Research Interests
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Onomastics
Tonga morphology
Tonga culture and gender
Education and culture
