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AWARD-winning Bindura University of Science Education (BUSE) scientist Professor Desmond Manatsa has been elevated to dean of the newly-branded Faculty of Science and Engineering.
In a statement, the university said Prof Manatsa’s new posting is with effect from March 1. Prof Manatsa is a full professor of Climate Science and holds a PhD from the University of Tokyo, Japan.
His PhD thesis won him the Japan Society for Promotion of Science Gold Medal Award.
He also holds an MSc in Ocean and Atmospheric Science from Cape Town University, South Africa and, another MSc in Climatology, but graduating as an Engineer Meteorologist, from the Russian State University of Hydrometeorology, Russia.
He joined Bindura University of Science Education in 2004 as a lecturer in the Geography Department and was subsequently promoted to the post of chairperson of the Department up to 2017.
From 2011 to 2013, Prof Manatsa worked in between his BUSE post as a Focal Climate Science Researcher (for East and Southern Africa) for the Japanese Agency for Marine Science and Technology in Japan.
He also worked for the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Italy as a Visiting Climate Scientist from 2011 to 2016 and did his Post Doc at the University of Free State where he is currently a Research Associate.
As a renowned academic, Prof Manatsa published a number of research works in peer-reviewed international journals, published several books and chapters, reviewed a number of refereed journals, engaged in consultancy work, was appointed an external examiner by a number of national and regional universities, supervised undergraduate and postgraduate (masters and PhD) thesis and attended several international seminars and courses where he also made some paper presentations.
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