Title and Full Name

Dr.Hilda Nyathi

Position

Departmental Chairman, Associate Professor

Contact Details

Office: SW155

Ext: 2458

Email:  hilda.nyathi@nust.ac.zw 

Courses being Taught

Advanced Food Microbiology, Food Technology, Quality Assurance, Industrial Biotechnology. 

Education including Awards and Honours

PhD Food Microbiology (RMIT), MSc in Food Biotech (Wageningen), EMBA (NUST), PGDHE (NUST), PGDE (ZOU), BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences (UZ)

Work History (Public/Private Sectors)

Dairibord Zimbabwe Pvt  Ltd.  (Quality Control)
Bindura Univerity of Science Education (Lecturer)

International Work Experience

None

Membership in Professional Organizations

None

Work History (Public/Private Sectors)
Dairibord Zimbabwe Pvt  Ltd.  (Quality Control)
Bindura Univerity of Science Education (Lecturer)

Research Interests
Food safety and characterization of food-borne pathogens - Listeria monocytogenes, Campylobacter jejuni, Escherichia coli.

Publications

2020. Nyati, H. Quality Certification trends in the Zimbabwean Food Industry. Zimbabwe Journal of Science and Technology.15, 1-11.
2021. Nyati, H., Heuvelink, A.,  Van Heerwaarden, C.,  Zwartkruis, A.     Evaluation of test-kits for the detection of   Escherichia coli  O157  in raw meats and cattle faeces.     International  Journal of  Food Studies.  1.2, 126-134.

• Nyati, H., Beumer, R.,  Van der Veen, S.,   Hazeleger, W.,  Abee, T.     Influence of organic material and biofilms on disinfectant efficacy against  Listeria monocytogenes.     International  Journal of  Food Studies.     1.1, 77- 85.

2010. Oyarzabal, O., Oscar, T., Speegle, L and Nyati, H. 2010. Survival of  Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in retail broiler meat stored at  -20, 4, or 12^oC,  and development of   Weibull models for survival.    Journal of Food Protection.              8, 1438-1446 (9).
2011. Nyati, H. 2008. An evaluation of  Biological Sciences courses in selected         Zimbabwe Universities and their relevance to the 2003-2007 Advanced Level  Biology syllabus. SA-eDUC Journal.   1,  22-32.
2012. Todorov, S., Nyati, H.  and Dicks, LMT.    Partial characterization of bacteriocin AMA-K,  produced by Lactobacillus plantarum  AMA-K  isolated from naturally fermented milk in  Zimbabwe.  Food Control.  18.6, 656 – 664.

• Nyati, H. 2004. Evaluation of the microbial quality of water supplies to municipal, mining, and squatter communities in the Bindura urban area.   Water Science and Technology.  1, 99-103. 
• Nyati, H.   Survival characteristics and the applicability of predictive mathematical modeling to  Listeria monocytogenes growth in sous vide products. International Journal of  Food Microbiology.  56, 123-132.

2000. Nyati, H.   An evaluation of the effect of storage and processing temperatures on the microbiological status of sous vide extended shelf-life products.  Food Control.   11.6, 471- 476.
2001. Nyati, H.    Pathogenesis, growth and survival characteristics of L.       monocytogenes - a newly emerged pathogen. Journal of Applied Science in Southern Africa.  6.1, 1-15.
2002. Feresu, S & Nyati, H. 1990. Fate of pathogenic and non-pathogenic Escherichia coli strains in two fermented milk products. Journal of Applied Bacteriology.  69, 814-821.