Qualifications: MPhil Landscape Ecology (National University of Science & Technology); BSc Honours Geography and Environmental Studies (Midlands State University).

Skills and competencies: Digital Image Processing; Database Design and Management; Remote Sensing and GIS; Environmental Management, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Ecological Assessment.

Research Interests: Landscape ecology, Land Use and Land Cover Assessment, Natural Resources Management; Wildlife Conservation.

Research and Publications 

Some selected recent publications: 

• Ngwenya B.T., Ndagurwa H.G.T., Huruba R., Mlambo, D., Mawanza, M., Muvengwi, J., MacFadyen D.N., Chirima, A.  2021. The coupling effects of pyrodiversity and land use on termite assemblages in semi-arid savanna. Global Conservation and Ecology 28: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01643
• Mandinyenya, B., Monks, N., Mundy, P.J., Sebata, A. & Chirima, A., 2020. Habitat choices of African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and plains zebra (Equus quagga) in a heterogeneous protected area. Wildlife Research, 47(2): 106-113. https://doi.org/10.1071/WR18201.
• Chirima, A., Mundy, P., Ncube, N. & Van Rooyen, A.F., 2018. Vegetation changes in the Miombo woodlands in Northwestern Zimbabwe: A case study of Nkayi district 1990 to 2017. In: Sebata A (ed.) (2018) Vegetation. InTech Open. pp. 43-57. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.72466.
• Mandinyenya, B., Monks, N., Mundy, P.J., Sebata, A. & Chirima, A., 2018. Habitat use by a mixed feeder: impala Aepyceros melampus in a heterogeneous protected area. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 34(6): 378-384. DOI: 10.1111/aje.12592.
• Mandinyenya, B., Monks, N., Mundy, P.J., Sebata, A. & Chirima, A., 2019. Habitat use by giraffe and greater kudu in the Zambezi National Park, Zimbabwe. African Journal of Ecology, 57(2): 286-289. https://doi.org/10.1017/S026646741800038X.

Email: albert.chirima@nust.ac.zw