Qualifications: PhD Avian Ecology (National University of Science & Technology); Bachelor of Science (Honours) Forest Resources and Wildlife Management (National University of Science & Technology). 

Skills and competencies: Natural Resources Conservation and Management; Biostatistics; Environmental Impact Assessment; Environmental and Project Management; Community-based Conservation. 

Research Interests: a multidisciplinary natural resource ecologist, with interests in Avian Ecology, Wetland Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Disease Ecology, Entomology, and Biodiversity Conservation.

Research and Publications 

Some selected recent publications:

• Tarakini T, Mundy P, Mundava J & Fritz H. 2021. Management of waterbirds in a Kalahari pan ecosystem. In: Fundamentals of Tropical Freshwater Wetlands. In press.
• Mundava J, Mundy P, et al. 2018. A survey of nesting White-backed Vultures in the Hwange National Park. Honeyguide 64: 30-32.
• Caron A, Chiweshe N, Mundava J, Gaidet N, et al. 2017. Avian viral pathogens in swallow, Zimbabwe: Infectious diseases in Hirundinidae: A risk to Swallow? Ecohealth 14: DOI:10.1007/s10393-017-1282-5
• Simbanegavi TT, Ndagurwa HGT, Mundava J & Mundy PJ. 2017. Response of the waterbird community to floating pennywort (Hydrocotyle ranunculoides) cover at Ngamo dam, Antelope Park, Zimbabwe. African Journal of Ecology DOI:10.1111/aje.12412/full
• Mundava J, Caron A, de Garine-Wichatitsky M, Abolnik C, Mundy P & Gaidet N. 2016. The role of breeding phenology and aggregation of waterfowl on avian influenza dynamics in southern Africa. Ibis 158:762-775.

Email: josephine.mundava@nust.ac.zw