Education

• 1965 obtained a BSc degree at the University of California
  University of California
  The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
  
   and Pepperdine University
  Pepperdine University
  Pepperdine University is an independent, private, medium-sized university affiliated with the Churches of Christ. The university's campus overlooking the Pacific Ocean in unincorporated Los Angeles County, California, United States, near Malibu, is the location for Seaver College, the School of...
  
   in California, USA
• 1965-1969 obtained MSc and PhD degrees in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Toronto
  University of Toronto
  The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
  
  , Canada
• 1969-1972 became a Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Harvard University
  Harvard University
  Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
  
  

Scientific Achievements

• Formamidopyrimidine DNA Glycosylase
  Formamidopyrimidine DNA Glycosylase
  Formamidopyrimidine DNA glycosylase is a base excision repair enzyme which recognizes and removes a wide range of oxidized purines from correspondingly damaged DNA....
  
  , which removes damaged 7-methylguanine from DNA (1979).
• DNA cyclase, which recloses imidazole rings of guanine
  Guanine
  Guanine is one of the four main nucleobases found in the nucleic acids DNA and RNA, the others being adenine, cytosine, and thymine . In DNA, guanine is paired with cytosine. With the formula C5H5N5O, guanine is a derivative of purine, consisting of a fused pyrimidine-imidazole ring system with...
  
   and adenine
  Adenine
  Adenine is a nucleobase with a variety of roles in biochemistry including cellular respiration, in the form of both the energy-rich adenosine triphosphate and the cofactors nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and flavin adenine dinucleotide , and protein synthesis, as a chemical component of DNA...
  
   damaged by x-irradiation (1985).

Work experience

• Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Full Professor, University of Michigan
  University of Michigan
  The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
  
  , 1972–1983
• Professor of Biochemistry, University of Zimbabwe
  University of Zimbabwe
  The University of Zimbabwe in Harare, is the oldest and largest university in Zimbabwe. It was founded through a special relationship with the University of London and it opened its doors to its first students in 1952. The university has ten faculties offering a wide variety of degree programmes...
  
  , 1983–1986
• Dean of Science University of Zimbabwe, (1986–1991)
• Pro Vice Chancellor, University of Zimbabwe, (1991–1993)
• Director General, Scientific and Industrial Research and Development Center, Zimbabwe, 1993-2003

External links

• Brief Curriculum Vitae, University of Zimbabwe, Department of Biochemistry