Dr Orpah Zinyemba

Senior Lecturer
Name: Orpah Zinyemba
Location: C2-Lab 322
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Contact Details:
Tel: +27 (0) 11 559 2365

Email: ozinyemba@uj.ac.za

About Dr Orpah Zinyemba

EDUCATION

1981 to 1985 Queen High Elizabeth School, Harare, Zimbabwe. ‘O’ and ‘A’ Levels

1990 University of Zimbabwe

B.Sc: Applied Chemistry and Chemical Technology:  (2:1)

1997 King’s College London, University of London

Ph.D. : Bio-inorganic Chemistry

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1997 to date: University of Johannesburg (Former RAU & Vista University): Lecturer in general, inorganic /bio-inorganic, and analytical chemistry.

WORK EXPERIENCE

• April 1990 to January 1991: Johnson & Johnson Ltd., Harare, Zimbabwe
• Production Manager:
  November 1989 to March 1990: Kutsaga Research Station,  Harare, Zimbabwe
• Analytical Chemist:
  January 1988 to June 1988: Harare City Council, Works Department, Harare, Zimbabwe
• Industrial Trainee:
  July 1988 to December 1988: Sterling Winthrop Ltd, Harare, Zimbabwe Industrial Trainee:

RESEARCH

I am currently working in the analytical chemistry field on environmental pollution and authentication of agricultural products using ICP-MS, AAS ICP-OES and polarography.