Staff Profiles

• Ph.D. Systems Engineering (in Nonlinear Mechanics & Compliant Systems)
• M.Sc. Systems Engineering (in Artificial Intelligence/Control)
• B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering
• Higher Certificate in Education

Accomplished academic with 18+ years of dedicated service in academia, and robust mastery of control systems engineering, nonlinear mechanics & robotics systems, intelligent modelling, machine learning,  artificial intelligence, finite element method and multiphysical design. A proactive professional with a demonstrated ability to learn rapidly and take initiative, ensuring adaptability to evolving educational landscapes. Proficient in both oral and written English communication, with a knack for conveying complex technical concepts in an accessible manner. Excel in high-pressure environments, consistently delivering quality results while meeting stringent deadlines. Possess strong interpersonal, communication, team building, and relationship management skills, contributing to a collaborative and conducive learning environment. Committed to advancing academic excellence through innovative teaching methodologies and staying abreast of the latest developments in engineering education.

Undergraduate Level:

• Systems and Control
• Mechanics of Solids
• Measurements and Instrumentation
• Mechatronics and Robotics
• Embedded Systems
• Engr'g. Design and Prototyping
• Machine Learning/AI
• Engr'g. Mechanics
• Rigid Body Dynamics
• Material Science
• Numerical Methods/FEM
• Operational Methods

Postgraduate Level:

• Robotics
• Nonlinear Control
• Continuum Mechanics
• Nonlinear FEM
• Methods of Applied Maths
• Elasticity
• Biomechanics
• Reliability/ Maintainability
• Experimentation/ Measurement

• Control systems
• Continuum & Computational Mechanics
• Robotics Systems
• Intelligent Modelling
• Machine Learning
• Artificial Intelligence
• Finite Element Method/Analysis
• Multiphysics Design
• Biomechanics

• Electric Vehicles
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• Computational Mechanics
• Machine Learning & AI
• Mechatronics & Robotic Systems
• FEM/FEA
• Biomechanics

Google Scholar:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=ruR9BAkAAAAJ&view_op=list_works

Scopus Citation:

https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=53881101100

Web of Science:

https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/AAI-1299-2020

oPhD Hydrology and Water Resources -1999

MSc Water Resources Engineering - 1995

BSc Civil Engineering - 1990

Member IAHS – International Association of Hydrological Sciences, Member No. 5764 (since 1997)
Founding Member: Africa Groundwater Professionals Network (AGW-Net) (since 2008) [Link: ht

25 Mar 2014-Present- Professor 
Recent- Coordinator of Water Systems Analysis Group
29 Nov 2011-Mar 2014- Associate Professor 
2007-Nov 2011- Senior Lecturer 
2001-2007- Lecturer

Undergraduate level:

GEO 205 Introduction to Hydrogeology
GEO 203 Remote sensing applied to Geology

Postgraduate level:

GEO 602 Surface Water and Vadoze-Zone Hydrology
GEO 605 Remote-Sensing and GIS Applications in Hydrogeology
GEO 607 Integrated Water Resources Management
GEO 610 Stochastic hydrology
GEO 701 Supervised Research and Dissertation
GEO 900 Supervised Research and Dissertation

• Surface water and vadose zone hydrology (including hydraulics of open channel and pressurized flow systems)
• Hydrological risk analysis in hydrological and water resources/ bulk water supply systems
• Integrated water resources management and modeling
• Optimization, modeling and assessment of climate change, water and civil infrastructure development(dam, water supply, sanitation, irrigation, industry etc)
• GIS and remote sensing-based modelling of hydrologic and hydraulic systems

Rainfall – runoff modelling and storage capacity determination for excess runoff harvesting in urbanized watersheds- the case of Notwane subbasin from calibrated HEC – HMS model
Surface and ground water resources optimisation- a case study of Greater Gaborone Region
Rainfall Characteristics and Drought Regimes of Botswana
Water Resource Evaluation and Modelling of Motloutse Alluvial Water Course - A case study of Tobane River reach
Optimization of water resources and water supply in Palapye, etc

SCHOLARLY BOOKS
1. Alemaw, B.F. 2012. Integrated Modelling and Assessment Systems: Development and Application for Water Resources Variability and Climate Change Evaluation in Southern Africa, ISBN. 978 3 8473 1684 8, LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Saarbrucken, Germany. pp.284
2. Matondo, J., Alemaw, B.F. Sandwidi, J.P. (2020). Climate Variability and Change Research in Africa – Perspectives and Experiences. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, ISBN: 978-3-030-31542-9. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-31543-6 pp.208

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

More than 36 publications

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Examples are:

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
1. Solomon Owolabi, Kakaba Madi, Ahmed M Kalumba, Berhanu F. Alemaw (2019), Assessment of Buffalo watershed with respect to streamflow variability, J. Environmental Earth Sciences Vol.(0123456789), Environmental Earth Sciences (2020) 79187 doi.org/10.1007/s12665-020-08925-4
3.B.F Alemaw, N Sebusang, 2017. Climate Change an

- Subspecialty in Paediatric infectious diseases

- Specialty in Paediatrics and child health

- Doctor of Medicine (MD)

I am a Paediatrician and a Paediatric infectious diseases specialist with more than 15 years' experience. I am the assistant program director of the Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent health. My research interests are in pediatric antimicrobial stewardship, and I have published 45 peer-reviewed articles and co-authored various clinical guidelines (including the Africa CDC pan-African antimicrobial treatment guidelines) and book chapters. I am also an assistant editor of the International Journal of Infectious Diseases and the current vice-president of the African society of pediatric infectious diseases (AfSPID).  

- MMed, Paediatrics and Adolescent Health, Years 1 - 4

- SOM 604, Paediatrics and Adolescent Health, MBBS Year V class

- SOM 407, Paediatrics and Adolescent Health, MBBS Year III class

- SOM 303, Pregnancy, birth and child health, MBBS Year II class

- Antimicrobial stewardship

- Inborn errors of immunity

- Perinatal infections

Supervisor for the following MMed research projects at the University of Botswana

- Risk factors and determinants of outcomes among newborn admissions born before arrival to Princess Marina Hospital, Gaborone

- Knowledge, attitude and practices of doctors and midwives on delayed cord-clamping in preterms at Princess Marina Hospital and maternity clinics in Gaborone

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A full list of publications is available here: http://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=tinsae+alemayehu 

B.Pharm, M.Pharm (Pharmaceutics), and PGDPRA - Hamdard, India; PhD (Drug Delivery) - University Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia

Dr. Nafiu Aminu is currently lecturing at the School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana. He was working at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Nigeria, before moving to the University of Botswana in 2024. Dr. Aminu has a broad research background in pharmaceutics, and he focused on advancing pharmaceutical sciences through innovative approaches in Nano Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery. He is interested in collaborative research on bioavailability enhancement and targeted drug delivery. Dr. Aminu has presented his research work at several conferences held in Nigeria, India, Malaysia, Australia, and United Arab Emirates. He also published over 40 research and review articles in international journals of repute and has contributed 4 book chapters. Dr. Aminu won some research grants from TETFund (Nigeria). He is a certified reviewer for several journals including Carbohydrate Polymers (Elsevier). He is a member of the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria, Delhi Pharmacy Council India, IHME Global Burden of Disease (GBD) collaborator, Pharmacy Scholars Initiative (PSI) and some other professional organizations. He is involved in mentoring young researchers/scholars from PSI. He has a great passion for promising research projects and imparting knowledge through teaching. Dr. Nafiu won various awards at the national and international levels.

Pharmaceutics

Pharmaceutical technology

Dosage forms

Pharmaceutics, Novel Drug Delivery, Nanomedicines

Nanocreams for anti-ageing effects;

Nanogels for wound healing;

Acetylation and characterization of ampelocissus africana (wild cassava tuber) starch for oral drug delivery application;

Extraction, preparation, and characterizations of chitosan from grasshopper for drug delivery applications;

Dermal-gel formulation of herbal extracts.

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=sWgtDLoAAAAJ&hl=en

1. Aminu, N., Khalid, G.M., Ilyasu, S., Yahaya, Z.S., Shuaibu, F., Nuhu, T., Chan, S.Y., Umar, N.M., & Mumuni, M.A. (2024). Pharmaceutical sterile formulations. In Dosage Forms, Formulation Developments and Regulations (pp. 577–611). Elsevier. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-91817-6.00004-8

2. Aminu, N., Ilyasu, S., Al-Kassim Hassan, M., Kurfi, F.S., Jatau, A.I., Chan, S.Y., & Alfred-Ugbenbo, D. (2023). Applications of nanofibers drug delivery system in cancer therapy. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 90, 105128. DOI: 10.1016/j.jddst.2023.105128

3. Aminu, N., & Audu, M. M. (2023). Polycaprolactone-based nanoparticles for advanced therapeutic applications. In: M. S. Hasnain, A. K. Nayak, & T. M. Aminabhavi (Eds.), Polymeric Nanosystems (1st ed., pp. 37–84). London, United Kingdom: Elsevier. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-85656-0.00003-6

4. Aminu, N., Chan, S.Y., Yam, M.F., & Toh, S.M. (2019). A dual-action chitosan-based nanogel system of triclosan and flurbiprofen for localised treatment of periodontitis. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 570, 118659. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2019.118659

Doctor of Philosophy (University of Johannesburg, South Africa)
Master of Science (Colorado State University, USA)
Bachelor of Science (University of Botswana)

Intelligent Systems, Machine Learning, Operating Systems

Intelligent Systems, System Software, Data Matching

1. Raghunath Arnab, George Anderson, John Olaomi, B.C. Rodríguez, Stratified Two-Phase Ranked Set Sampling, Pakistan Journal of Statistics and Operation Research (PJSOR), Vol. 15 No. 4, December 2019, pp. 867-879.
2. George Anderson, Tallman Nkgau, Computer System Design Exploration Using Local Search and Genetic Algorithms, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Applied Computing and Information Technology (ACIT 2016), 12-14 December 2016, Las Vegas, USA, ISBN: 978-1-5090-4871-7, pp. 189-195.
3. George Anderson, Audrey Masizana, Dimane Mpoeleng, An Exact and Inexact Approach for Saving Time and Preventing Errors in Processing of Student Exam Results at the University of Botswana, International Journal on Information Technology (IREIT), Vol. 1 No. 3, May 2013, pp. 179-185.

MSc:  Albert - Ludwigs - University Freiburg, Germany    BIOCHEMISTRY  Liver epitehlium cell metabolism

PHD: Pre-Cilinical Research, Sandoz Pharma, Basel Switzerland and Albert - Ludwigs University,   MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY  Alzheimer's Disease

1995-1999            Staff Research Scientist/Staff Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, University of Vienna, Austria

2000-2005            Assistant Professor, Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, University of Vienna, Austria

2007-2012            Senior Lecturer, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Botswana

2010-2013            Co-Consultant National Indigenous Knowledge Systems Policy (Area of responsibility: Human Health)

2013 -                   Associate Professor – Molecular Cell Biology

2017-                    Acting Director, Center for Scientific Research, Indigenous Knowledge & Innovation

2017-                    Sub-Saharan African Network for TB/HIV Research Excellence Supervisor/Researcher

2020-                    Member of the WHO Regional Expert Advisory Committee on Traditional Medicine for COVID-19

Cell Biology

Biochemistry

Genetics

Molecular Genetics

• Development and application of new participatory methods for collaboration of scientists and traditional healers for drug discovery
• Creation of natural product-based screening resources and new screening approaches for indigenous knowledge - based drug discovery platforms
• Identification of traditional medicine with anti-HIV and HIV latency reversal properties and isolation of active principles
• Traditional medicine documentation systems

• Natural products as anti-infective agents with emphasis on HIV-1, HIV-1 Latency reversal, Mycobacteria, helminth/nematodal infections and causative agents of sexually transmitted infections
• Ethnomedical and participatory research methods
• Reverse pharmacology

• Andrae-Marobela, K. et al. (2012) ‘Now I heal with pride: The application of Screens-to-Nature Technology to Indigenous Knowledge Systems Research in Botswana – Implications for drug disocvery’, Ch. 10, 239-264 in: Chibale, K., Davies-Coleman, M., Masirimebwa, C (Edts.) ‘Drug Discovery in Africa’, Springer Verlag, Germany.

• Ian Tietjen, Barbara N. Ngwenya, Ghislain Fotso, David E. Williams , Sundana Simonambango, Bonaventure T. Ngadjui Raymond J. Andersen, Mark A. Brockman, Zabrina L. Brumme, Kerstin Andrae-Marobela (2018) The Croton megalobotrys Müll Arg. traditional medicine in HIV/AIDS management: Documentation of patient use, in vitro activation of latent HIV-1 provirus, and isolation of active phorbol esters. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 211, 267-277.

• Complete List of Published Work in MyBibliography:

  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/1pyTMzuOqE2Qa/bibliography/48453180/public/?sort=date&direction=ascending

PostDoc River Conservation

PostDoc Water Resource Science

PhD Zoology (Hydrobiology & Fisheries)

MSc Applied Hydrobiology & Fisheries

BSc (Hons) Zoology

I am a Professor of Aquatic biology and Ecotoxicology since 2016. Joined the University of Botswana in June 2025. My sundry studies of streams, creeks, rivers, wetlands, ocean and estuaries of the Niger Delta water-web provide useful information on the region’s aquatic ecology and insights for managing the ecosystems sustainably. I am an established scholar and a leading expert in Aquatic Ecology, Environmental Impact Assessment, Biodiversity and Ecotoxicology. I have and still managing large research projects and involved in several collaborative studies across the globe. I have a teaching and research experience in the University for over two decades and have supervised several undergraduate and postgraduate research projects including 20 PhD graduates and several consultancy projects. I have a postdoctoral research experience from the Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa in 2009 and was a visiting researcher on River Conservation to Senckenberg Natural Museum, Gelnhausen, Germany in 2014 and University of Mississippi, USA in 2015. My research accomplishment is evidenced by over 200 journal publications, eleven invited talks, 40 conference abstracts, 10 of which are at the international level. I am currently the President of Freshwater Biological Association of Nigeria (FBAN), a fellow of Zoological Society of Nigeria (ZSN) and Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA)

ECOLOGY

Aquatic/Freshwater Ecology

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Ecological Impact Assessment

Wastewater Management

Ecosystem Management

Fisheries and Aquaculture

Invertebrate Zoology

Aquatic Ecology, Ecotoxicology, Biomonitoring, Freshwater Ecosystems, Biodiversity Conservation, Macroinvertebrates, Land-use Impacts, Climate Change, Ecosystem Health, Biotic Indices, Trait-based Approaches, Social-Ecological Systems, Ecosystem Restoration, Water Resource Management, Pollution Impacts, River Conservation, Wetland Ecology, Estuarine Ecology, Environmental Impact Assessment, Taxonomic-based Approaches, Stressor-specific Perturbation, Microplastic pollution, Biodiversity, Ichthyol

Aquatic Ecology and Conservation

Ecotoxicology and Pollution Impacts

Freshwater Ecosystem Health Assessment

Biomonitoring and Biotic Indices Development

Macroinvertebrate Ecology and Conservation

River and Wetland Conservation and Management

Environmental Impact Assessment and Management

Water Resource Management and Sustainability

Climate Change Impacts on Freshwater Ecosystems

Social-Ecological Systems and Ecosystem Services

Taxonomic and Trait-based Approaches in Aquatic Ecology

Articles published in 2025 only

Onyima, B.N., ....., Arimoro, F.O., et al. (2025). Livelihood risks arising from urban river pollution in selected marginal communities in the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria. Urban Ecosyst 28, 1–12. SPRINGER

Feio, M. J., ..., Arimoro, F. O. et al. (2025). The impacts of alien species on river bioassessment. Journal of Environmental Management, 374, 123874.ELSEVIER

Ekwemuka, M. C., Arimoro, F. O., et al . (2025). Multi-scale factors revealed contrasting impacts on Water bird composition and Beta diversity across wetlands in an Afrotropical landscape. Global Ecology and Conservation, 58, e03438. ELSEVIER

Arimoro, F. O. et al.  (2025). Dissecting the urban footprint of unplanned settlements shaping macroinvertebrate communities in Wuye River, Abuja, Nigeria. Scientific Reports, 15, 16615

Akindele, E. O., ….Arimoro, F. O et al. (2025). A spatial inventory of freshwater macroinvertebrate occurrences in the Guineo-Congolian biodiversity hotspot. Scientific Data, 12(1), 227. SPRINGER NATURE

Akachukwu, E. N….. & Arimoro, F. O. (2025). Phytoplankton as indicators of ecological changes in Afrotropical reservoirs. Environmental Monit

• BSc (Honours) – School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, UK.
• MSc – Kings College London, University of London (UK)
• PhD – School of Earth Sciences, University of Wollongong, Australia.

• Earth Sciences: Geomorphology, Soil Science, Isotope geosciences
• Atmospheric sciences: meteorology; atmospheric pollution; climate change science applications.
• Environmental Science and Management: Environmental Impact Assessment; applied geosciences; energy resources & conservation; policy-science interfaces and technological (green) applications.
• Expert negotiator in multilateral environmental agreements e.g. UNFCCC, UNCCD.

• Geomorphological applications & environmental management.
• Climate change.
• Environmental Impact Assessment.
• Environmental Science applications to policies and development applications.
• Sustainable Development Goals.
• Open Data and science in transformation agendas.

1. Atlhopheng J.; Molebatsi, C.; Toteng, E. and Totolo, O. (1998) Environmental Issues in Botswana
2. A handbook. Lightbooks Publishers. Gaborone. ISBN 99912-71-05-8.ii. Mapeo, R.; Atlhopheng, J.;
3. Ntsimanyana, M.; Chatupa, J.; Tsimako, J.; Siamisang, T.; and Ramonyane, P. (2001) Geology and geomorphology of Botswana, In Botswana National Atlas. Department of Surveys and Mapping, pages 13-29.
4. IPCC (2007) (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) – Assessment Report iv, Working Group II on IPCC, Chapter 4 – “Ecosystems, their properties, goods and services,” as a Contributing Author. The IPCC won a Noble Prize in, 2007.
5. Kellner, K., von Maltitz, G., Seely, M., Atlhopheng J. & Lindeque, L. (2018) Chapter 12: Southern African arid lands – current status and future prospects (In ed. Mahesh Kumar Gaur, Climate Variability, Land-Use and Impact on Livelihoods in the Arid Lands, pp243-260. Elsevier
6. Atlhopheng J.R.; M.G. Moshoeshoe, G. Phunyuka and W. Mokgopa (2019). Biodive

PhD in Computer Science – University of Klagenfurt, Austria

• Area of specialization:  Software Engineering

Prof. Yirsaw Ayalew is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science, University of Botswana. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Klagenfurt, Austria with a specialization in Software Engineering. His research interests include software testing and debugging, end user software engineering, requirements engineering, software maintenance, software process improvement and software engineering for healthcare systems.  More specifically, his work examines the development of techniques and tools to support end users in testing and debugging their programs; frameworks for assessing maintainability of systems; adaptable software process assessment and improvement frameworks for small software companies; and information systems for effective healthcare service delivery.

He serves as member of organizing and programme committees of many international conferences such as 2nd African Conference on Software Engineering and Applied Computing, 32nd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering- Software Engineering Education Track, IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering, and ACM/IEEE Symposium on Software Engineering in Africa (now African Conference on Software Engineering). Currently, he is a reviewer for journals such as IEEE Access, African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education and International Journal of Software Engineering, Technology and Applications.

• Software Engineering
• Databases
• Programming

• Software testing and debugging
• End user software engineering
• Requirements engineering
• Software maintenance
• Software process improvement
• Software engineering for healthcare systems
• Computing education

• Software process improvement
• Software process assessment (process mining, software analytics, etc.)
• Semi-automated image annotation
• Application of Blockchain in requirements traceability
• Software engineering for healthcare systems
• other related areas

1. Yirsaw Ayalew, Barbara Moeng and Gontlafetse Mosweunyane (2019), Experimental evaluation of ontology-based HIV/AIDS frequently asked question retrieval system, Health Informatics Journal, Vol. 25(4), pp. 1434–1450, 2019, SAGE Publishers
2. M. Tuape, Y. Ayalew , Factors Affecting Development Process in Small Software Companies, IEEE/ACM Symposium on Software Engineering in Africa (Co-located with 41st IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering), pp. 16-23, May 25-31, 2019, Canada
3. Y. Ayalew, E. Tshukudu, M. Lefoane (2018), Factors Affecting Programming Performance of First Year Students at a University in Botswana, African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, Vol. 22, No. 3, 363-373, Publisher: Routledge Taylor & Francis
4. Y. Ayalew and Kris Motlhala (2014), “Software Process Practices in Small Software Companies”, 14th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA 2014), June 30-July 4, 2014, Portugal