Staff Profiles

MSc (Sattistics)

BA (Social Sciences)- Single Major Statistics

Wilson Moseki Thupeng holds a BA (Social Sciences) - Single Major in Statistics (1991), from the University of Botswana  and an MSc. in Statistics (1995) from the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. He joined the Department of Statistics of as a Staff Development fellow  in 1991 and became Lecturer in 1995. He has extensive experience in teaching a variety of courses in probability and statistics and their application.

In the area of research, Mr Thupeng has supervised a number of both undergraduate and postgraduate students working mainly in the area of statistical analysis and modelling of environmental data and financial time series. He takes great interest in these areas since environmental extremes are the greatest threat to humanity and, unusually large fluctuations in financial assets may pose a major risk to investors, leading to huge economic and social losses. He has published a number of papers in these two areas. In addition, he has been assigned the role of Coordinator of the the Department of statistics' Undergraduate Research project course which involves, amongst others, assisting students to apply for research funds and organising seminars for students to present and disseminate results of their research work.

Teaches  a wide area of courses in Probability and Statistics ranging from calculus, probability, univariate and multivariate distribution theory, multivariate statistical methods (multivariate data analysis) to Bayesian inference.

Extreme value theory and applications,

Bayesian inference,

Multivariate theory and methods

Applications of statistics to financial time series and environmental data.

Modelling Bivariate Financial Time Series Using Extreme Value Copulas

Modelling extreme meteorological variables using extreme value theory

Modelling volatility of stock returns using GARCH models (On-going)

1. Wilson Moseki Thupeng (2019). STATISTICAL MODELLING OF ANNUAL MAXIMUM RAINFALL FOR BOTSWANA USING EXTREME VALUE THEORY. International Journal of Applied Mathematics & Statistical Sciences (IJAMSS), Vol. 8, Issue 2, pp 1 – 10.

2. K. Thaga, R. Sivasamy And W. M. Thupeng (2017). Arcsine Cumulative Sum Control Chart. International Journal of Statistics: Advances in Theory and Applications Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2017, pp 111-120.

3. W. M. Thupeng, T. Mothupi, B. Mokgweetsi, B. Mashabe & T. Sediadie (2017). A Principal Component Regression Model For Forecasting Daily Peak Ambient Ground Level Ozone Concentrations In The Presence Of Multicollinearity Amongst Precursor Air Pollutants And Local Meteorological Conditions: A Case Study Of Maun. International Journal of Applied Mathematics & Statistical Sciences (IJAMSS), Vol. 7, Issue 1, pp 1 – 12.

4. Wilson Moseki Thupeng (2016). Use of the Three-parameter Burr XII Distribution for Modelling Ambient Daily Maximum Nitrogen Dioxide Co

PhD (Applied Mathematics)

Gender: Male

Real Analysis, Control theory, Optimization, Functional Analysis

Control theory, Optimization and Functional Analysis

Control theory

Refereed Journal Papers:

Ilchmann A., Thuto M.V. & Townley S. (2003), Input constrained adaptive  tracking with applications to  exothermic chemical reaction models, SIAM, Vol 43, No 1, pp 154-173, 2003.

Ilchmann A., Thuto M.V. & Townley S. (2005), Adaptive sampled-data tracking for input constrained exothermic chemical reaction models,  Systems & Control Letters, No 54, pp 1149-1161, 2005.

Zegeye H & Thuto M.V. (2013)., Interative solutions of nonlinear integral equations of Hammerstein type,  Internal Journal of Analysis and Applications, Vol 9, No 2, 129-141, 2015

Chaturvedi N & Thuto M.V. (2014) Redundant pole and S-matrix for general Potential, Journal of International Journal of Management, IT & Engineering, Nonlinear Analysis and Optimization, Vol 4, No 11, 2014

 Bachelors degree in Office Management and Technology at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST)

Diploma in Information Administration at the Polytechnic of Namibia

Ms Dorcus Tladi is Personal Secretary in the Office of Deputy Dean, Faculty of Humanities, University of Botswana.

2006 PhD. (Exercise Physiology) Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA

1998 M.S. (Exercise Physiology) Springfield College, Springfield, MA, USA

1995 Cert. (Physical Education) University of Botswana, Gaborone

1993 B.Ed. (Science Education) University of Botswana, Gaborone

Dr Dawn Tladi is currently a Lecturer at the University of Botswana in the department of Sports Science. Dr Tladi has 20 years of university teaching a wide range of graduate and undergraduate courses in exercise science to physical education, exercise science, physical therapy and massage therapy students. Her research interest lie in the use of physical activity and exercise interventions as a modality for disease prevention and promotion of healthy living. She has done research in the area of epidemiology of lifestyle diseases and the effects of exercise particularly, the metabolic syndrome among Batswana adults. She is currently involved in physical activity research in various populations and for various purposes in communities. Has done research on the effects of long term HIV/AIDS treatment on cognition, nutrition and physical fitness among adolescents in Botswana. She is currently leading a survey on the physical activity, dietary intake and physical fitness of school going age children in Botswana. Recently joined the International Surveillance Study of Movement Behaviours in the Early Years. She has expertise in the field of exercise testing in general, be it for general fitness, high sports performance or research purposes. She is also an advocate for provision of physical education to all school going age children. Swimming instruction is one of the courses she teaches at UB and has great love for teaching swimming to ALL age groups.

Exercise Physiology, Exercise Biochemistry, Human Anatomy and Physiology, Kinesiology, Nutrition and Sport Performance, Prevention and care of Sports Injuries, Test and Measurements in Physical Education, Principles of Strength and conditioning, Exercise Leadership, Exercise for Special Populations, Health Behaviour and Weight Training. Graduate courses: Advanced Exercise Physiology, Laboratory Techniques in Sports and Exercise, Advanced Physical Fitness and Testing, Cardiopulmonary Physiology.

Epidemiology of Non-communicable diseases and the effects of exercise on the metabolic syndrome risk factors. Effects of obesity on fat metabolism and distribution, cardiometabolic risk factors and the response to exercise interventions. Children and adolescents physical fitness and physical activity patterns, childhood obesity and school based exercise and nutrition interventions. Effects of long term HIV/AIDS treatment on cognition, nutrition and physical fitness among adolescents in Botswana.

Socio-economic factors and childhood obesity. Physical determinants of agility in black male A-Division rugby league players. Evaluating effectiveness of workplace aerobic dance program among employees.Using Rate Pressure Product in establishing risk of cardiovascular complications in soccer players. Comparison of plyometric vs weight training effects on the header jump of soccer players.

1. I. U. Onyewadume, M. A. Onyewadume, D. M. Tladi and H. S. Dhaliwal. Children’s physical activity survey in major Botswana towns and cities: Implications for child development. Thari ya Bana: Reflections on Children in Botswana (2012). UNICEF unite for children Pg. 51-57
2. Tladi et al. Results from Botswana’s 2018 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, November 2018, Human Kinetics DOI: 10.1123/jpah.2018-0420
3. Malete, L., Tladi, D. M., Etnier, J. L., Makhanda, J., & Anabwani, G. M. (2019). Examining psychosocial correlates of physical activity and sedentary behavior in youth with and without HIV. PLoS ONE 14(12): e0225890. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.02258
4. Hubona, O., Onyewadume, I.U. & Tladi, D.M. (2019). Effects of a 12-week worksite aerobic dance programme on blood glucose and lipids in public service employees. African Journal for Physical Activity and Health Sciences, 25(4), 533-546.