Position: Senior Lecturer
Phone: (035)902-6537
Email: MasikaneN (at) unizulu.ac.za
Building &Room: K210, Zoology Building, KwaDlangezwa campus
Biography:
Dr Ntuthuko Masikane is a Senior lecturer within the Department of Zoology at the University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa Campus. He holds a PhD in Biology and his research interests are in marine benthic ecology and ecotoxicology, with particular emphasis in biodiversity assessment and development of biological methods for assessing marine pollution using locally relevant biomonitor species.
Dr Masikane has extensive teaching experience in the natural sciences, particularly the discipline of zoology where he teach’s both undergraduate and postgraduate students using different modes of teaching. He supervises student in all level of postgraduate studies within the disciplines of benthic ecology and marine ecotoxicology. He collaborate with researchers from other institutions including the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South African Environment Observation Network (SAEON), South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB) and University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Lecture ‘s the following modules:
- 4ZOL111 (Introduction to Zoology)
- 4ZOL122 (Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology 2)
- 4ZOL212 (Animal Diversity)
- 4ZOL311 (Animal Ecology 1)
Qualifications:
PhD (University of KwaZulu-Natal) ,MSc (Nelson Mandela University), BSc Honours (University of Zululand)
Honours/Awards (include online reference for each honour/ award):
Golden Key International Honour Society Membership
Professional membership:
- Southern African Society of Aquatic Scientists
Research interests:
Dr Masikane interest in marine and estuarine ecotoxicology, with a particular focus on developing standard methods, procedures and toxicity test organisms for assessing marine pollution (e.g. pollution of effluents, pollution in receiving waters and sediments). He is also an interest in the ecology of unconsolidated sediments in marine and estuarine ecosystems, with particular emphasis on biodiversity assessment, habitat health assessment, pollution assessment and monitoring.
Research projects (completed and on-going) include:
- Marine Pollution Assessment (2016-2019)
- Environmental health assessment of South African coastal waters: Development and benchmarking of methods (2019-2028)