OCCUPATION: Snr Lecturer 

QUALIFICATIONS: PhD Food Microbiology (RMIT), MSc Food Biotech (Wageningen), EMBA (NUST), PGDHE (NUST), PGDE (ZOU), , BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences (UZ)

OFFICE: SW155

EXT: 2458

EMAIL:  hilda.nyathi@nust.ac.zw

RESEARCH INTERESTS: 

Food safety and characterization of food-borne pathogens - Listeria monocytogenes, Campylobacter jejuni, Escherichia coli .

PUBLICATIONS:

2020. Nyati, H. Quality Certification trends in the Zimbabwean Food Industry. Zimbabwe Journal of Science and Technology.15, 1-11.
2021. Nyati, H., Heuvelink, A.,  Van Heerwaarden, C.,  Zwartkruis, A.     Evaluation of  test-kits for the detection of   Escherichia coli  O157  in raw meats and cattle faeces.     International  Journal of  Food Studies.  1.2, 126-134.

• Nyati, H., Beumer, R.,  Van der Veen, S.,   Hazeleger, W.,  Abee, T.     Influence  of  organic material and  biofilms on disinfectant efficacy against  Listeria   monocytogenes.     International  Journal of  Food Studies.     1.1, 77- 85.

2010. Oyarzabal, O., Oscar, T., Speegle, L and Nyati, H. 2010. Survival of  Campylobacter  jejuni  and Campylobacter coli in retail broiler meat stored  at  -20, 4  or 12^oC,  and development  of   Weibull models for survival.    Journal of Food Protection.              8, 1438-1446 (9).
2011. Nyati, H. 2008 . An evaluation  of  Biological Sciences courses  in  selected         Zimbabwe Universities and their relevance to the 2003-2007 Advanced Level  Biology syllabus. SA-eDUC Journal.   1,  22-32.
2012. Todorov, S., Nyati, H.  and Dicks, LMT.    Partial characterization of   bacteriocin AMA-K,  produced  by Lactobacillus  plantarum  AMA-K  isolated  from naturally fermented milk in  Zimbabwe.  Food Control.  18.6, 656 – 664.

• Nyati, H. 2004. Evaluation of the microbial quality of water supplies to  municipal, mining and squatter communities in the Bindura  urban area .   Water Science and Technology.  1, 99-103. 
• Nyati, H.   Survival characteristics and the applicability of predictive mathematical modelling to  Listeria  monocytogenes growth in sous vide products. International Journal of  Food Microbiology.  56, 123-132.

2000. Nyati, H.   An evaluation of the effect of storage and processing temperatures on the  microbiological status of sous vide extended shelf-life  products.  Food Control.   11.6, 471- 476.
2001. Nyati, H.    Pathogenesis, growth  and survival characteristics of L.       monocytogenes - a  newly emerged pathogen. Journal of Applied Science  in Southern Africa.  6.1, 1-15.
2002. Feresu, S & Nyati, H. 1990. Fate of pathogenic and non-pathogenic Escherichia coli  strains in  two fermented milk products. Journal of Applied Bacteriology.  69, 814-821.