HAWA MYOVELA

Assistant Lecturer, College Of Natural And Applied Sciences
Education:

•BSc. Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (UDSM, Tanzania) •MSc. Biotechnology (PAUSTI, Kenya) •Ph.D. in microbiology (Ongoing)

Teaching:

Research:

Biotechnology, Molecular biology, Mycological Diversity, Microbial biotechnology, Marine ecosystem.

Projects:

  1. Biodiversity of fungi from selected mangrove ecosystem in Tanzania: Potential sources of bioactive compounds for bio-industrial applications
  2. Investigation on endophytes from medicinal plants and their bioactive secondary metabolites for medical applications.

Publications:

Recent publications:

  1. Hussein JM, Myovela H, and Tibuhwa DT (2024). Diversity of endophytic fungi from medicinal plant Oxalis latifolia and their antimicrobial potential against selected human pathogens. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 103958. doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2024.103958
  2. Myovela H, Hussein JM and Tibuhwa DD (2024) The Hidden Diversity of Mangrove Endophytic Fungi from Tanzania; Insights from a Preliminary Study. Biologia 1-5.

doi.org/10.1007/s11756-023-01587-0

  1. Myovela H, Hussein JM and Tibuhwa DD (2023) Mangrove fungi: A glimpse into Africa, its diversity and biotechnological potential. Asian journal of Mycology. 6(1): 58–76 Doi. 10.5943/ajom/6/1/6
  2. Myovela H, Mshandete AM, Imathiu S (2019). Enhancement of anaerobic batch digestion of spineless cacti (Opuntia ficus indica) feedstock by aerobic pre-treatment. African Journal of Biotechnology18(1), 12-22.

Membership registration:

  • Biotechnology Society of Tanzania (BST): member