Professor, Department of Soil Science, on leave
University of Manitoba (Fort Garry Campus)
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
364 Ellis Building
13 Freedman Crescent
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 Canada
Dr. Francis Zvomuya
Education
- PhD (Soil Science), University of Manitoba, Canada
- MSc (Soil Science), University of Reading, UK
- BSc (Agriculture), University of Zimbabwe
Teaching
- SOIL 7220 Principles of Scientific Research and Communication
- SOIL 7250 T02 Non-traditional Quantitative Techniques in Soil Science Research
Research
Research interests
Dr. Zvomuya's research focuses on the following:
- remediation of contaminated media
- beneficial utilization of agricultural and industrial byproducts
- reclamation of sites disturbed by human activity
- antibiotic fate and transport in terrestrial and aquatic environments
Current research projects
- Soil productivity and soil health status following restoration of pipeline corridors
- Wetland-based and terrestrial phytoremediation of end-of-life municipal lagoons
- Agronomic effectiveness of phosphorus recovered from waste streams
- Soil health under perennial forage grain systems
- Use of organic amendments in reclamation of wellsites