Themes
Themes
Themes
DOCTORAL SCHOOL
RESEARCH THEMES/ INTERESTS OF ACADEMIC STAFF
FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE
Food safety
Food control system
Food composition Assoc Prof D
daya@uom.ac.mu
Postharvest technology Goburdhun
Food waste and loss
Food Safety
Food Microbiology, Detection, Isolation, Biochemical and
Molecular Characterization of Foodborne Pathogens
Processing of Plant and Animal Produce into Value-Added
Products: Processing Conditions, Changes in Physical,
Dr S J Santchurn sunitab@uom.ac.mu
Chemical and Microbiological Characteristics during
Processing
Simultaneous Drying and Salting using Soaking in
Concentrated Solutions: Mass Transfer during the Process,
Combined Treatments
RESEARCH THEMES ACADEMIC STAFF EMAIL ADDRESS
Food Safety
New Food Product Development
Functional foods Dr D Ramful-
d.ramful@uom.ac.mu
Food Products Reformulation Baboolall
Phytochemicals in foods
Microbiology
Plant Biotechnology
ASSOC PROF D
Marine Biotechnology sudeshp@uom.ac.mu
PUCHOOA
Phytochemistry
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
Dr G RAMSAWOCK gramsawock@uom.ac.mu
Modeling Systems Dynamics and Control
Data-driven Science and Engineering
Assoc Prof Dr S Z
Grid Integration of Renewable Energy systems z.sayedhassen@uom.ac.mu
SAYED HASSEN
Optimisation and Control
RESEARCH THEMES/ INTERESTS ACADEMIC STAFF CONTACT DETAILS
Energy Studies
Energy Management
Sustainable Energy
Thermal Engineering
Steam Engineering
Power generation
Energy Efficiency and Demand-Side Management
Energy Policy and Governance
Renewable Energy Integration Professor M K
elahee@uom.ac.mu
Smart Energy Systems ELAHEE
Concentrated Solar Power /Solar Thermal
Hydropower technology
Climate Change Mitigation
Energy Engineering
Heat transfer Applications Assoc Prof (Dr)
a.khoodaruth@uom.ac.mu
A.KHOODARUTH
Sustainable Manufacturing
Green Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain & Logistics Management
Lean Management Dr D CALLYCHURN d.callychurn@uom.ac.mu
Cleaner Production
System Dynamics
Mr A CADERSA a.cadersa@uom.ac.mu
Water quality
Mr D JOGEE d.jogee@uom.ac.mu
Sustainable Concrete
Dr.A.SEEBOO a.seeboo@uom.ac.mu
Mr S NUNKOO s.nunkoo@uom.ac.mu
RESEARCH THEMES/ INTERESTS ACADEMIC STAFF CONTACT DETAILS
Field of Research - Urban Planning /Integrated Infrastructural Development/ Traffic studies and
Sustainable transportation
Sustainable infrastructure designs
Dr Y BAGUANT-
k.baguant@uom.ac.mu
MOONSHIRAM
ACADEMIC
RESEARCH THEMES EMAIL ADDRESS
STAFF
DEPARTMENT OF SOFTWARE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Image Processing
Biometrics
Data Analytics
Surveillance Systems Assoc Prof (Dr) S
sbaichoo@uom.ac.mu
Artificial Intelligence (Machine learning, Deep Learning) BAICHOO
Computer Vision; Geographic Information Systems
Computer Vision
Artificial Intelligence(AI)I and Applications of AI Dr (Mrs) M
Machine Learning and Deep Learning HEENAYE- m.mamodekhan@uom.ac.mu
Biometrics MAMODE KHAN
Data Analytics
Problems in Software Development with focus on
Team Effects
Empirical Research in Technology Acceptance (Models
and Proof of Concepts)
Dr M Y y.chuttur@uom.ac.mu
(Big) Data Organization, Access, and Retrieval
Application of Artificial Intelligence Techniques CHUTTUR
(Machine Learning)
Smart Energy Monitoring and Management
Enterprise systems
Analytics Mrs B Zarine
z.cadersaib@uom.ac.mu
ICT4D CADERSAIB
AI in Education (AIED)
AI Techniques for personalisation
Technology Enhanced Learning Dr R K
Blockchain r.sungkur@uom.ac.mu
SUNGKUR
Information Systems
Mobile Computing
Web Technologies and Tools Mr S
Physical Computing and Smart Objects s.jaunbuccus@uom.ac.mu
JAUNBUCCUS
Internet of Things
Computer Security
Mr. Selvanaden
s.sathan@uom.ac.mu
SATHAN
UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS
DOCTORAL SCHOOL
RESEARCH THEMES/ INTERESTS OF ACADEMIC STAFF
DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT
● Management
● Marketing
Dr E BINDAH e.bindah@uom.ac.mu
● Entrepreneurship
● Business Strategy
● International Business
● CSR
Dr O BISSOON o.bissoon@uom.ac.mu
● Sustainable Development and
● Development Economics
● Talent management
● Employer branding
● Decent work
Dr P GUNESH p.gunesh@uom.ac.mu
● Artificial intelligence and the future of work
● Social media
● Tourism development
● Festivals and Events
Dr C HURNATH c.hurnath@uom.ac.mu
● Culture and Heritage
● Tourism Development
● Sustainable Tourism
Assoc Prof (Dr) P R
● Travel/Consumer Behavior r.nunkoo@uom.ac.mu
NUNKOO
● Political economy and Government
● Internationalisation
● SME
Dr R SANNEGADU r.sannegadu@uom.ac.mu
● International Business Strategy
● Quality Management
Dr A SEEBALUCK ak.seebaluck@uom.ac.mu
● Higher Education
● Quality Management
Dr V v.teeroovengadum@uom.ac
● Higher Education
TEEROOVENGADUM .mu
● Services Marketing and Management
● Financial Accounting
● Management Accounting
● Integrated Reporting
● Accounting Education Dr K SEETAH k.seetah@uom.ac.mu
● Accounting Issues Relating to SMEs Public
Sector Accounting
● Stock Markets
● Risk management
● Corporate governance
Dr U SUBADAR AGATHEE u.subadar@uom.ac.mu
● Behavioural Finance
● Management Accounting
● Corporate Governance
● Board Diversity
Dr (Mrs) V RAMLUGUN v.ramlugun@uom.ac.mu
● Gender Roles and Equality
● Accounting Education
RESEARCH THEMES ACADEMIC STAFF EMAIL ADDRESS
● Technology Management
● CSR
● FDI
● Tourism Economics
● Development Economics
Dr S B FAUZEL s.fauzel@uom.ac.mu
● International Trade
● Banking Financial Economics
● CSR
● Accounting Education
● Technology Management
● Corporate Governance Dr Dineshwar RAMDHONY d.ramdhony@uom.ac.mu
● Public Sector Accounting
● SDGs & Sustainability
● International Finance
● International Trade
● Tourism
Professor B SEETANAH b.seetanah@uom.ac.mu
● Development Economics
● Financial Economics
● Corporate Finance
● Stock Market
● FinTech & Blockchain
● Integrated Reporting & Taxation Dr B JUGURNATH b.jugurnath@uom.ac.mu
● Performance Management
● Accounting Education
● Corporate Finance
● Stock Market
● FinTech
Dr J S MATADEEN j.matadeen@uom.ac.mu
● Risk Management
● Behavioural Finance, Derivatives
DEPARTMENT OF LAW
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE
Dr Meera MANRAJ
manrajmd@uom.ac.mu
Senior Lecturer
Diabetes Mellitus
Anemia
Health of Migrants
Mental Health (Stress/depression)
Hypertensive Nephropathy
Stroke, Parkinson s disease
Hypertensive heart disease Senior Lecturer,
Myeloproliferative disease Dr Imteaz i.mohamadhosen@uom.ac.mu
Maturity onset diabetes of the Young(MODY) MOHAMADHOSEN
Upper Endoscopy in GI bleeding
Applied Biochemistry
Assoc Prof Fawzi
Pharmaceutical Sciences f.mahomoodally@uom.ac.mu
MAHOMOODALLY
Nutraceuticals and Functional foods
RESEARCH THEMES ACADEMIC STAFF EMAIL ADDRESS
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
Financial Mathematics
Financial Data Science
Professor M BHURUTH mbhuruth@uom.ac.mu
Computational Partial Differential Equations
Derivatives pricing
Numerical solution of partial differential equations Assoc Prof Y D TANGMAN y.tangman@uom.ac.mu
Pure Mathematics
Mathematical, Financial and Risk Modelling
Statistical Analysis and Forecasting Assoc Prof N SOOKIA sookian@uom.ac.mu
Data Analytics
RESEARCH THEMES ACADEMIC STAFF EMAIL ADDRESS
Financial Mathematics: Equity and Interest Rate
Models Dr N THAKOOR n.thakoor@uom.ac.mu
Computational Finance: Numerical Solution of PDEs
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
Epidemiology.
Climate Dynamics
Professor S K RAMCHURN skr@uom.ac.mu
Molecular modelling
Climate Change
Renewable Energy
Professor S D D V
Geospatial Modelling sdr@uom.ac.mu
RUGHOOPUTH
Polymer Physics
Electromagnetic/Microwave Measurements
Wireless Power Transfer
Heat and Mass transfer
Dr S OREE oreesh@uom.ac.mu
Corona Discharges
RESEARCH THEMES ACADEMIC STAFF EMAIL ADDRESS
Dualities between gauge and gravity theories
Topics in String Theory
Dr N RUGHOONAUTH n.rughoonauth@uom.ac.mu
Teaching and Learning and Assessment in
Mathematics & Science educations
● Ecology
● Conservation
● Biodiversity Assoc Prof. F B V
vin.florens@uom.ac.mu
● Ecological restoration FLORENS
● Invasive alien species
Molecular Biology
Molecular Plant Pathology Assoc Prof N TALEB-
n.taleb@uom.ac.mu
Marine Molecular Genetics HOSSENKHAN
Electrochemical Biosensors
Plant Characterization and Physiology (mineral Dr S JAWAHEER shobha@uom.ac.mu
nutrition and photosynthetic apparatus)
RESEARCH THEMES ACADEMIC STAFF EMAIL ADDRESS
Mangrove Ecosystem
Production of secondary metabolites from plants
and microorganisms
Biomass - energy from plants
● Marine Litter, Plastics Pollution, and Solid Waste
Management
● Marine Biodiversity, Biology, Ecology and
Conservation
● Seagrass Ecology
● Coastal Ecosystems, Connectivity, and Livelihoods Dr S Mattan-MOORGAWA s.moorgawa@uom.ac.mu
● Coral Stress Physiology, Coral bleaching and
diseases
Environmental monitoring, Marine Pollution and
Bioindicators
● Marine Malacology
● Marine Ecology
Dr D KAULLYSING de.kaullysing@uom.ac.mu
● Marine Biodiversity
● Corallivory
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
Coordination chemistry
Natural products Professor M BHOWON mbhowon@uom.ac.mu
Organic Chemistry
Surfactant Chemistry
Professor S JHAUMEER
Natural Product Chemistry sabina@uom.ac.mu
LAULLOO
Forensic Science
Ocean Acidification
Coastal Zone Management
Environmental Chemistry
Assoc Prof R T RAMESSUR ramessur@uom.ac.mu
Climate Change
Sustainability
RESEARCH THEMES ACADEMIC STAFF EMAIL ADDRESS
Organic Chemistry
Chemical Biology
Dr P.CAUMUL p.caumul@uom.ac.mu
Surfactant Chemistry derived from Natural Product
Backbone
UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS
DOCTORAL SCHOOL
RESEARCH THEMES/ INTERESTS OF ACADEMIC STAFF
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
Cosmopolitanism
Dr S WONG swong@uom.ac.mu
Transnationalism
Multiculturalism
Diasporic Muslim Cultures and Identities Assoc Prof Dr N L
n.aumeerally@uom.ac.mu
Subaltern counterpublics (Diasporic, intimate and AUMEERALLY
cyberpublics)
Literacy
Assoc Prof A M AULEEAR
Multilingualism auleearo@uom.ac.mu
OWODALLY
English Language Teaching
Sociolinguistics
Dr T AUCKLE
Language contact and multilingualism t.auckle@uom.ac.mu
RAMKALAWAN
Language policy and planning
Postcolonial Literary and Cultural Studies
Mauritian Studies
Diasporic Studies
Translation Studies
Dr S RAJKOMAR s.rajkomar@uom.ac.mu
Religion and the Sacred
Ecocriticism
Memory and Trauma Studies
Sociolinguistique
Sociolinguistique urbaine
Linguistic Landscape / Environnement graphique
Toponymie
Dr. Y BOSQUET y.bosquet@uom.ac.mu
Contact des langues
Etudes Créoles
Francophonie
Linguistique Française
Sociolinguistique
Plurilinguisme
Professor A CARPOORAN acarpoo@uom.ac.mu
Créolistique
Droits Linguistiques
Feminism
Gender studies
Literature of the 20th and 21st century
Assoc. Prof. B CUNNIAH bcunniah@uom.ac.mu
Literature of the Indian ocean
Indiaoceanic poetry
Structuralisme
Sémiotique
Stylistique
Critique psychanalytique
Dr K DABY kg.daby@uom.ac.mu
Littérature française
Jean-Paul Sartre
L’île
Language acquisition
Psycholinguistics
French and Creole linguistics
French, Francophone and Creole studies
Language policies
Sociolinguistics Dr. G FLORIGNY g.florigny@uom.ac.mu
Language teaching and learning
Pedagogy and evaluation of acquired knowledge
Teachers’ practice of and behaviour towards
languages in education
Health Psychology
Explanatory models of illness, Health behaviours,
help-seeking and coping strategies
Dr M M E LECOQ
Trauma and Abuse m.bamboche@uom.ac.mu
BAMBOCHE
Psychology of migration
Educational psychology
Counselling
RESEARCH THEMES ACADEMIC STAFF EMAIL ADDRESS
Mental Health
Mrs H BUNDHOO-
Personality h.bundhoo@uom.ac.mu
POONOOSAMY
Culture and its influence
Media development
Democratic Governance and Development Assoc Prof Dr R
roukaya@uom.ac.mu
Political Communication and Political Discourses KASENALLY
New Technologies for Empowerment
ICTs
Intercultural Communication Assoc Prof M.
paroomal@uom.ac.mu
Development Communication PAROOMAL
Media Studies
Media Ethics and Media Regulation/Self-regulation
Freedom of Information and Freedom of the Press
New Media / Social Media
Gender and the Media
Mrs C CHAN-MEETOO chanssc@uom.ac.mu
Media and Information Literacy
Popular Culture, Language and Identity
Creole language in Media and Communication
Educational Technologies
Sustainable Course development - MOOCs
Hybrid mode of teaching and learning
MrS G NARRAINEN g.narrainen@uom.ac.mu
Textométrie-Lexicométrie
Multimedia/Hypermedia
Multiculturalism
Ms C SAUPIN c.saupin@uom.ac.mu
Cultural Diversity and Social Work Practice
Social Resilience
Social Protection
Social Policy
Climate Change Mr A GOPAUL as.gopaul@uom.ac.mu
Social Welfare
NGOs & Poverty Alleviation
Social Capital
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
Political, Social & Economic History of Mauritius
Democracy and Governance
Heritage Studies
Public History
Cultural Studies Dr (Mrs) M AKUNG m.akung@uom.ac.mu
Constitutional and Political History
Indian Ocean Studies
War & Society
Environmental History
RESEARCH THEMES ACADEMIC STAFF EMAIL ADDRESS
Crime and Punishment 19th & 20th Century
Central Banking
Banking
Assoc Prof Dr I RAMLALL i.ramlall@uom.ac.mu
Financial Stability
Investment analysis
Quantitative Techniques
Development Economics Assoc Prof T RAMESSUR t.ramessur@uom.ac.mu
Dr B SOOREEA- BHEEMUL
b.sooreea@uom.ac.mu
Dr B NOWBUTSING
b.nowbutsing@uom.ac.mu
Applied Macroeconomics Prof S K SOBHEE sksobhee@uom.ac.mu
Applied Statistics
Multilevel Modelling
Mr N AUCHOYBUR n.auchoybur@uom.ac.mu
Bayesian Hierarchical Models
Time Series Analysis
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