Blessing Kavhu

PhD


kavhublessing@gmail.com

Supervisors: Dr Linda Luvuno

Field of research

  • Geoinformatics
  • Remote Sensing
  • Spatial Data Science
  • Spatial Ecology
  • Ecosystem Services
  • Environmental Modelling
  • Water resource management
  • Wildlife ecology
  • Disease epidemiology

Profile

Blessing is an early career GIS and Remote Sensing expert and also a PhD candidate at the CST. He received his Bsc Honours in Geographical Information Science and Earth Observation from the University of Zimbabwe. He worked for the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) in the Scientific Services Unit as a GIS and Remote Sensing Expert since the year 2017. Currently he is the Senior GIS and Remote Sensing Expert for ZimParks and his work is mainly inclined towards Remote Sensing, Geoinformatics, Spatial Data Science, Spatial Ecology and Environmental Modelling.

An enthusiastic researcher and presenter, Blessing has published substantially and his work appeared in high impact journals including Conservation Science and Practice, Remote Sensing, Vectors and Parasites, Biological Conservation and People and Nature. He also has had his work presented at regional and international conferences in Africa and Europe.

In 2020, Blessing received the USAID Resilient Waters Bursary to do his MSc Geoinformatics at Stellenbosch University. Due to his outstanding performance he got his Msc upgraded to PhD in 2021. His PhD is focusing on the impact and drivers of land use/cover change on water resources in the Okavango basin using remote sensing and modelling.