Prof. Hodson Makurira is the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Zimbabwe. Prof. Makurira joined the Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Zimbabwe in 1998. He has coordinated the MSc in Integrated Water Resources Management programme. He was the Chairperson of the Department of Civil Engineering between 2012 and December 2014, a position he held until his recent appointment. He was the Editor of the Journal of Physics and Chemistry of the Earth between 2010 and 2014.