Prof. Said A. H. Vuai received a BSc (Chemical and Process Engineering) from the University of Dar es
Salaam from 1993 to 1997, and MSc. and Ph.D. (Marine and Environmental Sciences, specialized in
Environmental Analytical Chemistry and Geochemistry) from the University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa
Japan between 1999 and 2004. He was awarded a Post Doc Fellowship to undertake the
Environmental Sustainability Assessment using Life Cycle Assessment, Emergy, and Ecological
Footprint at the University of Siena, Italy in 2014.

Professor Vuai is a Professor of Chemistry and Deputy Vice Chancellor- Academic, Research and
Consultancy at Mbeya University of Science and Technology. Before this appointment, he served the
position of Principal, College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences of the University of Dodoma from
July 2016 to June 2024, Dean of the School of Mathematical Sciences at the College of Natural and
Mathematical Sciences from 2011 to 2017 and Head of the Department position from 2009 to 2011.
Professor Vuai is the founder and Director of Dodoma Demographic Surveillance System located in
Chamwino District, Dodoma. Professor Vuai is a member of the African Research Implementation
Science and Education (ARISE) Network, which includes nine countries from Africa, Europe, and the
USA. He has collaborated with renowned research groups from the USA, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan,
South Africa, and the UK. Professor Vuai has extensive experience in organizing scientific
conferences, summer schools, and translating scientific findings into policy issues.

Prof. Vuai’s is multidisciplinary researcher in the area of computational biochemistry for drug
development and discovery, forensic toxicology, assessment of domestic water contamination,
developing appropriate municipal solid waste management technology to improve public health in
urban communities, assessment of trace metal concentration in the atmosphere and their associated
health impacts, and application of life cycle assessment method to assess environmental and human
toxicity in agriculture. Additionally, Prof. Vuai’s research covers assessment of nutritional status
among women of reproductive age, integration of maternal and newborn care, school gardens as a
nutritional intervention, substance abuse, and adolescent health.

Throughout his academic career, Professor Vuai has been involved in numerous national, regional, and
international projects. He has served as a Principal Investigator for projects funded by organizations
such as Erasmus+, UNICEF, TWAS, CODESREA, COSTECH, and VicRes. Additionally, Prof. Vuai has
authored or co-authored over 80 refereed scientific papers published in reputable journals and
publishers including Elsevier, Springer, Taylors and Francis, and the Royal Society of Chemistry. Prof.
Vuai also authors two patents and four innovation grants funded by COSTECH and UDOM.

He has served as a member of various research and academic governing boards, for example,
Chairperson of Advisory Board, Chief Government Chemistry Laboratory Agency, Zanzibar,
Government Chemistry Laboratory Authority, the University of Dodoma Governing Board, the Basic Science Advisory Committee of the Tanzania Commission of Science and Technology, the National
Stakeholder Advisory Forum for the Africa Stockpile Program, and the National Environmental
Management Council. Prof. Vuai also serve as Chairperson for International Committee for Review of
Doctor of Philosophy in Natural and Applied Sciences of Namibia University of Science and Technology
organized by National Council for Higher Education, Namibia.