1.0 Personal Particulars
1.1 Personal history
1.1.1 Name: Alex Xavery Matofali
1.1.2 Sex: Male
1.1.3 Marital status: Married
1.1.4 Nationality: Tanzanian
1.1.5 Language: English and Kiswahili
1.1.6 Date of Birth: 05th March 1972
1.1.7 Place of birth: Sumbawanga(Kalambo)-Rukwa
1.1.8 Religion: Christian
1.2 Contact Address:
P.O. Box 3038, Morogoro, Tanzania (EA).
E-mail: matofali@yahoo.com, matofalia@gmail.com, matofali@suanet.ac.tz
Cell: +255 655 665 662, +255 782 665 662, +255 756 544 117
Tel: +255 23 2603404
1.3 Academic qualifications
1.3.1 University of Dar es Salaam, PhD (Mathematics) (2015)
1.3.2 University of Zimbabwe, MSc. (Mathematics) (2007)
1.3.3 University of Dar es salaam, BSc. (Ed) Hon. (2003)
1.3.4 Songea Boy’s High School: Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education (1997)
1.3.5 Kantalamba Secondary School: Certificate of Secondary Education (1994)
1.4 Employment Records:
1.4.1 Current Employment:
1.4.1.1 Lecturer: Solomon Mahlangu College of Science and Education, Department of Mathematics, Informatics and Computational Sciences
1.4.2 Previous Employment
1.4.2.1 Tutorial Assistant: Solomon Mahlangu College of Science and Education Department of Mathematics, Informatics and Computational Sciences, February 2004-July 2007
1.4.2.2 Assistant Lecturer: Solomon Mahlangu College of Science and Education, Department of Mathematics, Informatics and Computational Sciences, July 2007- July 2010
1.5 Work Experience
1.5.1 Research activities:
1.5.1.1 Numerical solution of a diffusion problem (MSc. Dissertation) 2005-2007.
1.5.1.2 Optimization of thermal cooling parameters applied to rock storage systems (PhD thesis) 2011-2015
1.5.2 Teaching Activities
1.5.2.1 Part time Lecturer in Mathematics, Tumaini University (Iringa University College) (2007-2008)
1.5.2.2 Part time lecturer in Mathematics, Muslim University of Morogoro (2008-2014)
1.5.2.3 Part time lecturer in Mathematics, Mwenge College of Education (A Constituent of St. Augustine University of Tanzania)- 2013
1.5.2.4 Lecturer in Mathematics, Solomon Mahlangu College of Science and Education, Department of Mathematics, Informatics and Computational Sciences-SUA.
1.6 Other Activities
1.6.1 Head, Department of Mathematics, Informatics and Computational Sciences-2017 to date
1.6.2 Acting Head, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, 28th January 2008-29th February 2008
1.6.3 Acting Head, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, July 2008-21st September 2008
1.6.4 Special project supervision (B.Sc. Environmental Sciences and Managements students)-SUA.
1.6.5 Special project supervision (B.Sc. Education students)-SUA
1.6.4 Coordinator of the Directorate of Undergraduate Studies, SUA
1.6.5 Head, Timetabling and Examination section (Office of Director, Undergraduate Studies)-SUA
1.6.6 University Examination Coordinator, SUA
1.7 Member to Boards and Committees at SUA and else where
1.7.1 Faculty Board, Faculty of Science, SUA – Member -2007-2010
1.7.2 Research and Publication Committee, Faculty of Science, SUA-Member 2007-2010
1.7.3 Senate Undergraduate Studies Committee (SUGSC), SUA-Member-2016 to date
1.7.4 College Academic Board-SMCoSE, SUA-Member-2017 to date
1.7.5 Member of University Senate, SUA-2017 to date
2.0 Publications
2.1 Published Material
2.1.1 Matofali, A.X., Marewo, G.T., Massawe, E.S, (2014) A Mathematical Model for Air-conditioning using Ventilated Slabs Storage of Night Time Coolness. ICASTOR Journal of Mathematical Sciences, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp 55-72
2.1.2 Matofali, A.X., Massawe, E.S, (2016) Investigation of Effect of Rock Storage System Parameters on Thermal Cooling Performance, Applied and Computational Mathematics, Vol. 5, No. 1. pp 10-17
2.1.3 Nkuba, N., Matofali, A.X., Mpeshe, S.C. & Edward, S (2017) Modelling the Impact of Vertical Transmission in Vectors on the Dynamics of Dengue Fever, World Journal of Modelling and Simulation, Vol. 13, No. 3. pp 219-227.
2.1.4 Ainea, N., Matofali, A.X., Mkwizu, M.H., (2018) Optimal Control Analysis of a Cholera Disease Transmission Model in Tanzania, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, Vol. 4, No. 4. pp. 865-872.
2.2 Unpublished Material
2.2.1 Matofali, A. (2007) Numerical solution of a diffusion problem. MSc. Dissertation
2.2.2 Matofali, A. (2009) Numerical Analysis, A teaching compendium. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, SUA
2.2.3 Matofali, A. X., (2015) Optimization of thermal cooling parameters applied to rock storage systems (PhD thesis)
3.0 Seminars/Short courses/ Conferences attended
3.1 Consultative stakeholder’s workshop on the proposed DIT (Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology) Bachelor degree curriculum, Dar es Salaam, July 2003
3.2 A course on Research skills improvement organized by BACAS- SUA, November, 2004
3.3 A course on Enterprising Teaching-Learning Methods conducted by University of Dar es Salaam Entrepreneurship Centre Organized by PANTIL-SUA, Morogoro, 13-16, November, 2007.
3.4 The EAUMP Summer School on Combinatorial Commutative Algebra, at the Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology, Arusha-Tanzania, August 22nd-25th, 2012.
3.5 The 2nd Eastern Africa universities Mathematics Programme (EAUMP) Conference, at the Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology, Arusha-Tanzania, August 22nd-25th, 2012.