Zibusiso Masuku

Zibusiso M. Masuku is an engineer and biosafety/biosecurity professional specializing in the implementation of biorisk management and biocontainment engineering best practices in high and maximum containment facilities. He has over 15 years of experience in health security, particularly in the enterprising use of the limited resources for the sustainable operation of biocontainment facilities in resource-constrained environments. He is a subject matter expert with demonstrable sound understanding and application of the design, construction, operation and (re)certification of high and maximum containment facilities – and is a certified Africa Regional Subject Matter Expert (Af-RSME) in Biorisk Management and Biological Safety Cabinet Certification. 

He leads the Division of Biosafety and Biosecurity and is responsible for the management of high and maximum containment laboratory facilities, the improvement of laboratory infrastructure, and development of related policies and standards at the NICD/NHLS. He is the Immediate Past Chairperson of the NICD’s Institutional Biosafety and Biosecurity Committee (IBBC), a Qualified Expert of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Mechanism for the Investigation of Alleged Use of Chemical, Biological or Toxin Weapons (UNSGM), and a member of the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention’s (Africa CDC) Regional Biosafety and Biosecurity Technical Working Group (RBB-TWG) for Southern Africa Regional Collaboration Centre (SARCC).