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Faculty of ScienceThe Faculty of Science, which was first established as the Division of Basic Sciences in 1972, has been through several restructuring processes, and now consists of four departments: Department of Biology, Department of Chemistry, Department of Mathematics and Department of Physics. The faculty has been one of the largest recipients of research grants in the University and is striving to improve on its excellent record.

A0624KAbd. Halim Shaari

Year of Appointment: 1976

Working Experience (As Academician): 36 years

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Qualifications• MalayanTeacher’sTrainingCollege1970• B.Sc(Hons)(Physics)SecondUpper,NationalUniversityofMalaysia1976• M.Sc(Cryogenics’),UniversityofSouthampton,U.K1978• Ph.D(MagneticMaterials),UniversityofHull,U.K1981

Professional Affiliation(s)• Fellow,AcademyofSciencesMalaysia(FASc)• Fellow,MalaysianSolidStateScienceandTechnology(MASS)• Fellow,InstituteofPhysicsMalaysia(IFM)• MemberofIslamicAcademyofScienceMalaysia(ASASI)• Editor-in-Chief,JournalofSolidStateScienceandTechnology,Malaysia• Editor,JournalofPhysics,Malaysia• Editor,PERTANIKAJST• Editor,MalaysianJournalofMathematicalSciences• DeputyPresident,MalaysianSolidStateScienceandTechnology(MASS)• Refereeofmanyscientificpapersforlocalandinternationaljournals

Specialisation(s)• HighTemperatureSuperconductors• MagneticandNon-magneticCeramics• MagnetoResistiveThinFilmsForSensorsApplications

Expertise• Superconductivity,Magnetism,CryogenicsandMaterialScience

Prof.Dr.DepartmentofPhysicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466648Fax:0389454454ahalim@science.upm.edu.my

Research Expertise

Year of Appointment: 1999

Working Experience (As Academician): 13 years

A01956AbdulHalimAbdullah Prof.MadyaDr.DepartmentofChemistryFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466777Fax:0389435380halim@science.upm.edu.my

Faculty of Science

Research Expertise 2Qualifications• B.Sc.inChemistry(SecondClassUpperDivision)(UniversityofNewBrunswick,Canada)• PhDinCatalysis(UniversityofDundee,Scotland,UK)

Professional Affiliation(s)• UniversitiPutraMalaysia(UPM)

Specialisation(s)• Material&CatalysisChemistry

Expertise• Material&CatalysisChemistry

Year of Appointment: 2011

Working Experience (As Academician): 1 years

A03826AdilaMohamadJaafarDr.DepartmentofChemistryFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389468954Fax:0389435380adilamj@putra.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.Sc.(Hons)(Chemistry)(UPM);MSc(MaterialChemistry)(UPM);Ph.D (Nanomaterials&Nanotechnology)(UPM)

Specialisation(s)• MaterialChemistry&NanoMaterials

Expertise• MaterialChemistry&NanoMaterials

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Year of Appointment: 1990

Working Experience (As Academician): 22 years

A03467AdemKillicmanProf.Dr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466813;Mobile:0126676294Fax:60389437958akilicman@science.upm.edu.my;akilic@putra.upm.edu.my

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Year of Appointment:1987

Working Experience (As Academician):25years

A01051AhmadIsmailProf.Dr.DepartmentofBiologyFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466617Fax:0386567454aismail@science.upm.edu.my

Qualificatio: • BacelorSainsKepujian(Zoology)diUKMpadatahun1980• PhD(EcotoxicologyandWildlifeEcology)diUniversityofEssex,Englandpadatahun 1986

Professional Affiliation(s): • PresidentofAcademicianSociety,UPM

Specialisation(s) :• EcotoxicologyandWildlifeEcology

Expertise :• Zoology,wildlifeecology,andecotoxicology

Specialisation(s)• FunctionalAnalysisandTopology Expertise• FunctionalAnalysisandTopology• DistributionsTheoryandGeneralizedFunctions• NeutrixCalculusanditsApplications• IntegralTransforms• SpecialFunctionsandDifferentialEquations• DifferenceandIntegro-DifferentialEquations• ConvolutionAlgebras

Qualifications• B.Sc.Math.(Turkey)• M.PureMath.(Turkey)• Ph.D.(UK) Professional Affiliation(s)• AmericanMathematicalSociety• ZentralblattMathematics(Germany)• ComputingReview• MalaysianMathematicalSoc.

Faculty of Science

Research Expertise 4

Year of Appointment: 2009

Working Experience (As Academician): 3 years

A03649AhmadNazriMohamedSomMr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466814;Mobile:0163787020Fax:60389437958nazrims@science.upm.edu.my;nazri@math.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• Ph.D.(UPM,Malaysia)

Specialisation(s)• NumericalAnalysis

Expertise• NumericalAnalysis

Year of Appointment:2008

Working Experience (As Academician): 4 years

A03392 AlvinHeeKahWeiDr.DepartmentofBiologyFacultyofScienceTel-Office:03-89466643Fax:0386567454alvinhee@putra.upm.edu.my

Qualification : • B.App.Sc(AppliedBiology)(FirstClassHons);PhD(AppliedEntomology)(USM, Malaysia)

Professional Affiliation(s) : • InternationalSocietyofChemicalEcology

Specialisation(s) :• EntomologyandChemicalEcology

Expertise :• TephritidFruitFlyChemicalEcology,Insect-PlantInteractions

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Year of Appointment: 2000

Working Experience (As Academician): 12 years

A03801AnwarFitriantoDr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389467025;Mobile:0162375915Fax:60389437958anwar@science.upm.edu.my;anwarfitrianto@putra.upm.edu.my

Year of Appointment: 2003

Working Experience (As Academician): 9 years

Qualifications• B.Sc.(Hons)(USA)• M.Sc.(UKM,Malaysia)• Ph.D.(UPM,Malaysia)

Specialisation(s)• Algebra

Qualifications• B.Sc(Hons)(Statistics)• M.Sc(Statistics)• Ph.D(RobustStatistics)

Specialisation(s)• ComputationalStatistics

Expertise• Algebra

A02588AnizaAbd.GhaniMrs.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466815;Mobile:0139278344Fax:60389437958aniza@science.upm.edu.my;aniza@putra.upm.edu.my

Faculty of Science

Research Expertise 6

Year of Appointment: 2009

Working Experience (As Academician): 3 years

A03533AzmanJaliMr.DepartmentofBiologyFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466767Fax:0386567454azman@putra.upm.edu.my

Qualificatian:• Msc.

Specialisation(s) :• Parasitology

Expertise :• MedicalParasitology(Malariology,Protozoology)andMicrobiology

Expertise• ComputationalStatistics• Survivalanalysis,ExperimentalDesigns• StatisticalQualityControl• RobustStatistics• Meditationanalysis• StatisticalModeling

Year of Appointment:1989

Working Experience (As Academician): 23 years

A00543AzmiZakariaProf.Dr.DepartmentofPhysicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466650;Mobile:0192878702Fax:0389454454azmizak@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.Sc(Hon)PhysicsUKM• M.ScBelfast(UK)• Ph.DWales(UK)

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7 Research ExpertiseProfessional Affiliation(s)• OpticalSocietyofAmerica• MalaysianSolidStateSociety

Specialisation(s)• PhotothermalPhysics,Optoelectronics

Expertise• PhotothermalNon-destructivetesting• Photothermalspectroscopy• Zincoxidebasedarrestor• Nonmaterialproducedbylaserablation

Year of Appointment:2008

Working Experience (As Academician): 4 years

A03378BimoArioTejoDr.DepartmentofChemistryFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389467488Fax:0389435380bimo@putra.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.Sc.(Chemistry),UniversityofIndonesia(1999)• Ph.D.(Biotechnology),UniversitiPutraMalaysia(2004)• Postdoctoralfellow(PharmaceuticalChemistry),UniversityofKansas(2008)

Professional Affiliation(s)• AmericanChemicalSociety(ACS)• AmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofScience(AAAS)• ASEAN-SouthAmerican-German(ASAG)BiotechNetwork• South-SouthInitiativeforTropicalDiseaseResearch(SSI-TDR)Network• ScienceAdvisoryBoard

Specialisation(s)• ComputationalChemistry/Protein&PeptideChemistry

Expertise• Protein&peptidechemistry,computationalchemistry,pharmaceuticalchemistry

For full curriculum vitae (CV), please visit http://profile.upm.edu.my/bimo

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Research Expertise 8

Year of Appointment: 2006

Working Experience (As Academician): 6 years

A03159ChenSooKienDr.DepartmentofPhysicsFacultyofScienceTel.:0389466668Fax.:0389454454skchen@science.upm.edu.my

Specializations(s)• Superconductivity/CondensedMatter

Expertise• Phaseformation,electricalandmagneticpropertiesofmaterials

Qualifications• Ph.D.,UniversityofCambridge,U.K.

Professional Affiliation(s)• InstituteofPhysicsMalaysia• InstituteofPhysicsU.K.• SolidStateScienceandTechnologySocietyMalaysia

Year of Appointment: 2009

Working Experience (As Academician): 3 years

A03719ChristinaYongSeokYienDr.DepartmentofBiologyFacultyofScienceTel-Office:03894666730Fax:0386567454chrisyong@putra.upm.edu.my

Expertise :• plantgenetics,functionandstructureofplantgenes,developmentofspecies specificgeneticmarkersandpopulationgeneticstudies

Qualification :• PhDUniversitiKebangsaanMalaysia

Specialisation(s) :• PlantMolecularGenetic

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Qualifications• B.ScUKM(Jun1995)• M.ScUniversityofSurvey1978• PhDUniversityofStAndrews1989

Professional Affiliation(s)• ChairmanDirectoryOfExpertsAndResearchFacilities• RefereePostersFundamentalScienceCongress,FacultyScience• KeynoteSpeakerFundamentalScienceCongress• CommitteeResearchAndInnovation

Specialisation(s)• AppliedPhysics

Expertise• Calculus• Algebra

Year of Appointment: 1976

Working Experience (As Academician): 36 years

A0385KEliasSaion Prof.Dr.DepartmentofPhysicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466645;Mobile:0172459439Fax:0389454454elias@science.upm.edu.my

Year of Appointment:2008

Working Experience (As Academician): 4 years

A03444EmiliaAbd.MalekDr.DepartmentofChemistryFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466795Fax:03-89435380emilia@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• BSc.(Hons)(Chemistry)(UMIST)• PhD(SyntheticOrganicChemistry)(UniversityofOxford,UK)

Specialisation(s)• SyntheticOrganicChemistry

Faculty of Science

Research Expertise 10

Qualifications• B.Sc(Hons.)IndustrialChemistry(UPM),• M.ScMaterialChemistry(UPM),• Ph.DChemicalProcessEngineering(HokkaidoUniversity,Japan)

Professional Affiliation(s)• UniversitiPutraMalaysia(UPM)

Year of Appointment: 2010

Working Experience (As Academician): 2 years

A03749ErneeNoryanaMuhamadDr.DepartmentofChemistryFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389461444Fax:0389534380ernee@science.upm.edu.my

Specialisation(s)• Catalysis• MaterialChemistry

Expertise• Fuelcellcatalysis• Solidheterogeneouscatalysts

Qualifications• Ph.D.(UKM,Malaysia)

Specialisation(s)• FluidMechanicsandHeatTransferinBoundaryLayer

Year of Appointment: 2000

Working Experience (As Academician): 12 years

A02040FadzilahMd.AliDr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466843;Mobile:0133597181Fax:60389437958fadzilah@science.upm.edu.my;fadzilahma@putra.upm.edu.my

Expertise• Syntheticorganicchemistry

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Specialisation(s) :• Conversationgenetics• Orchidology• PlantBiodiversity• PlantBiotechnology

Expertise :• Conversationgenetics• Orchidology• PlantBiodiversity• PlantBiotechnology

A02072FaridahQamaruzZaman

Year of Appointment: 2000

Working Experience (As Academician): 12 years

Qualification • PhD(UniversityofCambridge);B.Sc.(UniversityofLondon)

Professional Affiliation(s)• IUCN/SSCOrchidSpecialistGroup• TheGeneticsSocietyofMalaysia

Assoc.Prof.Dr.DepartmentofBiologyFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466635Fax:0386567454fqz@putra.upm.edu.my

Year of Appointment: 2001

Working Experience (As Academician): 11 years

A02238FaridahYunosMrs.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466868;Mobile:0137282503Fax:60389437958faridahy@science.upm.edu.my;faridahy@putra.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• Ph.D.(UPM,Malaysia)

Expertise• FluidMechanicsandHeatTransferinBoundaryLayer

Faculty of Science

Research Expertise 12

Expertise• LinearModel

Year of Appointment:1981

Working Experience (As Academician): 31 years

A00588FauziahMaarofMrs.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466820;Mobile:0129152790Fax:60389437958fauziah@science.upm.edu.my;f_maarof@putra.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• Ph.D.(USA)

Specialisation(s)• LinearModel

Year of Appointment:1983

Working Experience (As Academician): 29 years

A00743FudziahIsmailAssoc.Prof.Dr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466811;Mobile:0192455993Fax:60389437958fudziah@science.upm.edu.my;fudziah@putra.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• M.Sc.Math.(WashingtonStateUniversity,U.S.A)• Ph.D.Math.(UPM,Malaysia)

Specialisation(s)• NumericalAnalysis

Specialisation(s)• NumberTheory Expertise• NumberTheory

Expertise• NumericalAnalysis

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Year of Appointment:1981

Working Experience (As Academician): 31 years

A00547GwendolineEeChengLianProf.Dr.DepartmentofChemistryFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466785Fax:0389435380gwen@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• BSc(NZ)• MSc(NZ)• PhD(Malaysia)

Professional Affiliation(s)• AssociateMemberIKM• MemberRSC• MemberACS

Specialisation(s)• OrganicChemistry/NaturalProductChemistry

Expertise• NaturalProductChemistry

Year of Appointment:1981

Working Experience (As Academician): 31 years

A00608HabshahMidiProf.Dr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466606/6676;Mobile:0133925520Fax:60389432508habshah@science.upm.edu.my;habshah@putra.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.A.(Hons)(DrewUniversity,USA)• M.Apl.Statistics(OhioStateuniversity,USA)• Ph.D.(UKM)

Specialisation(s)• RobustRegression

Faculty of Science

Research Expertise 14

Specialisation(s)• MaterialScienceofPhysics• GlassandCeramics

Expertise• GlassScience• Ultrasonics• ElectricalandDielectricProperties

Year of Appointment:1986

Working Experience (As Academician): 26 years

A02287HalimahMohamedKamariDr.DepartmentofPhysicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466657Fax:0389454454halimah@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.Sc.Physics(Hons)(UM)• MSc(UPM)• PhD(UPM)

Professional Affiliation(s)• UniversityPutraMalaysia

Year of Appointment: 2002

Working Experience (As Academician): 10 years

A02333HalizaRosaliMrs.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466823;Mobile:0192400055Fax:60389437958haliza@science.upm.edu.my;haliza@putra.upm.edu.my

Expertise• RobustRegression• ExperimentalDesign• QualityControl

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15 Research ExpertiseQualifications• B.Sc(Hons)(UPM,Malaysia)• Ms(UKM,Malaysia)

Specialisation(s)• AppliedMathematics

Year of Appointment: 2009

Working Experience (As Academician): 3 years

A03682HaslinaAhmadDr.DepartmentofChemistryFacultyofScienceTel-Office:03-89467486Fax:0389435380haslina@science.upm.edu.my

Expertise• AppliedMathematics

Qualifications• B.Sc.(Hons.)Chemistry(UTM)• PhD(Chemistry)(UniversityofSheffield) Professional Affiliation(s)• MRSC

Specialisation(s)• BioinorganicChemistry

Expertise• DNAbinding,coordinationcomplexes,supramolecularmaterials,anionsensor

Year of Appointment:1989

Working Experience (As Academician): 23 years

A01191HishamuddinOmarDr.DepartmentofBiologyFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466623Fax:0386567454hishamom@putra.upm.edu.my

Faculty of Science

Research Expertise 16Qualification:• PhDMarineBiology

Specialisation(s) :• AquaticBiology&Phycology

Expertise :• AquaticBiology&Phycology

Year of Appointment: 1990

Working Experience (As Academician): 27 years

A01289HishamuddinZainuddinAssoc.Prof.Dr.DepartmentofPhysicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:03-89466873;Mobile:013-3837304Fax:03-86567454hishamuddin@science.upm.edu.my/hishamuddinz@gmail.com

Administrative Position (If Any)• HeadofLaboratory,TheoreticalStudiesLaboratory,InstituteofAdvancedTechnology, UniversityPutraMalaysia(2002-2006)• HeadofLaboratory,LaboratoryofComputationalSciencesandMathematicalPhysics, InstituteforMathematicalResearch,UniversityPutraMalaysia(2007-2012)• DeputyDirector,InstituteforMathematicalResearch,UniversityPutraMalaysia(2012- now)

Qualifications• B.Sc.(Hons.),UniversityofAdelaide,Australia,1984• Cert.ofAdv.StudyinMath.,UniversityofCambridge,UnitedKingdom,1987• Ph.D.,UniversityofDurham,UnitedKingdom,1990

Professional Affiliation(s)• Member,MalaysianAssociationforSolidStateScience&Technology(since1993)• Fellow,InstituteofPhysics,Malaysia(since1998)• Member,MalaysianSocietyforMathematicalSciences(since2008)• CommitteeMember,SouthEastAsiaTheoreticalPhysicsAssociation(since2012)

Specialization (s)• QuantumFoundations• CosmologicalModels• ComplexNetworks

Expertise• TheoreticalPhysics• QuantumScience&Technology• FoundationsofScience&Technology

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Year of Appointment: 2006

Working Experience (As Academician): 6 years

A03104 IbragimovGafurjanAssoc.Prof.Dr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466818Fax:60389437958ibragimov@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• M.Sc.Math.(NationalUniversityofUzbekistan)• Ph.D.Math.(Moscow)

Professional Affiliation(s)• MemberofPERSAMA• RefereeoftheMalaysianJournalofMathematicalScience

Year of Appointment: 1997

Working Experience (As Academician):15years

A01730IdhamArifAliasDr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466856;Mobile:0178828232Fax:60389437958idham@science.upm.edu.my;idham_aa@purta.upm.edu.my

Specialisation(s)• DifferentialEquations Expertise• LinearPursuitandEvasionDifferentialGames• LinearDiscretePursuitGames• SimultaneousGames

Qualifications• B.Sc.(Hons)(UnivofMinnesotaTwinCities,USA/UPM,Malaysia)• M.Sc.(UniversityofExeter,UK);• Ph.D.(AustralianNationalUniversity,Australia)

Specialisation(s)• GroupTheory

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Research Expertise 18Expertise• GroupTheory• EducationalMathematics• FinancialMathematics• Etno-Mathematics

Year of Appointment:2005

Working Experience (As Academician): 7 years

A02872IntanSafinarIsmailDr.DepartmentofChemistryFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466804/89471487Fax:0389435380intan@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.Sc.Chemistry(CreightonUniversity,USA)• M.Sc.NaturalProductsChemistry(UPM)• Ph.DNaturalProductsChemistry(OkayamaUniversity,Japan)

Professional Affiliation(s)• Member-AmericanChemicalSociety(ACS):7July2009-present• Member-JapanesePharmaceuticalSociety(JPS):27May2008-present• Member-AsiaLifeScienceCouncil:2009-present• Associatemember-InstitutKimiaMalaysia(IKM):October2010-present

Specialisation(s)• NaturalProductsChemistry

Expertise• OrganicChemistry

Year of Appointment: 2000

Working Experience (As Academician): 12 years

A02015IonelValeriuGarescuAssoc.Prof.Dr.DepartmentofPhysicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466656Fax:0389454454valeriu.grozescu@science.upm.edu.my

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Year of Appointment: 2003

Working Experience (As Academician): 9 years

A2008IrmawatiRamli Assoc.Prof.DrDepartmentofChemistryFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466786/03-20893400Fax:0389435380/0328093401irmawati@science.upm.edu.my/irmawati@psn.gov.my

Qualifications• Ph.D.inChemistry(UMIST)

Professional Affiliation(s)• DirectorNationalScienceCentre

Year of Appointment: 2006

Working Experience (As Academician): 6 years

A03000IsthrinayagyKrishnarajahDr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466827;Mobile:0166176084Fax:60389437958isthri@science.upm.edu.my;isthri@putra.upm.edu.my

Specialisation(s)• HeterogeneousCatalysis Expertise• Propaneselectiveoxidationtoacrylicacid• Mixedmetaloxidecatalysts

Qualifications• B.Sc.(Hons)(UPM,Malaysia)• M.Sc.(UPM,Malaysia);• Ph.D.(UK)

Specialisation(s)• MathematicalBiology

Qualifications• PhDUPM1998

Specialization(s)• Appliedoptics

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Research Expertise 20Expertise • MathematicalBiology

Year of Appointment: 1991

Working Experience (As Academician): 21 years

A01254JaparSidikBujangProf.Dr.DepartmentofBiologyFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466626Fax:0386567454japar@putra.upm.edu.my

Qualification:• PhdUniversitiSainsMalaysia

Professional Affiliation(s) :• ChairmanSubstitudeofTechnicalCommitteewithLadaSector,CooperationTwoWay KPPK-UPM

Specialisation(s) :• SeagrassTaxonomy,BiologyandHabitatCharacters

Expertise :• TheMarineAngiosperms,Seagrass

Year of Appointment: 2000

Working Experience (As Academician): 12 years

A02027JayanthiArasan Dr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466835;Mobile:0126760374Fax:60389437958jayanthi@science.upm.edu.my;jayanthi@putra.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.Sc.(Hons)(USM,Malaysia)• M.Sc.(UPM,Malaysia);• Ph.D.(UK)

Specialisation(s)• SurvivalAnalysis• ComputationalStatistics

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Year of Appointment: 2009

Working Experience (As Academician): 3 years

A03797JosephineLiewYingChyiDr.DepartmentofPhysicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:03-89467231;Mobile:012-8112863Fax:0389454454josephine@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications: • DoctorofPhilosophy

Professional Affiliation(s): • Contributedmorethan20researcharticlesinjournalsandproceedings.• LifememberofMalaysianSolidStateScienceandTechnology(MASS).

Year of Appointment:1982

Working Experience (As Academician): 30 years

A00717JumiahHassanAssoc.Prof.Dr.DepartmentofPhysicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466658Mobile:Fax:0389454454jumiah@science.upm.edu.my

Specialization (s)• MaterialScience

Expertise• Researchinvolvessynthesis,characterizationandutilizationofchalcogenidesemi conductormaterialsforsolarcellapplications.• Involvesynthesizingpolycrystallinechalcogenidesemiconductorviavarious methodsofpreparationandcharacterizingtheresultingmaterialsinpowderand thinfilm,involvedstructural,morphological,electrical,opticalandthermalproperties ofthesynthesizedchalcogenidesemiconductormaterials.

Expertise• SurvivalAnalysis• ComputationalStatisticsFaculty of Science

Research Expertise 22Qualifications• Ph.D‘Microwavel’,UPM

Professional Affiliation(s)• MASS• mSET

Specialisation(s)• DielectricScience• Microwave

Expertise• Dielectricmaterials• MicrowaveExtractionTechnique(MET)

Year of Appointment:1988

Working Experience (As Academician): 24 years

A06787KamaliahSiratDr.DepartmentofChemistryFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466785Fax:0389435380kamaliah@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.Sc.(Chemistry)(UKM);• M.Sc.MetalComplexes/CoordinationCompounds(UniversityofTasmania)

Specialisation(s)• InorganicChemistry–coordinationcompound

Expertise• NaturalProductChemistry

Year of Appointment: 2004

Working Experience (As Academician):8years

A0103K KamelAriffinMohdAtanProf.Dato’Dr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466872;Mobile:0193513087Fax:60389437958kamel@science.upm.edu.my;kamel@putra.upm.edu.my

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23 Research ExpertiseQualifications• Ph.D.(NewSouthWales)

Specialisation(s)• NumberTheory• Cryptography

Year of Appointment: 2002

Working Experience (As Academician): 10 years

A02311KhamirulAminMatoriDr.DepartmentofPhysicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:03-89466653;Mobile:0162673321Fax:0389454454khamirul@science.upm.edu.my

Expertise• NumberTheory• Cryptography

Qualifications• B.ScPhysicsUPM1995• Masc.MaterialScienceUPM2001• PhDNucleationStudies(SilicateGlassCeramics)Uni.ofSheffield2006

Professional Affiliation(s)• ResearchAssociate,ITMA• HeadOfTheLaboratorySynthesisOfMaterialCharacterizationITMA

Specialisation(s)• MaterialScienceandNucleationStudies(SilicateGlassCeramics)

Expertise• MaterialScienceandNucleationStudies(SilicateGlassCeramics)

Year of Appointment: 2001

Working Experience (As Academician): 11 years

A02234KhozirahShaariProf.Dr.DepartmentofChemistryFacultyofScienceTel–Office:60389468081/89471245Fax:0389435380khozirah@science.upm.edu.my

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Research Expertise 24Qualifications• BSc(Hons)(Chemistry)UniversityofSwansea,Wales• MSc(Phytochemistry)(UniversityMalaya)• PhD(Phytochemistry)(UniversityofStrathclyde)

Professional Affiliation(s)• AcademicOfficersAssociation,UPM(PPAUPM)• PersatuanPenggunaIslamMalaysia(PPIM)

Specialisation(s)• OrganicChemistry

Expertise• OrganicChemistry

Year of Appointment: 2002

Working Experience (As Academician): 10 years

A02344 LeeLaiSoonDr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389468454;Mobile:0127916527Fax:60389437958lslee@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• DoctorofPhilosophyinOperationalResearch(UniversityofSouthampton,UNITED KINGDOM)• MasterofScienceinAppliedMathematics(NumericalAnalysis)(UniversitiPutra Malaysia,MALAYSIA)• BachelorofScience(Honors)inMathematics(UniversitiPutraMalaysia,MALAYSIA) Professional Affiliation(s)• LifeMemberofPersatuanSainsMatematikMalaysia(PERSAMA)• LifeMemberofManagementScience/OperationsResearchSocietyofMalaysia (MSORSM)• LifeMemberofGoldenKeyNationalHonourSociety• MemberofEUROSpecialInterestGrouponCuttingandPacking(ESICUP)• MemberofInstituteforOperationsResearchandtheManagementSciences (INFORMS)• MemberofTheAssociationofEuropeanOperationalResearchSocieties(EURO)• MemberofTheOperationalResearchSociety(TheORSociety)• MemberofPersatuanPegawaiAkademikUPM

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Year of Appointment: 2003

Working Experience (As Academician): 9 years

A02519LeongWahJuneAssoc.Prof.Dr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466677;Mobile:0122266562Fax:60389437958wjleong@science.upm.edu.my;leongwj@putra.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.Sc(Hons),• M.Sc,• Ph.D--UPM• Postdoctoral–ChineseAcademyofSciences Professional Affiliation(s)• SocietyforIndustrialandAppliedMathematics(SIAM)

Specialisation(s)• NumericalMethods• Newton-likeMethods Expertise• UnconstrainedOptimization• Large-scaleOptimization• Nonlinearsystem

Specialisation(s)• OperationalResearchandOptimisation Expertise• CombinatorialOptimisationProblems(MachineScheduling,CuttingandPacking, TravellingSalesman,VehicleRouting,UrbanTransitNetworkDesign)• HeuristicApproaches• LocalSearchandMetaheuristicApproaches(GeneticAlgorithms,AntColony Optimisation,TabuSearch,DescentMethod,SimulatedAnnealing)

Faculty of Science

Research Expertise 26

Year of Appointment: 2012

Working Experience (As Academician):-years

A03893LimHongNgeeDr.DepartmentofChemistryFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389467494Fax:0389435380E-mail:janet_limhn@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.Sc.(Hons)(Oleochemistry)(UKM),• M.Sc.(Chemistry)(UKM),• Ph.D.(SurfaceScience)(UPM)

Professional Affiliation(s)• DepartmentofChemistry,FacultyofScience,UniversitiPutraMalaysia

Specialisation(s)• Fabricationofgraphene-basedmaterials

Expertise• Fabricationofgraphene-basedpolymericmatrices• Fabricationofinorganicnanostructure-graphenenanocomposites• Functionalizationofgraphene

Year of Appointment: 2004

Working Experience (As Academician):8years

A02555LimKeanPahDr.DepartmentofPhysicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466660Fax:0389454454kplim@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.Sc.(Hons.)UniversitiPutraMalaysia1996Physics• MasterSciencesUniversitiPutraMalaysia1999MagneticThinFilms• Ph.D.UniversitiPutraMalaysia2002MagneticMaterials

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Year of Appointment: 1992

Working Experience (As Academician): 20 years

A01725MahendranS.ShitanAssoc.Prof.Dr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466832;Mobile:0126725098Fax:60389437958mahendran@science.upm.edu.my;mahen@putra.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.Sc.(Hons)(USM,Malaysia)• M.App.Sc(RMIT)• Ph.D.(RMIT) Professional Affiliation(s)• PersatuanPegawaiAkademik,UPM• InstitutStatistikMalaysia• ManagementScienceandOperationsResearchSociety

Year of Appointment:1982

Working Experience (As Academician): 30 years

A00707MahiranBasriProf.Dr.DepartmentofChemistryFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389467266Fax:0389466998mahiran@science.upm.edu.my

Specialisation(s)• SpatialModel Expertise• SpatialModels• TimeSeries• Forecasting

Specializations(s)• MagnetismandMagneticThinFilms• Giantandcolossalmagnetoresistiveeffect

Expertise• ThinfilmfabricationusingPulsedLaserAblationandRF/DCMagnetronSputtering

Faculty of Science

Research Expertise 28Qualifications• PhD(UPM)• MS(NIU,USA)• BS(NIU,USA)

Professional Affiliation(s)• FellowofMalaysianInstituteofChemistry

Specialisation(s)• OrganicChemistry

Expertise• FatsandOilChemistry• Biocatalysis• ColloidChemistry

Year of Appointment:1984

Working Experience (As Academician):28years

A0785KMansorHashimAssoc.Prof.Dr.DepartmentofPhysic FacultyofScienceTel-Office:03-89466669Fax:0389454454mansor@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.Sc(UM)1977,Dip-in-Sc(Uni.OfDundee)1979,M.Sc(Uni.OfDundee)1981,• Ph.D(Uni.OfDundee)1984

Specialisation(s)• MagneticMaterialsandSolidStatePhysics

Expertise• Microwaveresonanceandrelaxationingarnets’,• HighTemperature• Superconductors• ElectricalPropertiesOfActivatedCarbon• SpinelAndHexagonalFerrites

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Year of Appointment:1983

Working Experience (As Academician): 29 years

A00715MansorAhmad@AyobAssoc.Prof.Dr.DepartmentofChemistryFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466775Fax:0389435380mansorahmad@science.upm.edu.my

Administrative Position (If Any)• HeadofDepartment(ChemistryDepartment)

Qualifications• B.S.(Indiana)• M.S.(Kentucky)• Ph.D.(Salford)

ProfessionalAffiliation(s)• MalaysianNationalExpertofASEANSub-CommitteeonInfrastructureinResearch andDevelopment(SCIRD)ProjectonPublic-PrivateCollaborationinScienceand Technology:PolicyDevelopment,TrainingandAwareness.Theprojectsponsored byASEANsecretariatandJapan-ASEANExchangeProgram(JAEP).(Selectedby MinistryofScience,TechnologyandtheEnvironmenttorepresentMalaysia).• ChairmanoftheseminarASEANSCIRDPublic-PrivateCollaborationinScienceand Technology:PolicyDevelopment,TrainingandAwarenessdiHotelIstana,Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia,24–26June2003.Presentingby65participantsfromASEAN countryandJapan.• TechnicalCommitteeofSafeSystemofWorkandPracticesinOccupationalSetting forpreparationMalaysiaStandard,MinistryHumanResourcesMalaysia,since2003.• MemberofTechnicalCommitteeofMalaysiaNationalChemistryQuiz(K3M), MalaysianInstituteofChemistry.2002-2004.• MemberofEducationandCommunityServicesoftheMalaysianInstituteof Chemistry,since2003.• RefereeofScienceInventionContestantbetweenSecondarySchools,Pameran PenyelidikandanRekaciptaUPM2003,UPM,8-10July2003.• MemberofInvitingEditorMalaysianJournalofAnalyticalSciences,2001.• AssociateMember(AMIC)ofMalaysianInstituteofChemistry,since1986.• MemberBiocompositeTechnologyCenter(BTC)InstituteBioscience,UPMsince 1998• MemberofComputerChemistryCommitteeoftheMalaysianInstituteofChemistry, 1995-1997.• MemberofEducationCommitteeoftheMalaysianInstituteofChemistry,1997- present.• AssociateMember(AMSA)ofMalaysianScientistsAssociation,since1987.• MemberofMalaysianAnalyticalScientistSociety(ANALIS),since1994.• CommitteeMemberofMalaysianAnalyticalScientistSociety(ANALIS)1994-1997.• MemberofBiocompositeTechnologyCenter,InstituteBiosains,UPM1997–2001• AssistantSecretaryMalaysianAnalyticalScientistSociety(ANALIS)1994-1997.

Faculty of Science

Research Expertise 30

Qualification :• PhDUniversityofWesternAustralia

Specialisation(s) :• AnimalReproduction/Endocrinology

2009-2012• AssociateFellow,MalaysianScientificAssociation(AFMSA)since2011• Chairman,WorkingGrouponMSSafetyandHealthSignageusedintheWorkplaces, DOSH2011-2013• CouncilMember,InstitutKimiaMalaysia(IKM)2012-2013• CouncilMember,MalaysianScientificAssociation(MSA)2012-2014

Year of Appointment: 2002

Working Experience (As Academician): 10 years

A0415KMansorMonsiDr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466881Fax:60389437958mmonsi@science.upm.edu.my;mmonsi@putra.upm.edu.my

Specialisation(s)• OptimizationandIntervalAnalysis Expertise• OptimizationandIntervalAnalysis

Specialisation(s)• PolymerChemistry:PolymerGrafting,HydrogelsandControlledRelease• Nanocomposites• BiocompositesandPolymerBlends Expertise• AnalyticalandPolymerChemistry

Year of Appointment: 2011

Working Experience (As Academician): 1 years

A03885MashitahShikhMaidinDr.DepartmentofBiologyFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466767Fax:603-86567454mashitah@science.upm.edu.my

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Year of Appointment: 1977

Working Experience (As Academician): 33 years

A0336KMawardiRahmaniProfessorDepartmentofChemistryFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466794Fax:0389435380

Qualifications• B.Sc.(UM,Malaysia)• M.Phil(Nottingham)• Ph.D.(NewSouthWales)

Expertise :• Appliedresearchesandmainlyfocusedonanimalphysiology,reproductive managementandanimalbiotechnology• Animalendocrinephysiologyandanimalreproductivemanagementaswellas developmentprocessinfemaleanimals(especiallyingoats),withaparticularfocus onthepathwaysthroughwhichenvironmentalfactorsinfluencethereproductive system.

Year of Appointment:1982

Working Experience (As Academician): 30 years

A00652MatRofaIsmailAssoc.Prof.Dr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466889;Mobile:0173460535Fax:60389437958mrofa@science.upm.edu.my;mrofa@putra.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• SarjanaMudaSains(Kep)(UniversitiKebangsaanMalaysia)• MSc(UniversityofWales)–1982• PhD(UniversitiMalaya)–1993

Specialisation(s)• PhilosophyandHistoryofMathematics• AdvancedMathematicalThinking• Educationalmathematics

Expertise• PhilosophyofIslamicSciences

Faculty of Science

Research Expertise 32

Year of Appointment: 2010

Working Experience (As Academician): 2 years

A03797MazlianaAhmadKamaruddinDr.DepartmentofPhysicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466649;Mobile:0126790079Fax:0389454454mazliana_ak@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• Bac.ScinPhysicsSecondClassUpper,UPM2005,• PhDinAppliedOpticsLancasterUniversity2010

Specialization (s)• SemiconductorNanostructures(QuantumDots)

Specialisation(s)• OrganicChemistry• OrganicSpectroscopy Expertise• Structureelucidationofnaturalproductsfromvariousplantfamily• Bioactivitystudyofnaturalproducts• Variouschromatographicseparationtechniques• Interpretationofspectraldata

Year of Appointment: 2010

Working Experience (As Academician): 2 years

A03727Md.MahmudurRahmanDr.DepartmentofPhysicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:03-89466683Fax:0386567454mahmud@science.upm.edu.my

Expertise• Nanparticlessynthesis

Professional Affiliation(s)• MalaysianNaturalProductSociety

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Year of Appointment: 2011

Working Experience (As Academician): 1 years

A03824Md.SohelRanaDr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466830;Mobile:0166590401Fax:60389437958sohel@science.upm.edu.my;sohel_rana@putra.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• Ph.D.(UPM,Malaysia)

Specialisation(s)• RobustStatisticalMethods

Expertise• RobustStatisticalMethods

Qualifications• B.ScPhysics2002(Japan)• M.ScMathematicsandPhysics2004(Japan)• PhDTheoreticalandComputationalPhysics2007(Japan)

Professional Affiliation(s)• CommitteememberofAsia-PacificConference&WorkshopInQuantumInformation Science2012(APCWQIS2012)

Specialisation(s)• MathematicsandPhysics

Expertise• TheoreticalandComputationalPhysics

Year of Appointment: 2007

Working Experience (As Academician):5years

A03170MeenakshiiNallapanDr.DepartmentofBiologyFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466624Fax:603-86567454meenakshii@science.upm.edu.my

Faculty of Science

Research Expertise 34

Year of Appointment: 2001

Working Experience (As Academician): 11 years

A02793MohamatAidilMohamatJohariMr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466865;Mobile:0126449500Fax:60389437958aidil@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.Sc.(Hons)(UPM,Malaysia)• M.Sc.(UKM,Malaysia)• Ph.D.(UPM,Malaysia)

Specialisation(s)• AppliedMathematics

Expertise• AppliedMathematics

Year of Appointment: 2002

Working Experience (As Academician): 10 years

A02446MohamedIbrahimMohamedTahirDr.DepartmentofChemistryFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389467489Fax:0389435380mibrahim@science.upm.edu.my

Qualification• PhDKing’sCollegeLondon

Specialisation(s)• FractionationOfMedicinalPlants

Expertise• AntidiabeticeffectsofselectedmedicinalplantsemployingTypeIandIIDiabetic modelsinvitroandinvivo• HypertensiveinvestigationofselectedmedicinalplantsemployingSHRmodels

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Year of Appointment:2005

Working Experience (As Academician): 7 years

A02881MohamedSuleimanProf.Dato’Dr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466816;Mobile:0192202745Fax:60389437958mohameds@science.upm.edu.my;mohameds@putra.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.Sc.(Hons)(UM,Malaysia)• M.Sc.(UniversityofNewcastle-Upon-Tyne,England)• Ph.D.(UniversityofManchester,UK)

Professional Affiliation(s)• MalaysianMathematicalSociety(PERSAMA)

Specialisation(s)• NumericalAnalysis Expertise• NumericalAnalysis

Qualifications• B.Sc.(Hons)inChemsitry(Southampton)• D.Phil.(Oxford)

Professional Affiliation(s)• MemberoftheAmericanChemicalSociety(2010–present)

Specialisation(s)• InorganicChemistry

Expertise• CoordinationChemistry• Crystallography

Faculty of Science

Research Expertise 36

Year of Appointment: 2010

Working Experience (As Academician): 2 years

A0402KMohdMaarofHjAbdMoksin Prof.Dr.DepartmentofPhysicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:03-89466674;Mobile:0173540184Fax:0389454454maarof@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications: • BScUKM• MScBrunel• PhDUni.Strathclyde

Professional Affiliation(s) • LifeMemberofMASS

Specialisation(s) • MaterialEvaluation

Expertise: • Thermalwavegenerationanddetectioninsubmicronlayers• Thermalwaveapplicationsinmaterialcharacterization

Year of Appointment: 2011

Working Experience (As Academician): 1 years

A03880MohdMustafaAwangKechikDr.DepartmentofPhysicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466671;Mobile:6019-3895670Fax:60389454454mustafa@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications • BachelorofScience(Hons)Physics,UPM,2001.• MasterofScience(Physics),UKM,2007.• PhD(Superconductivity),UniversityofBirmingham,2011.

Professional Affiliation(s)• MalaysianSolidStateScienceandTechnologyAssociation,LifeMember,2005-present.• InstituteofPhysics(IOP),UK,AssociateMember,2007-present• TheBirminghamMetallurgicalAssociation,UK,Member,2007-present

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Year of Appointment:1989

Working Experience (As Academician): 23 years

A01206MohdZobirHussein ProfessorDepartmentofChemistryFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466801Fax:60389435380mzobir@science.upm.edu.my

Administrative Position (If Any)• Head,CatalysisScienceandTechnologyResearchCentre

Qualifications• B.Sc.Hons(UKM,Malaysia)• Ph.D.(Reading,UK)

Professional Affiliation(s)• MemberofMaterialsResearchSociety,USA(MMRS)• AssociateofMalaysianInstituteofChemistry(AMIC)• FellowofMalaysianAssociationofSolidStateSciences(FMASS)

Specialisation(s)• MaterialsChemistry/Nanomaterials/DrugDelivery

Specialization (s)• FocusonfundamentalstudiesofboththefabricationandcharacterizationofYBCO 123thinfilmsgrownonStrontiumTitanate(STO)substratebythePulsedLaser DepositionandRFSputteringmethods,withemphasisontheimprovementof criticalcurrentdensitythroughoptimizingtheprocessingconditionsandthrough theadditionofnanopinninginclusions.• Theinfluenceofseveralmaterialsnano-inclusionsinYBCO123ontheTcandJcis alsostudied.Theresultsofthisstudyhavethepotentialtohelpinunderstanding thewayfluxpinningcenterpropertieswork.Hisworkmainlyfocusesonfluxpinning inHighTemperaturesuperconductingfilms.Hehaspublishedover30research articlesinjournals.

Expertise• High-Tcsuperconductingwireandtapefabrication.

Expertise• MaterialsChemistry/Nanomaterials

Faculty of Science

Research Expertise 38

Year of Appointment:1981

Working Experience (As Academician): 31 years

A01956Mohd.AspollahMd.Sukari Prof.Dr.DepartmentofChemistryFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466797Fax:0389435380aspollah@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.Sc.Chemistry(GadjahMadaUniversity,Indonesia);• DrsChemistry(GadjahMadaUniversity,Indonesia);• Ph.DOrganicChemistry(UniversityofYork,UK)

Professional Affiliation(s) • RoyalSocietyofChemistry(RSC),MRSC,C.Chem.• MalaysianNaturalProductsSociety(MNPS)• MalaysianAnalyticalSciencesSociety(Analyst)• UPMAcademicStaffAssociation• AsianPhytochemicalSociety

Specialisation(s)• OrganicChemistry• NaturalProductsChemistry Expertise• ChemistryofBiologicallyImportantNaturalProducts• Organicsynthesis

Year of Appointment: 2000

Working Experience (As Academician): 12 years

A02041Mohd.BakriAdamDr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466860;Mobile:0199352337Fax:60389437958bakri@science.upm.edu.my;bakri@putra.upm.edu.my

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Year of Appointment:1985

Working Experience (As Academician): 27 years

A00869MohamadRushdanMdSaidAssoc.Prof.Dr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466841;Mobile:0122165335Fax:60389437958mrushdan@science.upm.edu.my;mrushdan@putra.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• Ph.D.(Sydney) Professional Affiliation(s)• Persama(PersatuanSainsMatematikMalaysia)• MSCR(MalaysianCryptologyResearchSociety)

Specialisation(s)• Cryptography• NumberTheory Expertise• PublicKeyCryptography• NumberTheory

Expertise• ExtremeValueTheory• Non-parametricRegression• Extreme-environmentStatistics• Extreme-sportStatistics• ExtremeMissingData• ExtremeDataMining

Qualifications• B.Sc.(Hons),UniversitiPertanianMalaysia,1995.• DiplomainRubber,Plastics&PolymerScience,RRIM,1998.• M.Sc.(AppliedStatistics),UniversitiPutraMalaysia,2000.• Ph.D.(Statistics),LancasterUniversity,2007.Ph.D.(LancasterUniversity)

Specialisation(s)• ExtremeValueTheory• Non-parametricRegression• SportsDataAnalysis

Faculty of Science

Research Expertise 40

Year of Appointment: 1999

Working Experience (As Academician): 13 years

A01920Mohd.BasyaruddinAbdulRahman Prof.Dr.DepartmentofChemistryFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389267746Fax:0389267972basya@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.ScinDoubleMajorinChemistry&ComputerSciencewithEducation(SecondClass UpperHons)UTM,Malaysia• Ph.D.inCatalysisChemistry(Univ.OfSouthampton,England)

Professional Affiliation(s)• UniversitiPutraMalaysia(UPM)• MinistryofScience,Technology&Innovation(MOSTI)• MalaysiaGenomeInstitute(MGI)• AkademiSainsMalaysia(ASM)

Specialisation(s)• CatalysisChemistry

Expertise• Biocatalysis• ComputationalChemistry• StructuralBiology

Year of Appointment:1985

Working Experience (As Academician): 27 years

A00894Mohd.RizamAbuBakarAssoc.Prof.Dr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466824Fax:60389437958mrizam@science.upm.edu.my;mrizam@putra.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• Ph.D.(UK)

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Year of Appointment: 2003

Working Experience (As Academician): 9 years

A02616 MuhammadRezalKamelAriffinDr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466838;Mobile:0123766494Fax:60389437958rezal@science.upm.edu.my;rezal@putra.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.Sc.(Hons)(UPM,Malaysia)• M.Sc.(UPM,Malaysia)• Ph.D.(UKM,Malaysia) Professional Affiliation(s)• ExcoMemberMalaysianSocietyforCryptologyResearch

Specialisation(s)• MathematicalCryptology Expertise• MathematicalCryptology

Expertise• SurvivalDataanalysis• DataEnvelopementAnalysis• EpidermicModels

Specialisation(s)• SurvivalDataanalysis• DataEnvelopementAnalysis• EpidermicModels

Year of Appointment: 2000

Working Experience (As Academician): 12 years

A02067 MuskhazliMustafaAssoc.Prof.DrDepartmentofBiologyFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466631Fax:0386567454muskhazli@putra.upm.edu.my

Faculty of Science

Research Expertise 42Qualification• PhD

Professional Affiliation(s) • WorldWildlifeFund• MalaysianGeneticSociety• MalaysianSocietyofMicrobiology• MalaysianAppliedBiologySociety• AssociationforTropicalBiologyandConversation

Specialisation(s) • Microbiology

Expertise • ProteinSecretion

Year of Appointment: 2000

Working Experience (As Academician): 12 years

A02076 NazihahMohamedAliMrs.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466846Fax:60389437958nazihah@science.upm.edu.my;nazihanma@putra.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.Sc.(Hons)(UKM,Malaysia)• M.Sc.(UKM,Malaysia)• Ph.D.(USM,Malaysia)

Specialisation(s)• QualityControl

Expertise• QualityControl

Year of Appointment: 2001

Working Experience (As Academician): 11 years

A02252NikMohdAsriNikLongAssoc.Prof.Dr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466863Mobile:0126768040Fax:60389437958nmasri@science.upm.edu.my;nmasri@putra.upm.edu.my

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Year of Appointment: 2011

Working Experience (As Academician): 1 years

A03825NizamTamchekDr.DepartmentofPhysicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466994Fax:0389454454nizamtam@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• Phd(2010),UniversitiMalaya• M.Sc.(2004),UniversitiMalaya• B.Sc.(2001),KanazawaUniversity,Japan

Specialization(s)• OpticalFiber• Nonlinearopticalfiber,PCF,Opticalfiberamplifer

Expertise• Sensor• FBG,SPR,PCF,Flat-Fiber

Expertise• FractureMechanics• IntegralEquations

Qualifications• Ph.D.(Manchester)

Specialisation(s)• AppliedMathematic

Year of Appointment:1982

Working Experience (As Academician): 30 years

A0698NoorAkmaIbrahimProf.Dr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466873;Mobile:0123925601Fax:60389437958noorakma@science.upm.edu.my;nakma@putra.upm.edu.my

Faculty of Science

Research Expertise 44Qualifications• B.Sc.(Hons)(USA)• M.Sc.(USA)• Ph.D.(UPM,Malaysia)

Specialisation(s)• SurvivalAnalysis• DiagnosticsInfluenceinRegression

Expertise• SurvivalAnalysis• DiagnosticsInfluenceinRegression

Year of Appointment: 2006

Working Experience (As Academician): 6 years

A02953NorAlizaAbd.RahminMrs.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466862;Mobile:0133971842Fax:60389437958aliza@science.upm.edu.my;aliza@putra.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.Sc.(Hons)(UPM,Malaysia)• M.Sc.(UPM,Malaysia)• Ph.D.(UniversityofSouthampton,UK)

Specialisation(s)• AppliedMathematics

Expertise• AppliedMathematics

Year of Appointment: 2002

Working Experience (As Academician): 10 years

A02457NorAzahYusof Dr.DepartmentofChemistryFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466782Fax:0389435380azah@science.upm.edu.my

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Year of Appointment:1987

Working Experience (As Academician):25years

A01024NorAzowaIbrahim Dr.DepartmentofChemistryFacultyofScienceTel–Office:60389466602Fax:0389435380norazowa@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.Sc.(Kansas,USA)• M.Sc.(Illinois,USA)• Ph.D.(UPM,Malaysia)

Professional Affiliation(s)• TheplasticsandrubberinstituteMalaysia(PRIM)

Specialisation(s)• Graftcopolymerization• Polymerblends• Biocomposites

Expertise• PolymerChemistry

Expertise• ChemicalsensorandBiosensor• MolecularImprintedPolymer

Qualifications• Ph.D.inAnalyticalChemistry

Specialisation(s)• ChemicalsensorandBiosensor• MolecularImprintedPolymer

Year of Appointment: 2002

Working Experience (As Academician): 10 years

A02466NorAzwadyAbd.AzizDr.DepartmentofBiologyFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466632Fax:0386567454azwady@science.upm.edu.my

Faculty of Science

Research Expertise 46Qualification • PhD

Professional Affiliation(s)• MalaysianSocietyofAppliedBiology

Specialisation(s) • vermitechnologyandecotoxicology

Expertise • EcologyStudies• UtilizationOfAgricultureWastesViaVermicompost• Vermiculture

Year of Appointment: 2001

Working Experience (As Academician): 11 years

A02285NorazakSenuDr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466848;Mobile:0193097321Fax:60389437958norazak@science.upm.edu.my;norazak@putra.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.Sc.(Hons)(UPM,Malaysia)• M.Sc.(UPM,Malaysia)• Ph.D.(UPM,Malaysia)

Professional Affiliation(s)• AssociateResearcherOfInstituteForMathematicalResearch(INSPEM)

Specialisation(s)• Numericalanalysis• WebBasedLearningandTeachingSystem Expertise• Numericalanalysis• WebBasedLearningandTeachingSystem

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Year of Appointment: 2004

Working Experience (As Academician):8years

A0286NorfifahBachok@LatiMrs.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466849Fax:60389437958norfifah@science.upm.edu.my;norfifah@putra.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• Ph.D.(UKM,Malaysia)

Specialisation(s)• Optimization

Expertise• Optimization

Year of Appointment: 2009

Working Experience (As Academician): 3 years

A03556NorhazlinZainuddinDr.DepartmentofChemistry FacultyofScienceTel–Office:60389466800Fax:0389435380hazlin@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• BSc.(IndustrialChemistry)(UPM)• MSc.(PolymerChemistry)(UPM)• PhD(MaterialsChemistry)(ImperialCollege,London)

Specialisation(s)• Synthesis,characterizationandutilizationofmaterialsfordentalapplication

Expertise• Reinforcementofclayinglasspolyalkenoatecement• ModificationofNaturalPolymer

Faculty of Science

Research Expertise 48

Qualifications• B.ScPhysicsUPM,2000• M.ScMaterialScienceUPM,2003• Ph.DMagneticMaterialsUniversityofSheffield,UnitedKingdom

Year of Appointment: 1993

Working Experience (As Academician): 19 years

A01738NorihanMd.ArifinAssoc.Prof.Dr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389467939;Mobile:0123928108Fax:60389437958norihan@science.upm.edu.my;norihana@putra.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.Sc.(Hons)(UPM,Malaysia)• M.Sc.(Strathclyde,UK)• Ph.D.(UKM,Malaysia)

Professional Affiliation(s)• LifeMember,MalaysianMathematicalSciencesSociety• CommitteePERSAMA• ResearchAssociatefortheMathematicalResearch(INSPEM)

Specialisation(s)• IndustrialMathematics• FluidDynamics• ConvectiveInstability Expertise• FluidDynamicsandHeatTransfer• MarangoniConvectioninMicropolarandPorousMedium• BoundaryLayerProbleminNanofluids

Year of Appointment: 2001

Working Experience (As Academician): 11 years

A02692NorlailyMohd.SaidenDr.DepartmentofPhysicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466681Fax:0389454454laily@science.upm.edu.my

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49 Research ExpertiseProfessional Affiliation(s)• MemberinFundamentalScienceCongress2012

Specialization(s)• MaterialScience,PhysicsandMagneticMaterials

Expertise• MicromagneticmodelofnanocrystallineRE-Fe-Ta-Bpermanentsmagnets

Year of Appointment: 2001

Working Experience (As Academician): 12 years

A02288NurhidayatyMokhtarMrs.DepartmentofPhysicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466679Fax:0389454454hidayaty@science.upm.edu.my

Year of Appointment: 2007

Working Experience (As Academician):5years

A03272NurAinIzzatiMohdZainudinDr.DepartmentofBiologyFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466642Fax:0386567454izzati@science.upm.edu.my

Qualification • Dip.InAnimalHealth&Production;B.Sc.Hons.Biology(UPM,Malaysia);PhD(USM, Malaysia)

Professional Affiliation(s) • MalaysianSocietyforMicrobiology• MalaysianSocietyofAppliedBiology• MalaysianPlantProtectionSociety

Specialisation(s) • MycologyandPhytopathology

Expertise • FungalTaxonomy• FungalDiversity• AetiologyofPlantDisease

Faculty of Science

Research Expertise 50

Qualifications• BachelorElectronicengineering,UniversityofSurrey• PhD.,UniversityofSurrey

Specialisation(s)• MicrowaveEngineering,ElectronicEngineering

Qualifications• B.Sc.;M.Sc. Professional Affiliation(s)• MalaysianScienceandTechnologySociety(MASS)

Specialisation(s)• Materialsscience,mainlymagneticmaterialssuchasferrites

Expertise• Magneticandmicrowavepropertiesofferritenanoparticlesandferrites-thermo plasticelastomericcomposites;microwaveabsorbers.

Year of Appointment: 2011

Working Experience (As Academician): 1 years

A03912NurulHudaOsmanDr.DepartmentofPhysicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466659;Mobile:0175696213Fax:0389454454nurulhuda@science.upm.edu.my

Expertise• MicrowaveCircuitdesign(passivecomponents,planarcomponents)• Materialcharacterizationat(upto220GHz)• Thickfilmfabrication

Year of Appointment: 2010

Working Experience (As Academician): 2 years

A03819Raba’ahSyahidahAzisDr.DepartmentofPhysicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466666Fax:0389454454rabaah@science.upm.edu.my

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Professional Affiliation(s)• MemberofInstituteofPhysics(IOP)andInternationalSol-gelSociety(ISGS)

Specialization (s)• Chemistry,physicsandmaterialsscienceinorganic,ceramicandferromagnetic materials

Expertise• Ceramic,Magneticmaterials(FerromagneticMaterials)–Ba,SrHexferrite, RecyclingMillscaleWasteProduct

Year of Appointment: 2004

Working Experience (As Academician):8years

A02769RakhimovIsamiddinAssoc.Prof.Dr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466831Fax:60389437958isamiddin@science.upm.edu.my;rakhimov@putra.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• M.Sc.(Russia)• Ph.D.(Russia)

Professional Affiliation(s)• MemberoftheINSPEMManagementCommittee• MemberofDepartmentofMathematicsSeminarCommittee• AmericanMathematicalSociety

Specialisation(s)• Algebras Expertise• StructuraltheoryofAssociativeandNonassociativeAlgebras.• LieandLeibnizalgebrasandrelatedtothem(co)homologicalproblems.• Commutativealgebras,Algebraicgeometry.• OrdinaryandDifferentialInvarianttheory.• EllipticCurvesandtheirapplications.• ApplicationsofLieandLeibnizalgebrastotheproblemsofQuantumPhysics.

Faculty of Science

Research Expertise 52

Qualifications• Bachelor(PureChemistry,TehranUniversity,Iran)• Master(PhysicalChemistry,TehranTeacherTrainingUniversity,Iran)• PhD(Computational&TheoreticalChemistry,UniversityPutraMalaysia)

Professional Affiliation(s)• AmericanChemicalSociety

Year of Appointment: 2010

Working Experience (As Academician): 2 years

A03677RoghayehAbediKarjibanDr.DepartmentofChemistryFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389467487Fax:0389435380rabedi@science.upm.edu.my

Specialisation (s)• ComputationalandTheoreticalChemistry/MolecularSimulationTechniques Expertise• Proteinfolding/unfolding&enzymemodificationwithapplicationsinindustry& pharmaceuticals• Self-assembly&micellizationstudieswithapplicationsindrugnano-delivery systems

Year of Appointment:2008

Working Experience (As Academician): 4 years

A03516RosimahNullit Dr.DepartmentofBiologyFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466615Fax:0386567454rosimahn@putra.upm.edu.my

Qualification • PhD(UniversityofSheffield);B.Sc.(UPM,Malaysia)

Professional Affiliation(s) • MemberogTheArabidopsisInformationResources(TAIR)

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Specialisation(s) • PlantPhysiology• Plantgeneticengineering• Plantenzymology• Plantantibody

Expertise • PlantPhysiology• Plantgeneticengineering• Plantenzymology• Plantantibody

Year of Appointment:1998

Working Experience (As Academician): 14 years

A01788RuseaGo Assoc.Prof.Dr.DepartmentofBiologyFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466634Fax:0386567454rusea@putra.upm.edu.my

Qualifications • PhD(UKM,Malaysia)

Professional Affiliation(s) • FloraMalesianaFoundation(CoordinatorforLycopodiaceaeResearchGroup)• OrchidSpecialistGroup(IUCN)–LifeMember• InternationalCanopyNetwork(ICAN)–LifeMember• AssociationofTropicalBiologyConversation–LifeMember• AssociationofTropicalBiologyConversation(AsiaChapter)–CountryRepresentative& LifeMember

Specialisation(s) • PlantTaxonomyandConversation

Expertise • Verbenaceae/Labiatae• PteridophytesandOrchidaceae

Faculty of Science

Research Expertise 54

Qualifications• BSc.(IndustrialChemistry)(UTM)• MSc.(Chemistry)(UTM)• PhD(ElectroanalyticalChemistry)(DurhamUniversity)

Specialisation(s)• ElectroanalyticalChemistry

Year of Appointment: 2011

Working Experience (As Academician): 7 years

A03894RuznizaMohdZawawiDr.DepartmentofChemistryFacultyofScienceTel–Office:0389471445Fax:0389435380ruzniza@science.upm.edu.my

Expertise• Chiralbiosensors• Nanocompositehybridmaterials

Year of Appointment:1986

Working Experience (As Academician): 26 years

A02942ShahrizadYusof Ms.DepartmentofBiologyFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466636Fax:0386567454shahrizad@science.upm.edu.my

Qualification• Msc.UniversitiPutraMalaysia

Professional Affiliation(s)• MalaysianSocietyofAppliedBiology

Specialisation(s) • Ecotoxicology

Expertise• AquaticEcotoxicology

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Year of Appointment: 2010

Working Experience (As Academician): 2 years

A03732ShahrulAinliahAlangAhmad Dr.DepartmentofChemistryFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466805Fax:0389435380ainliah@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.Sc(Hons)(IndustrialChemistry)(UPM),• Ph.D(UniversityofSheffield)

Professional Affiliation(s)• Member,RoyalSocietyofChemistry

Specialisation(s)• SurfaceScience/AnalyticalChemistry

Expertise• Photolithography

Year of Appointment:2005

Working Experience (As Academician): 7 years

A02852ShamarinaShohaimi Dr.DepartmentofBiologyFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466637Fax:0386567454shamarina@science.upm.edu.my

Qualification:• PhD

Professional Affiliation(s) :• FundamentalScienceCongress

Specialisation(s) :• BiostatisticandEpidemiology

Expertise :• CardiovascularEpidemiologyAndStatisticalMethodsInBiologyAndEpidemiology• CardiovascularDiseases,DevelopingModelsOfDeterminantsAndValidationStudies

Faculty of Science

Research Expertise 56

Specialisation(s)• AppliedStatistics Expertise• AppliedStatistics

Year of Appointment:1982

Working Experience (As Academician): 30 years

A00716ShamsiahMohamedMrs.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466854;Mobile:0123958124Fax:60389437958shamsiah@science.upm.edu.my;shamsiah@putra.upm.edu.my

Year of Appointment: 2001

Working Experience (As Academician): 11 years

A02239SharifahKartiniSaidHusain Dr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466857;Mobile:0139300277Fax:60389437958skartini@science.upm.edu.my;kartini@putra.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.Sc.(Hons)• M.Sc.• Ph.D.

Professional Affiliation(s)• MalaysianMathematicalSciencesSociety

Specialisation(s)• NumberTheory Expertise• NumberTheory

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Year of Appointment:1985

Working Experience (As Academician): 27 years

A01187SidekAb.Aziz ProfessorDepartmentofPhysicsFacultyofScienceTel–Office:60389466682Mobile:012-2983370Fax:60389432508sidek@putra.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.Sc.(Hons)UKM’sia• Ph.D.(Bath,UK)• M.S(ICT)UPM

Professional Affiliation(s)• Fellow-TheMalaysianSolidStateScienceandTechnologySociety• Member–TheUKGlassSociety• AssociateFellows(CADE)

Specialisation(s)• MaterialsScience Expertise• GlassMaterials• SolidStatePhysics• UltrasonicCharacterization

Year of Appointment: 1996

Working Experience (As Academician): 16 years

A02240SitiHasanaSapar Dr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389468456;Mobile:0192899056Fax:60389437958sitihasana@science.upm.edu.my;sitihas@putra.upm.edu.my

Qualification:• PhD

Specialisation(s)• PureMathematics

Faculty of Science

Research Expertise 58

Qualification• PhDdiUniversityofStirling,Scotland

Professional Affiliation(s) • SocietyofBiology

Year of Appointment: 1979

Working Experience (As Academician): 33 years

A00429SitiKhalijahDaud Assoc.Prof.Dr.DepartmentofBiologyFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466638Fax:0386567454sitikd@putra.upm.edu.my

Year of Appointment: 2007

Working Experience (As Academician):5years

A03268SitiMariamMohd.Nor Dr.DepartmentofChemistryFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466780Fax:0389435380mariam@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• BSc.(UPM)• Ph.D.(UniversityofNottingham,UnitedKingdom) Specialisation(s)• OrganicChemistry

Expertise• EstimationofExponentialSum• DiophantineEquations

Specialisation(s) • PopulationGenetic(Biosystematic)

Expertise • ScienceMarine

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Year of Appointment: 2010

Working Experience (As Academician): 2 years

A03764SitiSalwaAbdGani Dr.DepartmentofChemistryFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389468954Fax:0389435380ssalwaag@putra.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.Sc.withEdu(Hons)(Chemistry)• Ph.D(Oleochemistry)(UPM)

Professional Affiliation(s)• MemberofInternationalSocietyforStratumCorneumResearch

Specialisations• Oleochemistry

Expertise• Cosmoceuticals• Nano-science• Skin

Year of Appointment: 2003

Working Experience (As Academician): 9 years

A02604SuriatiPaiman Mrs.DepartmentofPhysicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:03-89466661;Mobile:019-7521030Fax:0389454454suriati@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• M.ScPhysics(UTM)• PhD.,ElectronicMaterialsEngineering(TheAustralianNationalUniversity)

Expertise• TotalSynthesisofBioactiveCompounds• NovelSyntheticMethods• SynthesisofNaturalProductsDerivatives

Faculty of Science

Research Expertise 60

Qualification• PhDinCoastalEnvironmentandConversation,UniversityofTokyo

Professional Affiliation(s) • InternationalSocietyforMangroveEcosystem• WorldBiodiversityAssociation

Year of Appointment: 2010

Working Experience (As Academician): 2 years

A03763 SyaizwanZahmirZulkifly Dr.DepartmentofBiologyFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466627Fax:603-86567454syaizwan@science.upm.edu.my

Specialisation(s)• Semiconductor&NanoTechnology• Compoundsemiconductorsnanostructures• Condensedmatterphysics

Expertise• CompoundSemiconductorMaterialsScience(III-Vsemiconductors) -EpitaxialgrowthofIII-Vsemiconductors -CharacterisationandmodificationofIII-Vcompoundsemiconductor nanowiresfor -optoelectronicdeviceapplications• CompoundSemiconductorNanotechnology -EpitaxialGrowthofNanowires -OpticalandElectronicProcessesinNanowires -Nano-optoelectronicsandNano-photonics• CompoundSemiconductorPhotovoltaics -III-VSemiconductorNanowiresforSolarCells

Specialisation(s) • BioaccumulationAndMobilityOfNotablePollutantsInEnvironmentAndOrganisms InvolvedInAFoodwebOfCoastalEcosystem

Expertise• EcotoxicologyAndCoastalEcosystemEcochemistry,WithASpecialtyInIsotope Ecology

Professional Affiliation(s)• MemberoftheInstituteofElectricalandElectronicEngineers(IEEE)• MemberoftheIEEELasersandElectro-OpticsSociety(LEOS)• MemberoftheAmericanChemicalSociety(ACS)• MemberoftheAustralianResearchNetworkforAdvancedMaterials(ARNAM)• MemberoftheAustralianNanotechnologyNetwork(ANN)• LifememberoftheMalaysianSolidStateScienceandTechnology(MASS)

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Year of Appointment: 2010

Working Experience (As Academician): 2 years

A03771TakaomiArai Dr.DepartmentofBiologyFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466624Fax:603-86567454arai@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications: • PhD

Specialisation(s) :• Fishbiologyandecotoxicology

Expertise :• Ichthyology,Aquaticecology,andEcotoxicology.• EcologyofDiadromousFish

Year of Appointment: 2007

Working Experience (As Academician):5years

A03181TanKarBan@Bernard Dr.DepartmentofChemistryFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389467491Fax:60389435380tankb@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.Sc.(Hons)(UPM,Malaysia)• Ph.D.(UPM,Malaysia); Professional Affiliation(s)• AssociateMember(IKM)• Member(MASS)• Member(ACS)

Specialisation(s)• Electroceramics,SolidStateChemistry,MaterialsScience Expertise:• ACImpedanceSpectroscopy,PowderX-RayDiffraction,PhaseDiagramStudy• Electroceramics

Faculty of Science

Research Expertise 62

Qualifications:• B.Sc.(Chemistry)(UniversityofCanterburry,NewZealand);• M.Sc.(EnvironmentalChemistry/InorganicChemistry)(UniversityofCanterburry,New Zealand);• Ph.D(ElectroanalyticalChemistry)(DalhousieUniversity,Canada)

Professional Affiliation(s)• AssociatememberofInstituteKimiaMalaysia

Year of Appointment:2005

Working Experience (As Academician): 7 years

A0231KTanWeeTee Prof.MadyaDr.DepartmentofChemistryFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466807Fax:0389435380wttan@science.upm.edu.my

Specialisation(s)• Electrochemistry/ElectroanalyticalChemistry

Expertise• Solutionphasevoltammetryofmetalcomplexsystem,withinterestinthemetal ion/metalcomplexinteractionwithligands;solidphasevoltammetryof microparticles• Investigatingtheelectrochemicalpropertiesofthreephasereactionsystemsof someadvancedmaterials• Chemicalmodifiedelectrodesystemsfocusingontheirdesignsandapplicationfor electroanalysis

Year of Appointment: 2002

Working Experience (As Academician): 10 years

A02352TanYenPing Dr.DepartmentofChemistryFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466789Fax:0389435380yptan@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• Bac.Sc.Comp.Educ.(UTM,Malaysia)• Ph.D.(UniversityofCambridge,UK)

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63 Research ExpertiseSpecialisation(s)• MaterialsChemistry• Catalysis

Expertise• MaterialsChemistry• Catalysis

Year of Appointment: 1993

Working Experience (As Academician): 16 years

A01645TaufiqYapYunHin ProfessorDepartmentofChemsitryResearchCentreforCatalysisScienceandTechnologyFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466809Fax:60389466758/60389432508yap@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.Sc.(Hons);M.Sc.(UPM,Malaysia);Ph.D.(UMIST,UK)

Professional Affiliation(s)• Fellow,RoyalSocietyofChemistry,UK• Fellow,MalaysianInstituteofChemistry(IKM)• ExecutiveBoardMember,MalaysianAnalyticalScienceSociety(ANALIS)• CommitteeMember,AsiaPacificAssociationofCatalysisSociety(APACS)• AssociateMember,InstituteofChemicalEngineers(IChemE),UK.• Member,MalaysianNaturalProductsSociety• MemberoftheEditorialBoardofCatalysisSurveyfromAsia.• MemberoftheEditorialBoardofBulletinoftheCatalysisSocietyofIndia.• RegionalEditorofBulletinofChemicalReactionandCatalysis.• MemberoftheEditorialBoardofMalaysianJournalofAnalyticalSciences.• Member,MalaysianSocietyforEngineeringandTechnology.• MemberofEditorialBoard,EnergyandPower.

Specialisation(s)• HeterogeneousCatalysis

Expertise• SelectiveOxidationofLightHydrocarbons• Nanostructuredmetaloxide• BiomassGasification• Productionofbio-oilfromthepyrolysisofbiomass• DevelopmentofheterogeneousCatalystsforBiodieselproduction

Faculty of Science

Research Expertise 64

Qualifications• B.ScEd(MajorChemistry,MinorBiology)(UniversitiBruneiDarussalam)• M.S(SynthesisChemistry)(UPM)• Ph.D.(SynthesisChemistry)(UPM)

Specialisation(s)• InorganicMetallic/BioorganicChemistryCatalysis

Year of Appointment: 2010

Working Experience (As Academician): 2 years

A03694ThahiraBegum Dr.DepartmentofChemistryFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466804Fax:0389435380thahira.begum@science.upm.edu.my

Expertise• ResearchgroupactivityinvolvessynthesisofbiologicallyactiveSchiffbasesandtheir mixed-ligandtransitionmetalcomplexes.Currently,thefocushasbeenwidenedand thepotentialuseoftheseSchiffbasesandmetalcomplexesinelectrochemistryand liquidcrystalpropertiesarealsobeinginvestigated.

Year of Appointment:1987

Working Experience (As Academician):25years

A01068UmiKalsomYusuf Prof.Dr.DepartmentofBiologyFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466641Fax:0386567454umikay@science.upm.edu.my

Qualification • B.Sc(UKM,Malaysia);PhD(UniversityofReading,England)

Specialisation(s) • Botany

Expertise :• PlantBiosystematics• PlantDiversity• FernSystematicsandEthnobotany

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Year of Appointment:1985

Working Experience (As Academician): 27 years

A00851W.MahmoodMatYunus Prof.Dr.DepartmentofPhysicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466684Fax:0389454454mahmood@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• Ph.DUniversityCollegeofSwansea

Professional Affiliation(s)• MemberofOSA(OpticalSocietyofAmerica)• FellowofMalaysianSolidStateScienceandTechnology(MASS)

Specialisation(s)• OpticalMaterials,• OpticalandElectricalPropertiesofMaterials,• Non-LinearOptics,PhotothermalandPhotoacoustic,• SurfacePlasmonResonance,• ThermalDiffusivityandThermalConductivity,• SemiconductorThinFilm,andMetalSilicides

Expertise• PhotoacousticTechnique• SurfacePlasmon’sResonanceTechnique

Year of Appointment: 1974

Working Experience (As Academician):38years

A0193K WanMohamadDaudWanYusoff AssociateProf.Dr.DepartmentofPhysicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466685Fax:0389454454wmdaud@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.Sc.InstituteofTechnologyBandung(ITB)1974,• M.Sc.UniversityCollegeCardiff1980,• Ph.DUPM1986

Professional Affiliation(s)• PanelExaminationQuestions,ExaminationCouncilMalaysia

Faculty of Science

Research Expertise 66

Qualifications• B.Sc.(Hons)(UPM,Malaysia)• M.Sc.(UKM,Malaysia)• Ph.D.(UPM,Malaysia)

Professional Affiliation(s)• MalaysianMathematicalSciencesSociety

Year of Appointment: 1992

Working Experience (As Academician): 20 years

A02792WitrianyBasriMrs.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466845Fax:60389437958witri@science.upm.edu.my

Specialisation(s)• Algebra Expertise• Algebra

Year of Appointment: 1992

Working Experience (As Academician): 20 years

A02787YongFaezahRahimMrs.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466851Fax:60389437958faezah@science.upm.edu.my;yfaezah@putra.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• M.Sc(UPM,Malaysia)• Ph.D.(UPM,Malaysia)

Specialisation(s)• Numericalanalysis

Specialisation(s)• NatureofElectrical/DielectricMaterial

Expertise• MaterialScience

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Year of Appointment: 2011

Working Experience (As Academician):-years

A03876YusranSelaman Dr.DepartmentofChemistryFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466779Fax:0389435380yusran@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.Sc.(IndustrialChemistry)(UTM),• M.Sc.(Chemistry)(UTM)• PhD(Chemistry)(DurhamUniversity)

Specialisation(s)• ElectroanalyticalChemistryandMaterialsChemistry

Expertise• Conductingpolymers• CarbonNanotubes

Year of Appointment:1982

Working Experience (As Academician): 30 years

A00670 ZaidanAbdWahabAssociateProf.Dr.DepartmentofPhysicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:0389466685Fax:0389454454zaidan@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• GraduatedinPhysicsandaMasterDegreeinSolidStatePhysicsfromtheUniversityof Iowa,USAin1981• PhDinMaterialsSciencefromtheUniversityofManchesterInstituteofScienceand Technology(UMIST)in1993

Professional Affiliation(s)• MemberofAmericanAssociationofPhysicsTeachers(AAPT,USA),InstituteofPhysics Malaysia,• LifememberofMalaysianAssociationofSolidStateSciences(MASS)• Member/treasurerofAsianPhysicsEducationNetworkMalaysia(ASPEN)

Expertise• Numericalanalysis

Faculty of Science

Research Expertise 68

Qualifications• SouthernIllinoisUniversityCarbondale,Illinois,USA-1979/90• B.Sc.Physics(),M.Sc.Physics(),Ph.D.MolecularScience()

Professional Affiliation(s)• Treasurer,TheMalaysianSolidStateScienceSociety• Fellow,TheMalaysianSolidStateScienceSociety

Year of Appointment:1985

Working Experience (As Academician): 27 years

A01269ZainalAbidinTalibAssoc.Prof.Dr.DepartmentofPhysicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:03-89466606;Mobile:019-6602415Fax:03-89454454zainalat@science.upm.edu.my

Specialisation(s)• MaterialPhysics/MaterialScience

Expertise• Semiconductor(Selenium-basedsystem)• Dielectricpropertiesofglasses• Electricaltransportofconductingpolymer

Year of Appointment: 2004

Working Experience (As Academician): 9 years

A02715ZainidinEshkuvatovAssoc.Prof.Dr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466855;Mobile:0173860665Fax:60389437958ezaini@science.upm.edu.my;zainidin@putra.upm.edu.my

Specialization (s)• MaterialsScience

Expertise• Dielectricsforelectronicsapplications• Multifunctionalceramics;ceramic-metalcomposite,ceramiccoatings,porous ceramicsandhightemperaturethermalinsulation

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Year of Appointment: 1990

Working Experience (As Academician): 22 years

A03134ZanariahAbdulMajidAssoc.Prof.Dr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389467959;Mobile:0193604900Fax:60389437958zanariah@science.upm.edu.my;am_zana@putra.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.A.(Mathematics),MacalesterCollege,St.Paul,Minnesota,USA.• M.A.(Mathematics),EasternMichiganUniversity,Ypsilanti,Michigan,USA.• DiplomaEducation(Mathematics),UniversitiKebangsaanMalaysia.• PhD(AppliedMathematics),UniversitiPutraMalaysia,Malaysia.

Professional Affiliation(s)• InstituteforMathematicalresearch,UniversityPutraMalaysia• InternationalAssociationofEngineers(IAENG)• WorldScientificandEngineeringAcademyandSociety(WSEAS)• MalaysianMathematicalSciencesSociety

Specialisation(s)• NumericalAnalysis• Parallelcomputing

Specialization(s)• ComputationalMathematics Expertise• IntegrationsandIntegralEquations

Qualifications• MScandBachelordegreesin1983-1988,NationalUniversityofUzbekistan.Tashkent, Uzbekistan• PhDinPhysicsandMathematics.October25,2001,NationalUniversityofUzbekistan. Tashkent,Uzbekistan.

Professional Affiliation(s)• InstituteofMathematicsofAcademyofSciencesofUzbekistan.PhDstudent, September1990,December1993,Tashkent,Uzbekistan.• InstituteofMathematicsofAcademyofSciencesofUzbekistan,Scientificresearcher, September1988,December1990,Tashkent,Uzbekistan.• DepartmentofComputationalMathematics,FacultyofAppliedMathematicsand Mechanics,TashkentStateUniversity,Student,September1983,July1988,Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Faculty of Science

Research Expertise 70

Qualifications• B.A.(CSULongBeach,USA)• M.A.(CSULongBeach,USA)• Ph.D.(UPM,Malaysia)

Specialisation(s)• NumericalAnalysis

Year of Appointment:1986

Working Experience (As Academician): 26 years

A00943ZarinaBibiIbrahimAssoc.Prof.Dr.DepartmentofMathematicsFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466861Mobile:0122617526Fax:60389437958zarinabb@science.upm.edu.my;zarinabb@putra.upm.edu.my

Expertise• ImplicitBlockMethod• MultistepMethodinBackwardDifferenceFormulations• BlockMultistepFormulasforSolvingOrdinaryDifferentialEquations• ParallelPartitioningTechniquesUsingMultistepFormulasforSolvingOrdinary DifferentialEquations• MultistepBlockMethods.

Year of Appointment:1989

Working Experience (As Academician): 23 years

A1201ZulkarnainZainal ProfessorDepartmentofChemistryFacultyofScienceTel-Office:60389466810Fax:60389435380zulkar@science.upm.edu.my

Expertise• NumericalsolutionofOrdinaryDifferentialEquations• BoundaryValueProblem• DelayDifferentialEquations• MultistepMethods• Runge-KuttaMethods• BlockMethod• ParallelComputingusingMPIforSolvingLargeScaleProblem

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Faculty of Science

Year of Appointment:1987

Working Experience (As Academician):25years

A02119ZulkiflyAbasAssociateProfessorDepartmentofPhysicsUniversityPutraMalaysiaTel:03-89466690;017-3300429za@putra.upm.edu.my;za@science.upm.edu.my

Qualifications• B.Sc.degreewithhonoursinphysicsfromtheUniversityofMalaya,KualaLumpur,in 1986• M.Sc.degreeinmicrowaveinstrumentationfromtheUniversityPutraMalaysia (UPM),Serdang,in1994• Ph.D.degreeinelectronicandelectricalengineeringfromtheUniversityofLeeds, Leeds,U.K.,in2000

Professional Affiliation(s)• MemberofIEEE,IEICE,MASS

Specialisation(s)• MicrowaveInstrumentationandElectromagneticWaveInteractionbetween MicrowaveSensorsandMaterials

Expertise• DevelopmentofMicrowaveSensorsandInstrumentationforIndustrialand ScientificApplications

Professional Affiliation(s)• Member,MalaysianInstituteofChemistry

Specialisations• Chemistry

Administrative Position (If Any)• DeputyDean(GraduateandResearch)

Qualifications• Sm.Sn.(Hons.)(UKM,Malaysia);• Ph.D.(UMIST,UK)

Expertise• MaterialsChemistry• PhysicalChemistry• Electrochemistry