Name |
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Faculty/ Institution |
Research Focus |
Research Area (keywords) |
Specific Expertise / Skills |
Ali Yassoralipour |
aliyas@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Food Science, Aquaculture technology |
Food packaging, Food product development, Food shelf evaluation, Edible packaging |
Biodegradable packaging, Edible packaging, New product development from fish and fish product, Isolation and characterization of Nanoparticles from food. |
Azida Illyani Binti Anas |
azida@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Agriculture |
Farm management, precision agriculture |
Crop production using precision agriculture |
Chai Tsun Thai |
chaitt@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Biochemistry |
Phytochemicals/medicinal herbs, bioactive peptides/proteins, antioxidants |
Peptide/phytochemical purification, bioactivity testing, computational screening of bioactivity, molecular docking. |
Chan Mun Yee |
chanmy@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Biochemistry |
Bioremediation, enzymes |
AAS, wastewater analysis, enzyme activities, NGS sequencing |
Chang Chew Cheen |
changcc@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Natural products, Chemical synthesis |
Phytochemicals, medicinal chemistry, Mannich bases |
Extraction, isolation and structure elucidation, organic synthesis |
Chang Ying Ping |
changyp@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Biochemical and Food Science |
Food compositional analysis, applied enzymology, food polymer science, prebiotic activity, agro-based by-product valorization |
SPSS, chemical analysis of biomaterial(design, data analysis and interpretation), structure-functional interpretation of food material properties |
Chay Shyan Yea |
chaysy@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Food Biotechnology, Functional Food |
Enzymatic hydrolysis of protein-rich material, Bioactive peptide, In vivo study (rat model) |
Protein hydrolysis, Peptide sequencing and identification, Microscopic assessment of animal organs |
Chee Huei Phing |
cheehp@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Dietetics/ Nutrition |
Diet/ food and diseases |
Diet and non-communicable diseases |
Chow Yit Lai |
chowyl@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Chemical biology of plant metabolites |
Bioactive alkaloids, lipid metabolism, disease mechanism, C. elegans |
Molecular and
biochemical assays for mode of action elucidation; cell culture; |
Clement Wong Kiing Fook |
kfwong@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Plant Pathology, Plant Biotechnology |
Biological control of plant pathogens, biofertilizer development, plant tissue culture |
Formulation of biofertilizers, bioprospecting for beneficial microbes as biocontrol agents, early detection of plant diseases, establishing plant tissue culture protocols. |
Ee Kah Yaw |
eeky@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Functional food |
Phytochemicals, proteins, peptides, biophysical properties, functional properties |
Biochemical analysis, biophysical analysis, multi-omics, bioinformatics tools, enzymatic techniques, functional compound analysis |
Gideon Khoo |
gideonkhoo@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Aquaculture, Genetics, Biodiversity & Environmental Biology |
Larviculture and embryonic development of aquatic species, population and genetic diversity studies, genetics of ornamental fish, biodiversity and conservation of aquatic species. |
Larviculture and embryonic development of aquatic species, population and genetic diversity studies, genetics of ornamental fish, biodiversity and conservation of aquatic species. |
Goh Wei Lim |
wlgoh@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Molecular ecology and evolutionary genetics |
Plant and animal genotyping, phylogenetics and taxonomy, population genetics |
Southeast Asian bamboos, edible-nest swiftlets |
Ha Sie Tiong |
hast@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Chemistry, Liquid Crystals |
Synthesis of Liquid Crystalline Compounds |
Organic synthesis |
Heng Mei Hsuan |
hengmh@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Soil science |
Soil science, microbiology, plant pathology |
Analysis of soil fertility and plant pathogenic microbes. |
Kwong Phek Jin |
kwongpj@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Agriculture, Assisted Reproductive technology |
Animal breeding and
nutrition, embryology, animal waste conversion to compost, |
Livestock assisted
reproductive techniques and nutrition study.. |
Lam Ming Quan |
lammq@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Multi-omics, meta-omics, bioinformatics, taxonomy and applications on microorganisms and insects, Waste to Wealth |
Bioinformatics, Environmental Biotechnology and Policy, Enzymology, Food and Agricultural Waste Management, Microbiology, Multi-omics & Meta-omics (Genomics, Transcriptomics and Proteomics) |
Microbial diversity and taxonomy related techniques, Microbiological techniques, Enzymatic techniques, Molecular techniques (DNA, RNA and proteins), Bioinformatics tools (software, programming and server), Submerged and solid state fermentation, Next Generation Sequencing (NGS), Third Generation Sequencing (TGS), Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS-MS) |
Lee Kok Chang |
leekc@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Fermentation and enzyme technology |
cellulase, xylanase, filamentous fungi, agricultural-based biomass waste, fermentation |
Enzymatic conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to reducing sugars, biopigment production |
Lim Chaw Jiang |
limcj@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Colloids, Formulation, Natural Products |
Plant Protection Products, Chemical Fertilizers, Surfactants, Liquid Crystals/Gel, Nanoemulsions, Extraction & Isolation, Allelochemicals, Biomass Valorization |
Product Formulation, Statistical Optimization, SPSS, Natural Products Extraction and Isolation |
Lee Kok Chang |
leekc@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Fermentation and enzyme technology |
Cellulase, xylanase, filamentous fungi, agricultural-based biomass waste, fermentation |
Enzymatic conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to reducing sugars, biopigment production |
Lim Boon Hoe |
bhlim@utar.edu.my |
Fsc |
Rubisco engineering |
Rubisco, protein engineering, molecular biology, cyanobacteria, algae |
Gene engineering, protein expression in E. coli |
Lim Shun Jinn |
lsjinn@utar.edu.my |
Fsc |
Operation Research, Pure Math |
Data envelopment analysis, Algebra |
Financial ratio efficiency |
Lim Tuck Meng |
ltmeng@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Organic Chemistry |
Radical Chemistry, electrochemistry, spectroscopy |
Isolation and characterisation of compounds |
Loh Pek Chin |
lohpc@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Molecular & agricultural microbiology |
Biofertilizer, plant-microbe interactions, biocontrol of plant diseases, ribosome biogenesis |
Bacteria isolation and identification, biochemical analysis of plant growth promoting and anti-fungal activities of soil bacteria |
Lye Huey Shi |
lyehs@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Functional food |
Probiotics, phytochemical, food products development |
Isolation of probiotic, probiotic properties, microbial testing, extraction and determination of bioactive compound, antioxidant properties, food product development |
Michelle Ng Yeen Tan |
ngyt@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Microbiology and protein purification |
Endolysin, Effects of microplastics in food chain |
Microbiology in food, environment and antibacterial studies, In vivo toxicity testings, Protein upstream and downstream processing |
Nor Ismaliza binti Mohd Ismail |
ismaliza@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Molecular biology, enzyme and protein |
Endolysin, aquaculture effluent treatment |
Antimicrobial and bioactive compound screening, protein and enzyme purification |
Nur Balqishanis Binti Zainal Abidin |
balqishanis@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Applied Statistics, Forecasting |
Education, Innovation Modelling, Data Sciences |
Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Model,ARIMA, Fourier Series |
Nurdiyana Aqilah Binti Roslan |
aqilahr@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Animal Nutrition |
Rumen microbiology, rumen fermentation, small ruminants |
Rumen microbiology in small ruminants |
Ong Mei Kying |
ongmk@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Food Preservation, Postharvest Technology |
Sensory evaluation, agrifood preservation, new product development, underutilised plant and animal species |
Postharvest technology, Agrifood preservation |
Ong Siew Teng |
ongst@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry |
Chemistry, adsorption studies |
Adsorption studies |
Ooi Ai Lin |
ooial@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Aquatic ecology |
Aquatic biodiversity & ecology, plankton, hydroponics & aquaponics system |
Environmental sampling and analysis of aquatic organisms |
Pedram Kashiani |
pedram@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Plant Breeding, |
Plant Breeding, Marker Assisted Breeding/Selection, DNA Fingerprinting, QTL Mapping, Agronomy, Biostatistics and Modeling, Genetic Data Analysis, Machine Learning and IoT in Agriculture |
Plant Breeding, Hybrid Breeding, Chromosome Mapping, Gene/Genetic Diversity, DNA Fingerprinting, Biodiversity, Androgenesis, MAB/MAS, QTL, Genetic Data Analysis, Biostatistics and Modeling, Machine Learning in Agriculture, Smart Agriculture, IoT System Development, Drone (UAV) Development for Mapping and Crop Dusting, Microcontroller Programming, and Virtual Laboratory for Education. |
Phoon Lee Quen |
phoonlq@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Molecular genetics |
Genetic markers, disease interaction, epigenetic and epigenomic |
Genetic and epigenetic regulation in plant defence during biotic stress |
Sim Kooi Mow |
simkm@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Natural products chemistry, medicinal chemistry and Organic synthesis |
Biological activity of indole alkaloids, 1,2,4-triazole Schiff bases, N-acylhydrazones and 1,3,4-Oxadiazoles |
Plant Extraction, Chromatographic Techniques, NMR analysis, Organic Synthesis |
Sim Kheng Yuen |
simky@utar.edu.my |
Fsc |
food microbiology, food fermentation, value adding to food |
food microbiology, thermal and non thermal food processing |
food fermentation, application of starter culture in controllable process, UVC application in food processing |
Tan Ji |
jtan@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Agricultural biodiversity |
Taxonomy, phycology, arachnology, molecular phylogenetics |
Molecular
identification/ DNA barcoding, |
Tan Yen Nee |
tanyn@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Food Microbiology, Functional Food |
Food Microbiology, Natural product extract and bioactivities, Functional Foods and nutrition |
Bioactive compounds extraction, bioactive properties determination, formulation optimization, food product development |
Tee Chong Siang |
teecs@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Plant tissue culture and plant transformation |
Tissue culture of herbs, ornamentals and fruit crops |
Plant Tissue Culture and plant transformation |
Teo Kah Cheng |
teokc@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Microbiology |
Food microbiology and Medicinal chemistry |
Antibacterial assay of synthesized organic molecules |
Teoh Chaiw Yee |
cyteoh@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Aquaculture |
Feed formulation, aquaculture nutrition, aquatic disease, aquatic product development, fatty acid metabolism |
Handling and sample collection of fish and shellfish, chemical analysis of feedstuff and fisheries products, fatty acid analysis |
Tey Lai Hock |
teylh@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Biochemistry, Green Chemistry, Biotechnology |
Microalgae cultivation, metal oxide nanoparticles, enzymology, protein characterization, solid and liquid waste treatment. |
Microalgae cultivation, metal oxide nanoparticles, enzymology, protein characterization, solid and liquid waste treatment. |
Tong Pei Sin |
tongps@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Agriculture, biodiversity |
Plant growth, forestry |
Weed science and crop production |
Wong Fai Chu |
wongfc@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Biochemistry |
Proteins & peptides, medicinal herbs |
Protein and peptide application, medicinal herb extraction and bioactivity study |
Wong Hann Ling |
hlwong@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Molecular biology & agricultural biotechnology |
Biofertilizer, plant-microbe interactions, biocontrol of plant diseases, Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation |
Molecular cloning and recombinant protein expression, gene editing, bacterial isolation, identification, characterization of plant growth-promoting activities, analysis of plant pathogenic bacteria |
Wong Wey Lim |
wongwl@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Agriculture, Biological Control, Parasitology |
Biological control in agriculture, diseases in aquaculture, functional morphology |
Morphological study, chemical analysis, olfactometry, bacterial isolation, disease challenge study |
Yip Foo Win |
yipfw@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Chemistry |
General Chemistry |
Fundamental & Inorganic chemistry |
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Name |
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Faculty/ Institution |
Research Focus |
Research Area (keywords) |
Specific Expertise / Skills |
Loo Joo Ling |
loojl@utar.edu.my |
LKC FES |
Aquaculture Nutrition, Aquaculture Engineering |
Aquaculture Engineering, Aquaculture Feed and Nutrition,Enzyme and Food Biotechnology |
Aquaculture quality
monitoring and surveillance system. Nutrition and feeding for aquaculture. |
Tan Gim Cheong |
tangc@utar.edu.my |
FSc |
Biomedical Science |
Biomedical Science
Fertility, |
Molecular Pathogenesis |
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