Centre for Agriculture and Food Research

Full members:

Name

Email

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;
C. elegans
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,
functional food for reproductive health

Livestock assisted reproductive techniques and nutrition study..
Bioactive compounds extraction and
 in vivo and in vitro toxicity testing

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,
Seaweed culture
Macro photography and imaging

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


Associate members:

 

 

 

 

 

Name

Email

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.
Enzyme isolation, assay and utilisation

Tan Gim Cheong

tangc@utar.edu.my

FSc

Biomedical Science

Biomedical Science Fertility,
Microbial Pathogenesis

Molecular Pathogenesis

 

 

 

 

 

 


Last updated: 07/02/2023