Dr. Wan Azlina binti Ahmad is a Professor in the field of Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology at Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) since 2007. She obtained a BSc in Biochemistry from Universiti Malaya in 1983 before joining UTM in 1984. She was successfully awarded the Ph.D degree from King\u2019s College London in 1988.<\/p>\n
Since 1989, Dr. Wan Azlina Ahmad had led 16 research projects with a total cumulative grant of RM 5 million obtained either from government (IRPA, FRGS, TechnoFund : MOSTI&MOA), MTDC UTM, BiotechCorp or industry (DBKL-UNDP, ExxonMobil).Her research projects are pioneer fields \u00a0of biotechnology in Malaysia for example gold extraction from low grade ores, battery recycling, bioremediation of Cr(VI)-contaminated wastewater and colour pigment production from bacteria. From her 16 research projects, 8 of the projects were included under pre-commercialization category and 1 project under commercialization category (BioNexus Partner Program, Malaysian Biotechnology Corperation).<\/p>\n
Dr. Wan Azlina Ahmad has 11 publications in index journal-ISI (CIF – 24.196, total citation – 38), 8 chapters in book, 2 original books, 68 other publications (proceeding etc.), supervise 1 Fellow Post-Doctoral, 29 MSc., 8 Ph.D, 5 patent applications, 2 TradeMarks, 3 Invention Disclosures and 15 R&D awards from local (ITEX, BioMalaysia) and international (IENA, BIS, IIFME) organizations.. Her expertise is also recognized by external parties which include her appointment as Johor Biotechnology Advisor (2002-2004), Honorary Visiting Senior Research Fellow (King\u2019s College London, 1994-1995), Alumni International Training programme in Biotechnology (GBF, Germany), Exco of Malaysian Biochemistry Society, NSF scholarship assessor and participant of the IGINITE program 2009 (co-organized by BiotechCorp and Cambridge University). Moreover, her two research products were chosen amongst 20 Malaysia biotechnology products as the most potential product for commercialization through BNET programme 2010 (co-organized by BiotechCorp and Frost & Sullivan. She also helped to raise UTM\u2019s image through her research projects via \u00a0printed (magazine and newspaper) or electronic media (RTM and TV3).<\/p>\n
Contact Information :<\/strong><\/p>\n Telephone : 07-5534546
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