Meet The Team: PI

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Professor Dr. S. Vikineswary Sabaratnam

viki@um.edu.my 

Expertise

• Bioconversion, biofuel, enzymes technology, live feed aquaculture, biocontrol agents.
• Mycoremediation (white-rot fungi in bioremediation) 
• Mushroom Diversity, Biology and Biotechnology; Mushroom cultivation and Nutraceticals) 

Professor Dr. Noorlidah Abdullah

noorlidah@um.edu.my

Expertise:

• Mushroom biotechnology (Nutraceuticals, Bioactive Peptide, Cultivation)
• Fungal taxonomy (Aspergillus, Penicillium and Basidiomycetes: Mushroom diversity) 
• Food mycology (mycotoxins, food spoilage)
• Biochemistry

Professor Dr. Umah Rani Kuppusamy

umah@um.edu.my

Expertise:

• Antioxidants and Lipid metabolism (Free Radical Biochemistry, oxidative indices and diseases)
• Natural products (plant and mushroom extracts, trace elements)
• Diabetes (obesity-adipocytes)

Professor Dr. Murali A/L D Kuppusamy Naidu

murali_naidu@um.edu.my

Expertise:

• Human Anatomy and Peripheral Nervous System
• Neurophysiology (nerve growth factor)
• Nerve repair

Associate Prof. Dr. Rosie Pamela Shashikala A/P David

rosiepamela@um.edu.my

Expertise:

• Human Anatomy and Nerve-Muscle Interaction
• Neurophysiology (nerve growth factor)
• Nerve repair

Associate Prof. Dr. Noor Zalina Mahmood

alin@um.edu.my

Expertise:

• Solid Waste Management (controlled solid waste, construction waste, recycling, vermicomposting)
• Environmental Protection (Material Flow Analysis (MFA); Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Environmental Management Systems)

Associate Prof. Dr. Tan Yee Shin

tanyeeshin@um.edu.my

Expertise:

• Macro Fungi Diversity
• Biology and Biotechnology of mushrooms

Dr. Phan Chia Wei

phancw@um.edu.my

Expertise:

• Metabolic Pathways
• Cell Culture Technology
• Nutraceuticals
• Microbial Technology
• Neurochemistry 
  

Dr. Wong Kah Hui

wkahhui@um.edu.my

  

Expertise:

• Peripheral Nervous System
• Mushroom Biotechnology 

 

  

Dr. Wan Abd Al Qadr Imad Wan Mohtar

qadyr@um.edu.my

Expertise:

• Enzyme Technology (Enzymatic Hydrolysis Using Ph-Stat Bioreactor using Proteases: Papain, Bromelain, Alcalase, Flavourzyme)
• Submerged Fermentation (Ganoderma lucidum, Repeated-Batch Fermentation, Polysaccharides Sulfation, Antimicrobial, Antifungal, Immunomodulatory, Cytotoxicity and No Stimulation)