He was twice honoured with the University Excellence Service Award and received the Faculty of Science’s Excellence Service Awards, Publication Award, Community Service Award, Media Literacy Award and Dean’s Special Award. He is also a recipient of Malaysian Institute of Chemistry Citation Award.<\/p>\n
Dr. Bakri\u2019s scientific research specializes on synthetic chemistry, organic chemistry, plasma-assisted organic synthesis, porphyrin chemistry and their applications towards biological and photophysical system. Dr. Bakri\u2019s research findings have been published in various high-impact journals, and being invited as a reviewer for various journals at international and national level. Dr. Bakri has also received a number of national and university research grants.<\/p>\n
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Dr. Bakri\u2019s broad-based science initiatives are well-established in the area of science education, science outreach, science communication, science policy and science leadership. He has been appointed as a working group member to review and formulate the National Policy on Science, Technology and Innovation. Dr. Bakri has also contributed to the establishment of National STEM Centre. Additionally, he is actively involved in many professional and scientific societies. He is an Associate of Akademi Sains Malaysia (ASM), a lifetime member of the National STEM Association, a member of the Malaysian Institute of Chemistry (IKM) which confers the professional title ChM., member of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and a Young Scientists Network-ASM alumni.<\/p>\n
Dr Bakri has been a committee member of the Malaysian Institute of Chemistry (IKM) Southern Branch since 2014 and is a founding committee member of the American Chemical Society (ACS) International Malaysia Chapter. He is also an exco of the Young Scientists Network-Akademi Sains Malaysia for the years 2019 and 2021.<\/p>\n
Dr. Bakri possesses strong background in programming science strategic initiatives, developing engagement activities with various stakeholders; government, industry, community and school; and leading national and international level program that engage diverse audiences. To highlight a few of his science initiatives, he was involved as a project leader, programmer, expert and member for Minggu Sains Negara, Merdeka Meeting, Mentor-Mentee STEM, Karnival Kimia Johor, South-East Asia Global Innovation Challenge, ACS Chemistry Festival, SEED Student Global Project, and International Younger Chemists Network (IYCN) Outreach Competition.<\/p>\n
Dr. Bakri has also contributed towards communicating and popularising science via oral and written medium. He was involved as a popular science speaker via many avenues, including Minggu Sains Negara. Many of his articles have been published in the newspaper and online medium. He is also one of the book authors of the Malaysia Science Communication Module which was published by ASM. Dr Bakri also an editorial board for e-estidotmy, online e-zine for popularising science by Academy of Sciences Malaysia.<\/p>\n
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Dr. Bakri with Nobel Laureate Profesor Emeritus Akira Suzuki and Profesor Emeritus Hideshi Hattori.<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row disabled_on=”on|on|on” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Dr. Bakri with Nobel Laureate Profesor Emeritus Akira Suzuki and Profesor Emeritus Hideshi Hattori.<\/p>\n ***********************************************************<\/p>\n Dr. Mohd Bakri Bakar<\/strong> is currently a senior lecturer at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). During his tenure, he was also appointed as a Visiting Researcher at IBM Almaden Research Center USA under auspices of NanoMalaysia program. Dr. Bakri has the utmost academic experiences, where he encompassed many initiatives at various levels. He was honoured with the University Excellence Service Award, the Faculty of Science Excellence Service Award, Publication Award, Community Service Award and Dean Special Award. Previously, he was appointed as the Special Officer (Corporate Communication) for the Faculty of Science and as an Assistant Head of Chemistry Department. Currently, Dr Bakri is the Assistant Dean (Continuing and Transnational Education) for the Faculty of Science, UTM.<\/p>\n Dr. Bakri\u2019s scientific research specializes on synthetic chemistry, organic chemistry, organic conjugated system, porphyrin chemistry and their applications towards biological and photophysical system. Dr. Bakri\u2019s research findings have been published in various high-impact journals, for example the Journal of Organic Chemistry, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, Tetrahedron and Carbohydrate Polymers.\u00a0 He is also a regular reviewer for Synthetic Communication journal, apart from being invited as a reviewer for various journals at international and national level, such as Journal of Chemistry, Arabian Journal of Chemistry, Sains Malaysiana, Malaysia Journal of Analytical Chemistry, Malaysia Journal for Fundamental Science and Jurnal Teknologi. Dr. Bakri has also received a number of national and university research grants.<\/p>\n Dr. Bakri\u2019s broad-based science initiatives are well-established in the area of science education, science outreach, science communication, science policy and science leadership. He has been appointed as a working group member to review and formulate the National Policy on Science, Technology and Innovation 2021-2030 and to document National Science Outlook. Dr. Bakri has also contributed to the establishment of National STEM Centre. Additionally, he is actively involved in various scientific societies, including the Akademi Sains Malaysia, Young Scientists Network-Akademi Sains Malaysia, Malaysia Institute of Chemistry and American Chemical Society. Dr. Bakri is an Associate of Akademi Sains Malaysia. He also has been serving as an Exco member of Young Scientists Network-Akademi Sains Malaysia. Dr. Bakri is the founding member and past chair for American Chemical Society (ACS) Malaysia Chapter and a committee member of Malaysia Institute of Chemistry (IKM) Southern Branch. He is also selected as a recipient of the IKM Citation Award.<\/p>\n Dr. Bakri possesses strong background in programming science strategic initiatives, developing engagement activities with various stakeholders; government, industry, community and school; and leading national and international level program that engage diverse audiences. To highlight a few of his science initiatives, he was involved as a project leader, programmer, expert and member for Minggu Sains Negara Johor, Merdeka Meeting, Mentor-Mentee STEM, Karnival Kimia Johor, South-East Asia Global Innovation Challenge, ACS Chemistry Festival, SEED Student Global Project, International Younger Chemists Network (IYCN) Outreach Competition and ASEAN Emerging Researchers Conference. He has also contributed towards communicating and popularising science via oral and written medium. 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During his tenure, he was also appointed as a Visiting Researcher at IBM Almaden Research Center USA under auspices of NanoMalaysia program. Dr. Bakri has the utmost academic experiences, where he encompassed many initiatives at various levels. He was honoured with the University Excellence Service Award, the Faculty of Science Excellence Service Award, Publication Award, Community Service Award and Dean Special Award. Previously, he was appointed as the Special Officer (Corporate Communication) for the Faculty of Science and as an Assistant Head of Chemistry Department. Currently, Dr Bakri is the Assistant Dean (Continuing and Transnational Education) for the Faculty of Science, UTM.\n\nDr. Bakri\u2019s scientific research specializes on synthetic chemistry, organic chemistry, organic conjugated system, porphyrin chemistry and their applications towards biological and photophysical system. 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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>\n\nDr. Bakri with Nobel Laureate Profesor Emeritus Akira Suzuki and Profesor Emeritus Hideshi Hattori.\n