Awards

  1. The Analytical Scientist Magazine’s ‘The Power List 2018 – Top 40 under 40’ selection, UK (2018).
  2. Fellow of the CEO@Faculty Program 2.0, awarded by Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia (2017).
  3. Early stage career excellent researcher award within commonwealth countries– Commonwealth Science Conference 2017 awarded by Royal Society, UK (2017).
  4. Rising star TopNotch-UTMShine award 2016 – Top 20 early stage researchers in University of Technology Malaysia across all disciplines (2016).
  5. Swiss National Science Foundation Advanced Mobility Fellowship 2014 – 2015 (The only recipient major in chemistry among 65 successful recipients across all disciplines) (2014-2015).
  6. Anugerah Pengiktirafan dalam “penerbitan Jurnal Berimpak 2013”, Nanotechnology Research Alliance, UTM (2014).
  7. Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (total amount of fellowship received was approximately Rm 1 million) (2010 – 2013).
  8. 24th International Invention, Innovation & Technology Exhibition (ITEX2013), Gold Medal Award, TM4: Mixed Matrix Membrane Microextraction System for Drugs Analysis (2013).
  9. Silver Medal, CNT-SPMTE: Carbon Nanotubes Sotid Phase Membrane Tip Extraction for Triazi Herbicides Analvsis, Seoul International Invention Fair 2012 (SIIF 2012), 29 Nov – 2 Dec 2012.
  10. Best Invention Award, Malaysia Technology Expo 2011. Invention: Carbon Nanotubes Solid Phase Membrane Tip Extraction for Triazine Herbicides Analysis (2011).
  11. Gold Medal, Carbon Nanotubes Solid Phase Membrane Tip Extraction For Traizine Herbicides Analysis (Category V), Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE) (2011).
  12. Recipient of Chancellor’s Award and Best Student Award in University of Technology Malaysia (UTM) 44th UTM Convocation 2010 (Ranked 1 out of 75 graduated PhD candidates across all disciplines).
  13. Award of Philosophy of Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Chemistry, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia. (2010).
  14. Malaysian Delegation to the 2009 Meeting of Nobel Prize Winners with Young Scientists in Lindau, Germany Dedicated to Chemistry (2009).
  15. Gold Medal at the International Trade Fair for Ideas, Innovations, New Products (IENA) 2008, Nuremberg, Germany. Invention: “CSM-LPME Kit for Rapid Sample Preparation” (2008).
  16. National Science Fellowship, Ministry of Science, technology and Innovation (MOSTI), Malaysia. Doctor of Philosophy (Chemistry) (2007 – 2009).
  17. Gold Medal at the Seoul International Invention Fair 2006 organized by Korea Invention Promotion Association in Seoul, Korea. Invention: “PLEX: Pressurized Liquid Extraction for the Monitoring of Residue Oil Content and Natural Vitamin E in Palm Pressed Fiber”. (2006)
  18. Award of Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Chemistry, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia (2005).
  19. National Science Fellowship, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), Malaysia. Master of Science (Chemistry) (2003 – 2005).
  20. Award of Bachelor of Science (B. Sc.) in Industrial Chemistry, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia (2003).
  21. Dean List for all eight semester in Bachelor of Science degree programme, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia (1999 – 2003).