My Story
Welcome To Dr. Lee Ting Hun
Dr. Lee Ting Hun has set up and currently heads the Edible Bird’s Nest Unit in the Institute of Bioproduct Development, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. He is the pioneer in carrying out bird’s nest and swiftlet ranching research in Malaysia. He has lead 20 over numerous government and private sector projects amounting to more than RM2 million. He has also published 30 over-indexed journals papers, conferences and seminars papers, book and book chapter.
For over a decade, he has invented numerous processes and innovate some noble products related to bird’s nest, nutraceutical and cosmeceutical. His contribution to the industry has won him the Malaysian Scientist Award and the Geneva Invention and Innovation Award.
Dr. Lee has also co-authored the Malaysian SIRIM standards for Edible Bird’s Nest and Swiftlet Ranching Standards. More recently, he has also been appointed as Malaysia Bird’s Nest Expert.
Only the Best
Academic Qualification
| 2011 | Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) |
| Doctor of Philosophy, (Bioprocess Engineering) | |
| Research title: Thermal Inactivation Kinetics of Crude Peroxidase and Polyphenol Oxidae from Pineapple and Long Bean |
Career Position
“A Research Fellow / Head of Edible Bird’s Nest Unit and Swiftlet”
“Senior Lecturer”
My Curriculum Vitae
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Awards and Achievements
| 2003 | Silver Medal (Itex, 2003) |
| 2004 | Bronze Medal (S&T Expo, 2004) |
| 2004 | Gold Medal in 32nd International Exhibition of Inventions, New Techniques and Products, Geneva 2004 |
| 2004 | Saintis Cemerlang 2004 (Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi Malaysia) |
| 2005 | Anugerah Perkhidmatan Cemerlang |
| 2005 | Bronze Medal (R&D Expo IPTA, 2005) |
| 2005 | Bronze Medal ITEX 2005: New Bird’s Nest Cleaning Process |
| 2008 | Innovation Award (ICBWI, 2008) |
| 2012 | Technology Licensing to Swiftlet Garden Sdn. Bhd. |
| 2015 | Sciencedirect Top 25 List of Most Downloaded Articles |
| 2016 | Best Paper Award: SEATUC Symposium 2016 |
“Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.”
Supervised
Research: Anticancer Activity and Immunoadjuvant Properties of Edible Bird’s Nest on Human Breast Cancer Cell Line
Research: Physiochemical and Biomedical Properties of Edible Bird’s Nest
Research: In Vitro Evaluation of Chondrocytes Isolated from Osteoarthritic Articular Cartilage Supplemented with Edible Bird’s Nest Extract
Research: Optimization of Ultrasound Extraction Parameters for High Total Flavonoid Content of Melastoma Malabathricum
Research: Benchmark of Edible Bird’s Nest Quality Indicator by Using Amino Acid and Epidermal Growth Factor
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