Professor Ts. Dr. Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman
RECOGNITION & ACHIEVEMENT
July 2021
Invited Speaker for the talk entitled “Superb Supervisor: Roles, Responsibility & Relationship”, Organized by Postgraduate Deparment, Faculty of Engineering Technollogy, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia.
June 2021
- Appointed by Academy of Science Malaysia as Co-Organiser For L’oréal-Unesco For Women In Science Fellowship 2021 Roadshow.
- Appointed as the 2021 YSN-ASM Selection Committee members.
May 2021
Invited Speaker for “CCIN UTM Community Engagement Webinar Series 2021”.
April 2021 – March 2022
Appointed as Topic Editor for the Research Topic entitled “Recent Development of Nanocomposite Membranes for Water and Wastewater Treatment” in Frontiers in Nanotechnology (Scopus indexed).
April 2021 – March 2023
Editorial Board of Journal of Materials in Life Sciences (JOMALISC).
March 2021 – February 2022
Appointed as Advisory Panel and Visiting Professor, REVA University, Bangalore, India.
March 2021
- Invited Speaker for the AMTEC’s Dissemination Workshop 2021 (Webinar Series) for the talk entitled “Alternative ceramic hollow fiber membrane: Fabrication and potential application in water & wastewater treatment”
- Invited Speaker for the talk entitled “Real Journey of Postgraduate Study”, Organized by School of Graduate Study, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
- Editor of Special Issue (Honorary Special Issue for Professor Ahmad Fauzi Ismail) in Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375) (Quartile 2, ISI-indexed Journal).
- Invited Speaker for the talk entitled “Webinar on Writing & Publishing in High Impact Journal”, Organized by School of Technology Management and Logistic (STML), Universiti Utara Malaysia.
February 2021
- Invited Speaker for the virtual sharing session entitled “Motivasi Penulisan Jurnal”, Organized by UTMSpace and Live in UTMSpace Facebook.
- Appointment as Panel for 2nd Webinar on Materials for Energy, Catalysis and Sensors, Organized by Universiti Teknologi MARA Perlis.
January 2021
- Invited Speaker for the Webinar Series on Chemistry on the talk entitled “Ceramic Membrane”, Organized by Jurnal Kimia Sains dan Aplikasi, Diponegoro University, Indonesia.
- Invited Speaker for the The Regional Conference of Civil Engineering and Sustainable Development Goals 2020 (RCCE & SDGs 2020) on the talk entitled “Contamination of Endocrine Disrupting Compounds in Drinking Water: Photocatalytic Membrane as A Promising Treatment Technology”, Organized by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
- Appointment as Expert Panel of Research and Innovation (R&D) Project Funding, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) for the period Jan 2021 to Dec 2023.
December 2020
Invited Speaker for the Sharing Session with International Collaboration Fund (ICF) Grant Recipient, Organized by Research Management Centre (RMC), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM).
November 2020 – November 2021
Editor of Special Issue on “Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Economy” in Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050) (Quartile 2, ISI-indexed Journal).
November 2020 – June 2021
Guest Editor, Special Issue in IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (Scopus-indexed journal), in conjuction of Regional Conference in Civil Engineering & Sustainable Development Goals in Higher Education Institutions (RCOM 2020).
November 2020
- Listing in the top 2% scientists in the world in the respective field (Category: Citation impact in single calendar year 2019) by Stanford University, US (Source: http://bit.ly/3n6dQ2R).
- Plenary Speaker for the talk entitled “Co-Extruded Micro-tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell: Sustainable Energy Harvesting From Membrane” in Virtual International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Technologies (V-ICSEET-2020), organized by Department of Chemistry, School of Applied Sciences, REVA University, Karnataka, India.
October 2020-Current
Editorial Board of Sustainable Process Engineering as Review Editor for Frontiers in Chemical Engineering.
September 2020 – November 2020
Selection Panel for New Membership of Global Young Academy.
8. September 2020-August 2021
Editor of Special Issue in Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375) (Quartile 2, ISI-indexed Journal).
June 2020
- Invited Speaker for the Sharing Session with International Collaboration Fund (ICF) Grant Recipient, Organized by Research Management Innovation Centre (RMIC), Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI).
- Judges for YSN-ASM Chrysalis Award, Young Scientist Network-Academy of Science Malaysia (YSN-ASM).
March 2020
- Invited Speaker for the talk entitled “Publishing for Graduate” in Supervisory Development Program, Organized by UTM Academic Leadership Centre (UTMLead), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
- Invited Speaker for the talk entitled “How to Survive a PhD Proposal”, Organized by School of Graduate Study, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
- Invited Speaker, Malaysia-Japan International Conference on Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Nanoengineering 2020, Shah Alam, Malaysia.
January 2020
- Invited Speaker, Industrial Technical Forum organized by Cenviro Sdn. Bhd. in Kualiti Alam.
- Current, Review Editor on the Editorial Board of Frontiers in Chemistry: Catalysis and Photocatalysis (Quartile 1, ISI-indexed Journal).
January 2020-Dec 2021
Appointed as Secretary General of Young Scientist Network, Academy of Science Malaysia.
December 2019-November 2020
Guest Editor of Journal of Water Process Engineering (Quatile 1, ISI-indexed Journal).
November 2019
Appointed as National Science Challenge (NSC) Steering Committee for the term 2019 to 2021, under Academy of Science Malaysia.
October 2019
- Appointed as External Reviewer for the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS).
- October 2019, Appointed as External Expert for Evaluation of PhD Proposal for Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Pakistan.
September 2019
Keynote Speaker, for the Public Lecture entitled “Fuel Cell: Sustainable Energy Harvesting from Membrane”, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia.
August 2019
- Appointed as Evaluator of Yayasan Universiti Teknologi Petronas’s Grant.
- Appointed as External Reviewer for National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FONDECYT) of the Chilean National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT).
July 2019
- Appointed as Committee of Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE) Council by Ministry of Education Malaysia for the term from July 2019 until Dec 2021.
- Invited Speaker, International Conference on Chemical Physics and Materials Science (ICCPMS 2019), Istanbul, Turkey.
- Invited Speaker for the talk entitled “How to Survive a PhD Proposal”, Organized by School of Graduate Study, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
May 2019
Appointed as Profesional Technologist (Ts) by Malaysia Board of Technologists (MBOT)
April 2019
Appointed as Expert for Workshop on Malaysia Productivity Blueprint (MPB) Understanding and Chemical Centre of Excellence (CoE), organized by Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC).
December 2018
- Selected as leader of delegation for Study Visit to Silicon Valley, USA sponsored by US Embassy Kuala Lumpur.
- Appointed as Evaluator of Yayasan Universiti Teknologi Petronas’s Grant.
- Selected as delegate in Science and Technology Exchange Program (STEP) in Muscat, Oman sponsored by Mustafa Science and Technology Foundation.
November 2018
Selected in Enabling IP Environment (EIE) program under World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for the invention entitled “Sil-RH Membrane Distillation: From Seawater to Drinking Water”.
Oct ober 2018
- Invited Speaker, 2nd National Congress on Membrane Technology (NATCOM) 2018.
- Judge for Best Oral Presentation Award, 2nd National Congress on Membrane Technology (NATCOM) 2018.
- Chairperson of Plenary Session, 2nd National Congress on Membrane Technology (NATCOM) 2018.
- Judge, Olympiad Nanoteknologi Malaysia (ONM 2018) National Level.
September 2018
Invited Speaker, International Workshop on Advanced Ceramics (IWAC) 2018, Nagoya, Japan.
August 2018
Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing for Separation and Purification Technology, Elsevier Reviewer Recognition (The top 10th percentile in terms of the number of reviews completed within two years), Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
July 2018
- Invited Speaker, 2018 International Symposium on Inorganic Membranes (ISIM2018), Brisbane, Australia.
- Judge for Best Poster Award, The 11th Conference of the Aseanian Membrane Society (AMS11), Brisbane, Australia.
May 2018
Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing for Journal of Molecular Liquid, Elsevier Reviewer Recognition (The top 10th percentile in terms of the number of reviews completed within two years), Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
March 2018
Invited Speaker for the talk entitled “How to Survive a PhD Proposal”, Organized by School of Graduate Study, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
April 2018
- Appointed as Head Judge for CCM STEM Up Challenge in conjunction of Malaysian Trust Fund Week 2018, Batu Pahat, Johor.
- Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing for Ceramics International, Elsevier Reviewer Recognition (The top 10th percentile in terms of the number of reviews completed within two years), Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
February 2018
Appointed as Panel of Field Expert for the Evaluation of the Best Journal Paper Award Majlis Perundingan Pertubuhan Islam Malaysia (MAPIM)-Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) 2017.
January 18
- Current, Board Member of Aseanian Membrane Society (AMS).
- Appearance in Mass Media (TV) as Panelist for Nine11 program, Bernama TV.
January-October 2018
Advisor, 2nd National Congress on Membrane Technology (NATCOM 2018), Johor Bahru.
December 2017
- Invited Speaker, Dissemination Workshop on Membrane Technology for Water Reclamation, Impiana Hotel Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Invited Speaker, A Talk entitled “Writing a Scentific Publication for Lecturer and Postgraduate Student” Faculty of Science, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), Surabaya, Indonesia.
December 2017-August 2018
Appointed as Chair for National Science Challenge 2018 (National level).
November 2017
Keynote Speaker, 3rd Conference on Emerging Materials and Processes (CEMP 2017), Islamabad, Pakistan.
September 2017
Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing for Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Elsevier Reviewer Recognition (The top 10th percentile in terms of the number of reviews completed within two years), Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
July 2017
- Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing for Journal of Power Sources, Elsevier Reviewer Recognition (The top 10th percentile in terms of the number of reviews completed within two years), Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing for Journal of Membrane Science, Elsevier Reviewer Recognition (The top 10th percentile in terms of the number of reviews completed within two years), Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing for Journal of Water Process Engineering, Elsevier Reviewer Recognition (The top 10th percentile in terms of the number of reviews completed within two years), Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Judge, Junior Scientist Day, Universiti Teknologi Mara Sungai Buloh, Selangor.
June-August 2017
Appointed as Head of Module Developer, Grand Final National Science Challenge 2017.
August 2017
Judge for Best Poster Award, International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Process, San Francisco, United State of America
July 2017
- Judge National Science Challenge (NSC) 2017 State Level (Johor)
- Appearance in Mass Media (TV) as Panelist for Analisis Awani program, Astro Awani Network Sdn. Bhd.
June 2017-April 2018
Appointed as Organizing Committee Member for International Conference on Separation Science and Technology 2018.
June 2017-Current
Editor, EDUCATUM Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology (EJSMT).
May-July 2017
Co-chairman National Science Challenge Johor Level 2017, Academy of Science Malaysia.
May 2017
Invited Speaker for the talk entitled “How to Survive a PhD Proposal”, Organized by School of Graduate Study, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
April-Nov 2017
Scientific Committee, 13th International Conference on Membrane Science and Technology (MST2017), University of Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia.
March-August 2017
Advisor, Regional Post-graduate Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Technology 2017 (RCET ’17), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
February 2017-Current
- Appointed as Secretary General of Malaysian Membrane Society (MyMembrane)
- Editorial Board Member of Journal of Applied Membrane Science and Technology.
February 2017
- Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Membrane Technology and its Application (MemSep2017), Tiruchirappalli, India.
- Selected as Member of Global Young Academy (GYA).
December 2016
Current, Editorial Board Member of Journal of Membrane Research and Science.
November 2016
Invited Speaker, Reseach Student Seminar Program, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan
October 2016 – December 2018
Editor of Book entitled “Membrane Separation Principles And Applications” published by Elsevier.
September 2016-January 2017
Guest Editor of Jurnal Teknologi Special Issue in Conjuction with National Congress on Membrane Technology (NATCOM) 2016 (Scopus-indexed Journal)
August 2016
Chairperson of Plenary Session, National Congress on Membrane Technology (NATCOM) 2016.
July 2016-Current
Editorial Board Member of Jurnal Teknologi (ISI-indexed Journal)
May 2016
Judge National Science Challenge (NSC) 2016 State Level (Johor)
March 2016
Current, District Liaison Officer, Institut Inovasi Strategik Johor.
March-September 2016
Chairman of National Congress on Membrane Technology (NATCOM 2016)
March 2016
Judge for Innovative Practices in Education and Industry Exhibition 2016 (I-PEINX 2016)
February 2016
Lead Guest Editor, International Journal of Polymer Science (ISI-indexed Journal)
January-August 2016
Editor-in-Chief of FCEE Annual Book
December 2015 – December 2017
External Accessor, Master of Business Administration in Oil and Gas, Lincoln University College
November 2015
- Selected as Member of Young Scientist Network-Academy of Science Malaysia (YSN-ASM), Academic of Science Malaysia
- Selected as recipient of UTMShine Program
- Paralel Session Chairman in The 12th International Conference on Membrane Science and Technology (MST2015)
September 2015
Paralel Session Chairman in International Conference of Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technology (ICFCHT) 2015
August 2015
Judge for Novel Research and Innovation Competition (NRIC) 2015, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang
October 2014
Editor-in-Chief of FPREE Annual Book
March 2014
Invited Speaker, Workshop Ceramic Membrane: Potential Applications and Challenges for Future in Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Batu Pahat, Johor
January 2013
Editor-in-Chief of Jurnal Teknologi Special Issue on Sustainable Membrane Technology for Energy, Water & Environment (Scopus-indexed Journal)
October 2013
Editor of Jurnal Teknologi Special Issue on Recent Research in Engineering (Scopus-indexed Journal)
August 2013
Parallel Session Chairman in International Conference on Membrane Science and Technology 2013 (MST2013), Kuala Lumpur.
January 2013
Auditor of HICoE Audit for Universities in Klang Valley under HICoE Impact Study funded by Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia
July 2012
Invited Speaker, Forum – Graduate on Time (GOT): What it takes? in conjuction with PhD Got It Workshop organized by Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia
March 2012
Parallel Session Chairman in Nanomaterials Technology Specialized Conference 2012, UTM Johor Bahru.
September 2011
Invited Speaker, Program Kem Kembara Ukhwah GESS 2011, Mersing, Johor