{"id":2,"date":"2011-02-01T08:57:08","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T08:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/niknizam\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-01-05T14:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T14:15:00","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/niknizam\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/people.utm.my\/niknizam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2023\/12\/DR-NIk-Dis-2023.png&#8221; title_text=&#8221;DR NIk &#8211; Dis 2023&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<div class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Assoc. 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Dr. Nik Ahmad Nizam Nik Malek BSc (Industrial Chemistry), MSc (Chemistry), PhD (Chemistry) (UTM), MMIC, P.Tech(MT) DEPUTY DEAN (RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT)Faculty of Science,Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) FELLOW RESEARCHERCentre for Sustainable Nanomaterials (CSNano),Ibnu Sina Institute for Scientific and Industrial Research (ISI-ISIR),Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) ASSOCIATE PROFESSORDepartment of Biosciences,Faculty of Science,Universiti Teknologi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":265,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"left\",\"id\":4778,\"width\":259,\"height\":259,\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"custom\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img src=\"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/niknizam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2022\/10\/Nik-Ahmad-Nizam-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4778\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Assoc. 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