PhD students

NAME YEAR TITLE
Mohammed Faraj Abdulgader Edbeib (Main supervisor)

Elham Khalili (Main supervisor )

2012-2017 (Graduated)

2014-2017 (Graduated)

Isolation and characterization of 2,2-dichloropripionate-degrading halophilic bacteria from the Bosphorus sea, Turkey.

Formulation and characterization of β-glucosidase from Trichoderma harzianum as green fungicide against charcoal rot caused Macrophomina phaseolina.

Wafaa Hassan Muslem (Co-supervisor)

Aliyu Adamu (Co-supervisor)

2013-2017 (Graduated)

2015-2018 (Graduated)

Isolation and characterization of Beta-specific Bacteria Efficient in degrading of 3-chloropropionic  acid.

Characterization of DehL based on in-silico studies.

Elizah Mohamad (Co-supervisor)

Onoja Emmanuel (Main supervisor)

2012-2017 (Graduated)

2015-2018 (Graduated)

Cloning, overexpression and characterization of a pesticide resistant Nicotiana tabacum.

Fabrication of oil palm frond silica-Rhizomucor miehei lipase supported nanobioconjugates for non-aqueous biocatalysis.

Kalaivani Batumalaei (Main supervisor)

Se Kuan Wei (Co-supervisor)

2015-2018 (Graduated)

2016  -2018    (Graduated)

Isolation, cloning and characterization of novel alkaline-stable lipase producing bacteria from palm oil effluent.

Profilling of Heterotrigona itama honey from different localities of Malaysia.

Nurhaziqah Che Marzuki (Main supervisor)

Uchenna R. Ezeilo (Main supervisor)

2016-2019 (On-going)

2016-2019 (Graduated)

Formulation, characterization and efficacy study of anti-ageing gallic acid esters nanoemulsion from Pouteria campechiana.

Cellulase and xylanase-producing Trichoderma asperellum UC1 and Rhizopus oryzae UC2 for effective Saccharification of oil palm leaves by solid-state fermentation

Nursyafiqah Elias (Main supervisor)

Nissha Bharrathi Romes (Main supervisor)

2018-2021  (Graduated

2017-2020  (Graduated)

Cellulose-silica nanocomposite from oil palm frond leaves (OPFL) reinforced polyethersulfone (PES) membrane for removal of chromium Cr(IV) in water.

Nanoemulsion loaded with antioxidants from Elaeis guineensis and application studies

Azzanizawaty Yahya (Main supervisor)

Fatma Abeed (Co-supervisor)

2017-2020 (Graduated)

2016-2019 (Graduated)

Nanoemulsion fro anti-ageing from bioactive extracts of ripen Ananas cosmosus

Synthesis of anti-HIV effective thiazolidine derivatives and in silico efficacy investigation by molecular dynamics and molecular docking.

Muhamad Muhamad (Main supervisor)

Aida Rasyidah Azman (Co-supervisor)

2018-2021 (On-going)

2017-2020 (Graduated)

Green fungicide formulation and efficacy study against pathogenic Ganoderma species infecting mature Elaeis guineensis

Green novel enzyme nanoconjugates for visualizing latent fingerprints on non-porous surfaces.

Habeebat Adikilekun (Co-supervisor)

Jacob Adikwu Gowon (Main supervisor)

2018-2021 (Graduated)

2018-2021 (Graduated)

A 16S rRNA metagenomic study to assess influence of salinity on microbial diversity of Tuz Golu Lake

Ternary composite of magnetized silica-nanocellulose derived oil palm leaves ash for activation and stabilization of Candida rugosa lipase for esterification

Syariffah Nuratiqah Syed Yaacob (Main supervisor)

Teoh Hwee Lee (Main supervisor)

2019-2022 (On-going)

2020-2023 (On-going)

Metagenomic identification of Sy-1 Lactobacillus species from Kelulut honey, for in silico and in vivo efficacy assessments against multi-drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Mechanoenzymatic extraction of nanocellulose and cellulose nanofibrils from oil palm leaves

Nuridayah Yusmaidi (Main supervisor) 2022-2025 (On-going) Multi-walled carbon nanotubes-conjugated chitosan polivinylidene membrane for direct-contact membrane distillation of simulated seawater
Monis Abid

(Main supervisor)

2021-2024 (On-going) Tetraethyl orthosilication and tetramethyl orthosilicate-polivinylidene fluoride omniphobic hybrid membrane for direct-contact membrane distillation desalination
Oumaima Bouguerra

(Main supervisor)

2021-2024 Crosslinked-enzyme aggregates lipase KV1 for transesterification synthesis of biodiesel
Tan Huiyi

(Co-supervisor)

2021-2024 Hydrothermally nitric acid-pretreated oil palm biochar for desalination of soil
Varothini 2022-2025 DNA-fingerprinting for forensic identification