Meet Our Experts

Principal Researchers

Dr. Aqilah Awg Abdul Rahman

PhD (Entomology), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
BSc (Molecular Bioscience And Biotechnology), Rochester Institute of Technology, USA

Expertise: Entomology, species distribution modeling, Ecosystem Services

Ts. Gs. Dr. Kamarul Rahim Kamarudin

PhD (food Biotechnology), Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
MSc (Marine Biotechnology) Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
BSc (Molecular Ecology) Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Expertise: Marine Biotechnology, Drone Technology, Geographic Information System, Functional Food

Dr. Arney Sapaat

PhD (Museumology) Universiti Tun Hussien Onn Malaysia
MSc (Biodiversity & Biosystematic) Universiti Malaysia Sabah
BSc (Conservation Biology) Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Expertise: Specimen management, Museumology, Digitization, Parasitology

Dr. Salasiah Mohamad

PhD (Plant Science) Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
MSc (Biodiversity & Conservation) Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
BSc (Industrial Biology) Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Expertise: Tropical Forest Botany, Plant Systematics, Zingiberales, Nature-Based Tourism & Education, Ethnobotany & Traditional Knowledge

Dr. Brian Yap Jing Wei

PhD (Biology) Queen Mary University, London
MSc (Genetics) Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
BSc (Biotechnology) University of Tasmania
BSc (Biotechnology) Monash University

Expertise: Molecular Systematics, Biogeography, Genome Evolution of Orchidaceae, Ophiocordyceps

Visiting Researchers

Adlil Ikram Sharuddin

Nature Education Discovery Ventures (NEDJ)

Expertise: Nature-based Tourism, Community Capacity Building, Wildlife Management (Serow)

Siti Nor Atikah Mustafa

Johor Forestry Department

Expertise: Botany (Nepenthes), Forest Management

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alona Linatoc

University of the Philippines los banos

Expertise: Forest Ecology, Botany, Plant Conservation