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