Projects available for potential Final Year or Masters students, including part-time research assistant
1. Bioinformatics on Malaysian native tropical fruit tree species
2. Green space engineering/ Urban forestry via aerial and land observations
3. Forest management
4. Phytochemical studies on medicinal plants
*For potential PhD candidates, further discussion is required to ensure requirement in novelty and workload are achieved.
1. Bioinformatics on Malaysian native tropical fruit tree species
2. Green space engineering/ Urban forestry via aerial and land observations
3. Forest management
4. Phytochemical studies on medicinal plants
*For potential PhD candidates, further discussion is required to ensure requirement in novelty and workload are achieved.
Research grants (Title; Duration; Funder; Role)
- Morphological, physiological, genetic, and biochemical characterisation of two variants of the medicinal herb, Melastoma malabathricum (Melastomataceae); 2022-2023; INTI Seeding Grant; Co-researcher
- Comparative analysis of complete chloroplast genomes of Artocarpus species (Moraceae); 2022-2023; INTI Seeding Grant; Co-researcher
- Analysis of agarwood-inducing method using fire and saline; 2022-2023; INTI Seeding Grant; Co-researcher
- Ethnobotany, DNA barcoding, and chemical profiling of local medicinal plants in Malaysia; 2022-2023; INTI Seeding Grant; Co-researcher
- Phytochemical and toxicity screening of local medicinal plants with heat dumping properties; 2022-2023; INTI Seeding Grant; Co-researcher
- Development of a chloroplast genome library for characterization and conservation of six edible Durian (Durio) species native to Malaysia; 2021-2022 ; INTI Seeding Grant; Project leader
- Identification and quantification of microplastic and isolation of potential microplastic degrading microbes; 2021-2022; INTI Seeding Grant; Co-researcher
- Lineage differentiation of Sorbus insignis and its gene introgression with closely-related species; 2019-2022; Guangdong Foundation and Applied Fundamental Research Fund Committee; Co-researcher
- Biodiversity assessment and conservation planning of Qiniangshan River Basin in Shenzhen Dapeng Peninsula National Geological Park; 2019-2020; Administration office of Dapeng Peninsula National Geopark; Co-researcher
- Plastome sequencing and evolution analysis of genus Danxiaorchis; 2019-2021; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Southern Subtropical Plant Diversity; Project leader
- Phylogenetic study of tribe Aquilarieae based on high-throughput genome sequencing; 2019-2021; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities; Project leader
- DNA genotyping of endangered agarwood-producing species using microsatellite technique and genetic variability of natural Aquilaria species between East and West Malaysia; 2018-2020; UPM; Co-researcher
- Development of a chloroplast library for DNA tracking and conservation of five endangered gaharu (Aquilaria) species native to Malaysia; 2018-2020; UPM; Co-researcher
- Comparison between different gaharu inducing techniques and socio-economic analysis on planter’s willingness-to-pay for gaharu inducing agents; 2017-2018; UPM; Co-researcher
- Gaharu inducement and assessment in planted karas at Empangan Jus, Melaka; 2016-2018; Malaccensis S/B; Co-researcher
- Establishment of a DNA barcoding database for species identification of wood samples from Malaysian timber species; 2016-2017; Malaysian Timber Industry Board; Co-researcher
Research target specimens
- Endangered and medicinal plants
- Rhizomatous crops
- Mycoheterotrophic plants
Research skills
- Plant phylogenetics, systematics, and evolution
- Plant DNA fingerprinting
- Plant DNA barcoding
- Wood forensic
- Plant proteomics
- Plant molecular breeding
Research interests
