PROF. DATO' DR. MOHD ALI HASSAN
	Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences Universiti Putra Malaysia T: 03-9769 6701  /  E: alihas@upm.edu.my
	Professor Mohd Ali Hassan obtained his degree in Chemical Engineering at The University of Leeds, United Kingdom and PhD in Environmental Biotechnology from University of Okayama, Japan. He has more than 30 years of teaching and research experience. In 2002 he was promoted to the post of Professor at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) in the field of Environmental Biotechnology. He has worked extensively on international biomass, bioenergy and zero-emission projects throughout his career, particularly with Japan and Korea, in collaboration with the palm oil industry in Malaysia. He has succeeded in obtaining R&D funding from local and international agencies and companies. He managed to set up the Serdang Biomass Town and Biorefinery in UPM campus, since 2012. He heads an international SATREPS project on biomass and zero emission project at the palm oil mill funded by JICA-JST (Japan) and Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia. He was Dean, Faculty of Biotechnology, UPM from 2007-2014. He is UPM Senate Member as well as UPM Board Member. Currently he heads the Industry and Community Relations Unit at The Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences UPM. He has published more than 180 journal papers, has several patents, book chapters, national and international awards. He has completed 10 research projects, with 2 commercialised products, and has supervised and graduated many postgraduate and undergraduate students. He was awarded the Top Research Scientist of Malaysia by the Academy of Sciences Malaysia in 2013, and Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia in 2016. He has also received the Research Exchange Award from the Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, the Malaysia Research Star Award 2017 and the Malaysian Microbiology Award 2017. Currently he is Vice President of Asia Federation of Biotechnology, President of Asia Federation of Biotechnology Malaysia Chapter and a Committee Member of Biomass Asia Association. His current h index (Scopus) is 33, with more than 3500 citations.
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