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Chong , Kok-Keong

Chong, Kok-Keong

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Malaysia
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Malaysia
Biodata
Prof. Dr. Chong Kok-Keong received B.Sc. (Hons) University of Malaya, 1998 and Ph.D. (Optical Engineering) Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 2002. He is Fulbright visiting scholar in Princeton University, USA for Sep-Dec 2015. He has been honored to receive Malaysia Toray Science Foundation (MTSF) Science & Technology Award 2017, JCI Ten Young Outstanding Malaysian (TOYM) 2013 Award, Fulbright Scholar Award 2015-16, Gold Award in PECIPTA’17, as well as UTAR Research Excellence Award 2010 and UTAR Innovation Excellence Award 2012 & 2014. He is also elected as Fellow of ASEAN Academy of Engineering & Technology 2018, Global Young Academy 2014, Young Affiliate Fellow for The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) 2011, Young Science Network-Academy of Science Malaysia 2012, and Committee Member of Fulbright Alumni Association Malaysia 2016-2018. He was invited to showcase research product in main exhibition hall of Malaysia Pavilion – Astana Expo 2017 with theme “Future Energy”. For the community services, he is appointed as member of Working Group on Solar Photovoltaic System (WG/E/8-1), SIRIM, and Accreditation Committee Member of Malaysian Qualification Agency (MQA).
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Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman Bandar Sungai Long 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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Last updated on 05/05/2025

Ismail, Asma

Ismail, Asma

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Malaysia
Current country of residence
Malaysia
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Prof. Emerita Datuk Dr. Asma Ismail is a woman of many firsts. She was the first female Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia and Universiti Sains Malaysia,the country’s first female Director-General of Higher Education, first female President of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia and the first woman to be the National Science Advisor to the country. She has a BSc (Biology) from the University of Nevada Reno (UNR), USA, M.A. (Microbiology) from Indiana University, USA and a Ph.D (Cellular and Molecular Biology) from UNR. She was also awarded Honorary Doctoral Degrees from the University of Glasgow, Keele University and Kyoto University of Foreign Studies (KUFS). She was elected to the Academy of Sciences Malaysia in 2003, The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) in 2010 and The Islamic World Academy of Sciences in 2016. Asma has 16 patents and commercialized world-wide the rapid diagnostic test for typhoid called TYPHIDOT. She received numerous awards including the National Academic Laureate, the most prestigious national award to a Malaysian academic in 2022.
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(+60 6) 03-62030633 ext 154
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Academy of Sciences Malaysia, Level 20, West Wing, MATRADE Tower, Jalan Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, off Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Last updated on 12/07/2023

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TWAS-Abdus Salam Medal

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  • M.G.K. Menon, India (1996)
  • Thomas R. Odhiambo, Kenya (1998)
  • José I. Vargas, Brazil (2000)
  • Paolo Budinich, Italy (2002)
  • Lu Yongxiang, China (2005)
  • C.N.R. Rao, India (2008)
  • Mohamed H.A. Hassan, Sudan (2012)
  • Jacob Palis, Brazil  (2015)
  • Fernando Quevedo, Guatemala (2018)
  • Chunli Bai, China (2022)
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