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PROFILE
UPM's Staff Profile
DR. MOHD IZHAM BIN SAIMAN
PENSYARAH KANAN
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
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PROFESSIONAL

Mohd Izham bin Saiman (Petroleum Chemistry), BSc. in Petroleum Chemistry, UPM, 2002; MSc (Material Chemistry), UPM,2006; PhD (Heterogeneous Catalysis), Cardiff University, 2012. Currently he is acting as Senior Lecturer at Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, UPM. His work involves producing gold supported catalyst for the oxidation reaction for petrochemical industries and oxidation of glycerol from biodiesel production.
NAME :
(Dr.) Mohd Izham Bin Saiman
POSITION :
Pensyarah Kanan
ENTITY :
Faculty Of Science

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
2012
PhD in Heterogeneous Catalysis from Cardiff University, Wales, UK
2006
Master of Science in Material Chemistry from Universiti Putra Malaysia
2002
Bachelor of Science (Hons) Petroleum Chemistry from Universiti Putra MAlaysia
WORKING EXPERIENCE
2003
Tutor at Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, UPM
1999
Technician at National & Panasonic Sdn Bhd, Melaka
1998
Production Operator at Hualon Corp. Sdn. Bhd, Melaka
CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP / SEMINAR
2015
N.S.M. Yusof, and M.I. Saiman, “ Solvent Free Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol to Benzaldehyde using Gold and Palladium supported by carbon catalyst, 28th Malaysian Analytical Chemistry Symposium (SKAM-28), 17-20th August 2015, Weil Hotel, Ipoh, Perak.
2015
N.M. JamJam and M.I. Saiman,”Solvent Free Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol to benzaldehyde using a highly active gold palladium supported titanium oxide catalyst and TBHP as an oxidant,” Fundamental Science Congress 2015, 12-13th November 2015, FVM, UPM
2015
S. Tareq, A.H. Abdullah, Y.H. Taufiq Yap, Umer Rashid and Saiman Mohd Izham,”Solvent Free Oxidation of benzyl alcohol using mono and bimetallic Au-Pd supported catalyst,” Fundamental Science Congress 2015, 12-13th November 2015, FVM, UPM.
2015
N.F.Z. Mohd Aris, N.A. Ahmad Shah, N. Mohd Jam Jam, N.S.M. Yusof and M.I. Saiman, “ Direct Synthesis of benzyl Alcohol oxidation using Au-Pd catalyst prepared by sol immobilisation, 28th Malaysian Analytical Chemistry Symposium (SKAM-28), 17-20th Aug 20
AWARD AND ACHIEVEMENT
2015
Young Chemist Award, 28th Regional Symposium of Malaysian Analytical Science (SKAM-28)
2005
Excellent Researcher, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, UPM
2005
Silver Medal, Invention, Research and Innovation Exhibition, UPM."New route to Antimony tetraoxide (Sb2O4) promising promoter catalyst in petrochemical industry".
AREA OF SPECIALISATION
2014
Heterogeneous catalysis
2006
Material Chemistry
RESEARCH PROJECT
2016
UPM-IPS grant-Project Leader
“Synthesis and Characterization of Nanoparticles Gold Platinum Supported Catalysts”
2015
UPM-IPS grant-Project Leader
“Synthesis and Characterization of Nanoparticles Gold Palladium Supported Catalyst”
2014
UPM-IPM-Grant-Project Leader
"Solvent Free oxidation benzyl alcohol using Au-Pd supported catalysts".
2008
Grant -Researcher
DOW Methane Challenge”, DOW Chemical, USA
PUBLICATION
2021:
Insight into CO2 reforming of CH4 via NiO/Dolomite catalysts for production of H2-rich syngas
2021:
Catalytic deoxygenation of waste cooking oil utilizing nickel oxide catalysts over various supports to produce renewable diesel fuel
2021:
Effect of Different Supports for Copper as Catalysts on Hydrogenolysis of Glycerol to 1,2-Propanediol
2021:
Promotional Effects of Transition Metals (Cu, Ni, Co, Fe, Zn)-Supported on Dolomite for Hydrogenolysis of Glycerol into 1,2-Propanediol
2020:
Biodiesel production via simultaneous esterification and transesterification of chicken fat oil by mesoporous sulfated Ce supported activated carbon
2020:
Imidazole-rich copper peptides as catalysts in xenobiotic degradation
2020:
Sulfonated functionalization of carbon derived corncob residue via hydrothermal synthesis route for esterification of palm fatty acid distillate
2020:
Synthesis of Lipase-Immobilized CeO2 Nanorods as Heterogeneous Nano-Biocatalyst for Optimized Biodiesel Production from Eruca sativa Seed Oil
2020:
Copper-dolomite as effective catalyst for glycerol hydrogenolysis to 1,2-propanediol
2020:
Production of green diesel from catalytic deoxygenation of chicken fat oil over a series binary metal oxide-supported MWCNTs
2020:
Effective catalytic deoxygenation of palm fatty acid distillate for green diesel production under hydrogen-free atmosphere over bimetallic catalyst CoMo supported on activated carbon
2020:
Development of bimetallic nickel-based catalysts supported on activated carbon for green fuel production
2020:
Production of methyl esters from waste cooking oil and chicken fat oil via simultaneous esterification and transesterification using acid catalyst