PROFESSIONAL

Dr. Mohd Mokrish Md Ajat was a PhD candidate in the Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. He was under the supervision of Prof. J.B.Helms and defended his thesis in 2015. Prior to his PhD studies, he completed his BSc. (H) Biochemistry from the Faculty of Science, UPM and MSc. Nanobiotechnology from the Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences UPM. His MSc. thesis was supervised by Prof. Datin Paduka Dr Khatijah Yusoff and Prof. Dr. Mohd Zobir Hussein. He is currently attached to the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine UPM as an Associate Professor in Veterinary Biochemistry with special focus on veterinary medicine. His current research interest is on dynamics of lipid droplets in various lipid metabolism disorder in mammals, alternative or therapeutic remedies derived from natural products and small animal nutrition. A trained scientist in molecular biology, cell culture, lipidomics and proteomics. He is a research collaborator in the Laboratory of Natural Medicine and Products, Institute of Bioscience UPM. A fellow for the Centre for Academic Development and Leadership Excellence (CADe-Lead) UPM. Trainer for the Higher Education Leadership Academy (Akademi Kepimpinan Pendidikan Tinggi – AKEPT), Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia. Strategic Committee Member for Service Learning University Malaysia (SULAM), Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia. He is the first recipient from Malaysia for the UNESCO-MAB Young Scientist Award 2016 and a Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting alum 2007. He was appointed as the Deputy Director of the Alumni Relations Centre UPM (2024-2025).