PROFILE
UPM's Staff Profile
PROF. MADYA DR. NORHAFIZAH BINTI ABDULLAH
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
nhafizah@upm.edu.my
PROFESSIONAL
NAME :
(Prof. Madya Dr.) NORHAFIZAH BINTI ABDULLAH
MANAGERIAL POSITION :
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
ENTITY :
PERMANENT POST :
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
ENTITY :
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
FIELD OF SUPERVISION
BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING / CHEMICAL ENGINEERING / ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
2004
PhD, Chemical Engineering at Cambridge University, UK
1997
MSc, Bioreactor Systems, University Manchester Institute of Science and Technology UK
1994
BSc (Hons), Microbiology at Victoria Manchester University, UK
WORKING EXPERIENCE
2008
Associate Professor, UPM Malaysia
2001
Data Entry Assistant, Kings College Cambridge, UK
2000
Turings Computer Lab Assistant, Kings College Cambridge, UK
1998
Lecturer, UPM Malaysia
1997
Medical Lab Technologist at Assunta Hospital, PJ Malaysia
1995
Industrial Microbiologist at Inchcape Testing Services Sdn. Bhd., PJ Malaysia
PROJECT
2007
Robust Recombinant Protein Purification Using Salt Tolerant Ion Exchange Chromatography
2007
Protein-Ligand Interaction Analysis for Chromatographic Purification of High Valued Protein
2007
Mass Transfer Study for Nano-Encapsulation of Linamarin Using Supercritical Carbon dioxide (SCCO2) in Supercritical Anti-Solvent Method (SAS)
2007
Production of Biodegradable Nanoparticles by Rapid Expansion Supercritical CO2 solution (RESS) and Its Control Released Delivery
2004
Isolation and Encapsulation of Cassava Linamarin in Biodegradable Nanoparticles for Cancer Cells Targeting and Apoptosis
TEACHING
2008
Materials Science, Material Characterization, Water Pollution Engineering, Toxic & Hazardous Waste Engineering, Environmental Health Engineering, Fermentation Technology, Bioprocess Engineering, Recovery Processes, Polymer Engineering
COMMITTEE
2007
Ordinary Member of Institute of Materials Malaysia
2007
Associate Member of IChemE, UK
2002
Fellow Cambridge Philosophical Society
AWARD AND ACHIEVEMENT
2008
Double Gold Special Award and 1 Gold Award at BIS, London
2007
1 Gold and 1 Silver Medals at EUREKA, Belgium
2006
1 Gold award at INPEX, Pittsburgh, USA
RESEARCH AREA
2008
Bioprocess Engineering and associated technologies lies within, including range of topics in biochemical engineering and pharmaceutical manufacturing.
2008
Isolation and purification of bioactive proteins from complex homogenates
2007
Protein encapsulation into biodegradable nanoparticles
2006
Bioremediation
2004
Adsorption Chromatography
PUBLICATION
2024
Effects of pre- and post-harvest konjac glucomannan phosphate ester composite film coating on the volatile profiles of mangoes during storage
2023
Production of Biosurfactant Using Bacillus subtilis Natto Fermentation
2020
Toxicity assessment of reduced graphene oxide and titanium dioxide nanomaterials on gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria under normal laboratory lighting condition
2020
Alginate-Persian Gum-Prebiotics microencapsulation impacts on the survival rate of Lactococcus lactis ABRIINW-N19 in orange juice
2020
Effect of pre-treatment with a tannin-based coagulant and flocculant on a biofilm bacterial community and the nitrification process in a municipal wastewater biofilm treatment unit
2018
Toxicity assessment of reduced graphene oxide and titanium dioxide nanomaterials on Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria
2017
Potential of Trichoderma harzianum as cellulose biodegrade in biocomposting of paddy straw
2016
Probiotic Assessment of Lactobacillus plantarum 15HN and Enterococcus mundtii 50H Isolated from Traditional Dairies Microbiota
2015
Anticancer impacts of potentially probiotic acetic acid bacteria isolated from traditional dairy microbiota
2015
Microencapsulation of probiotic bacteria Lactobacillus bacteria Lactobacillus plantrum 15HN using alginate-psyllium-fenugreek polymeric blends
2015
Solvent-less Approach for the recovery of palm-based sophorolipids biosurfactant via salting-out method
2015
Effect of addition of inulin and fenugreek on the survival of micro encapsulated Enterococcus durans 39C in alginate-psylllium polymeric blends in simulated digestive system and yogurt
2015
The Prophylactic Effect of Probiotic Enterococcus lactis IW5 against Different human cancel cells
2015
Bioactivity Characterization of Lactobacillus strains isolated form dairy products
2015
Recovery of Cyclodextrin glucanotransferase (CGTase) using immobilized metal chelating affinity chromatography
2015
Probiotic or Antibiotic: future challenges in medicine
2014
A newly isolated probiotic Enterococcus faecalis strain from vagina microbiota enhances apoptosis of human cancer cells
2014
Anti-Proliferative effect of Enterococcus strains isolated from fermented dairy products on different cancer cell lines
2014
Potentially probiotic acetic acid bacteria isolation and identification from traditional dairies microbiota
2014
Herbal biopolymer; A suitable and safe compounds for probiotic bacteria microencapsulation
2014
Different effects of two newly-isolated probiotic Lactobacillus plantarum 15HN and Lactococcus lactis subsp. Lactis 44Lac strains from traditional dairy products on cancer cell lines
2014
Assessment of probiotic potential and anticancer activity of newly isolated vaginal bacterium Lactobacillus plantarum 5BL
2014
Purification of glutathione S-transferase (GST) using mixed mode Chromatography
2014
Probiotic potential and biotherapeutic effects of newly isolated vaginal Lactobacillus acidophilus 36YL strain on cancer cells
2014
Probiotic assessment of Enterococcus durans 6HL and Lactococcus lactis 2HL isolated from vaginal microflora
2012
Optimizing the process parameters for encapsulation of linamarin into PLGA nanoparticles using double emulsion solvent evaporation technique
2012
Biodiesel production from palm oil by using lipase immobilized in Ca-alginate gel and its application to an oscillatory flow reactor
2012
Development of Linamarin Encapsulation in PLGA Nanoparticles for Improved Bioavailability and Delivery against Cancer Cells
2012
Comparision of binding capacity of monoclonal antibody toward affinity resins using high-throughput chromatogrpahy method
2010
Controlled Release Delivery of Linamarin from PLGA Nanoparticles