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PROFILE
UPM's Staff Profile
PROF. MADYA DR. WAN ZUHAINIS BINTI SAAD
DIRECTOR
FACULTY OF BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOMOLECULAR SCIENCES
zuhainis@upm.edu.my
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PROFESSIONAL

NAME :
(Prof. Madya Dr.) WAN ZUHAINIS BINTI SAAD
MANAGERIAL POSITION :
DIRECTOR
ENTITY :

PERMANENT POST :
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
ENTITY :
FACULTY OF BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOMOLECULAR SCIENCES

FIELD OF SUPERVISION
ENZYME BIOTECHNOLOGY / MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY / MICROBIOLOGY
EDUCATION
PHD
UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA, SERDANG, SELANGOR
Graduated : 2006
BACELOR SAINS
UNIVERSITI PERTANIAN MALAYSIA, SERDANG, SELANGOR
Graduated : 1995
BOOK PUBLICATION
1. Aplikasi Praktikal Desktop Untuk Pembelajaran-Pengajaran
    ISPN: 978-9839-970-01-2
2. PUTRAFLEX: UPM Flexible Curriculum
    ISPN: 9789679604610
3. PUTRAFLEX: Guidebook for Development of UPM’s Flexible Curriculum
    ISPN: 9789679604627
4. Leveraging GenAI for Teaching and Learning at UPM: Playbook
    ISPN: 9786297754772
5. Transdisciplinary Makerspace
    ISPN: 9789672828136
6. Digital Transformation and Sustainability in Higher Education
    ISPN: 9798337350776
7. Aplikasi Practical Desktop untuk Pembelajaran - Pengajaran
    ISPN: 978-9839-970-01-2
8. Buku Panduan Pembangunan Kurikulum Fleksibel UPM
    ISPN: 9789679604634
9. A Laboratory Manual on Molecular Techniques For Identification of Bacteria
    ISPN: 978-983-44346-0-1
10. Aplikasi Praktikal Web 2.0 untuk Pembelajaran ? Pengajaran
    ISPN: 978-9839-972-12-2
11. High-Impact Educational Practices (HIEPs). The Malaysian Higher Education Experience, Volume 1
    ISPN: 978-983-3225-44-6
JOURNAL PUBLICATION
1. Efficacy of Aspergillus Fumigatus R6 Pectinase in Enzymatic Retting of Kenaf
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
2. EFFICIENCY OF COMMERCIAL BIOLOGICAL COMPOUNDS AS ANTICOAGULANT AGENTS IN NATURAL RUBBER LATEX
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
3. Characterization of conjugated linoleic acid-producing lactic acid bacteria as potential probiotic for chicken
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus
4. Effects of Heat Treatment on Total Phenolic Contents, Antioxidant and Anti- Inflammatory Activities of Pleurotus Sajor-Caju Extract
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
5. Effects of phenolic monomers on the enzymes activities and volatile fatty acids production of Neocallimastix frontalis B9.
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
6. Optimization of cultural conditions for polygalacturonase productionby a newly isolated Aspergillus fumigatus R6
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
7. Influence of biofilm-forming lactic acid bacteria against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA S547)
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus
8. MEMBRANE-ACTIVE METHANOLIC CRUDE EXTRACT OF THERMOTOLERANT, Aspergillus fumigatus SSH01 AND ITS MODE OF ACTION AGAINST GRAM-POSITIVE PATHOGEN
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus
9. Performance, biochemical and haematological responses, and relative organ weights of laying hens fed diets supplemented with prebiotic, probiotic and synbiotic
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
10. Optimisation of Xylanase–Pectinase Cocktail Production with Bacillus amyloliquefaciens ADI2 Using a Low-Cost Substrate via Statistical Strategy
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus
11. Assessing Bacterial Communities In Bulk Soil and Rhizosphere Associated with NPK Fertilizer In Oil Palm Seedlings Via Amplicon Sequencing
    Journal type: MYCITE
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
2016
Head, Department of Microbiology
AWARD AND ACHIEVEMENT
2017
Anugerah Fellowship Naib Canselor 2017 (Anugerah Pengajar Cemerlang)
2017
Reimagining and Redesigning Higher Education Award 2017 (Virtual Immersive Learning)
2017
Best Trend Setter Award (international University Carnival on E-Learning 2017)
2017
Winner of the Tech Planter Demo Day Malaysia
2015
Shortlisted QS Wharton Reimagine Education
2013
Anugerah Fellowship Naib Canselor 2012
RESEARCH PROJECT
2015
Efficient Retting of Kenaf using Microbial Enzymes
PUBLICATION
2025
Exploring Fertilizer-Microbiome Interactions Through Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS): Insights for Sustainable Agriculture
2022
Optimisation of Xylanase–Pectinase Cocktail Production with Bacillus amyloliquefaciens ADI2 Using a Low-Cost Substrate via Statistical Strategy
2018
MEMBRANE-ACTIVE METHANOLIC CRUDE EXTRACT OF THERMOTOLERANT, Aspergillus fumigatus SSH01 AND ITS MODE OF ACTION AGAINST GRAM-POSITIVE PATHOGEN
2017
Optimization of cultural conditions for polygalacturonase productionby a newly isolated Aspergillus fumigatus R6
2017
Influence of biofilm-forming lactic acid bacteria against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA S547)
2017
Performance, biochemical and haematological responses, and relative organ weights of laying hens fed diets supplemented with prebiotic, probiotic and synbiotic
2017
MEMBRANE-ACTIVE METHANOLIC CRUDE EXTRACT OF THERMOTOLERANT, ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS SSH01 AND ITS MODE OF ACTION AGAINST GRAM-POSITIVE PATHOGENS
2016
Characterization of conjugated linoleic acid-producing lactic acid bacteria as potential probiotic for chicken
2016
Optimization of cultural conditions for polygalacturonase production by a newly isolated Aspergillus fumigatus R6 capable of retting kenaf
2016
Efficacy of Aspergillus Fumigatus R6 Pectinase in Enzymatic Retting of Kenaf
2015
EFFICIENCY OF COMMERCIAL BIOLOGICAL COMPOUNDS AS ANTICOAGULANT AGENTS IN NATURAL RUBBER LATEX
2014
Effects of Heat Treatment on Total Phenolic Contents, Antioxidant and Anti- Inflammatory Activities of Pleurotus Sajor-Caju Extract
2014
Efficiency of Commercial Biological Compounds as Anti-Coagulant Agents in Natural Rubber Latex
2013
Effects of heat treatment on the total phenolic contents, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of Pleurotus sajor-caju. International Journal of Food Properties.
2013
"Conjugated Linoleic Acid-Producing Bacteria from Chicken as a Potential Probiotic Bacteria
2013
Characterization of conjugated linoleic acid-producing lactic acid bacteria as potential probiotic for chicken
2011
Effects of heat treatment on total phenolic contents, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory of Pleurotus Sajor caju extract
2008
Effects of phenolic monomers on the enzymes activities and volatile fatty acids production of Neocallimastix frontalis B9.