ISSN: 2643-6027
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT)
Malaysia
Tel: 6016-9806310
Associate Professor Dr. Aziz Bin Ahmad obtained his first degree; Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Biochemistry & Microbiology from Universiti Pertanian Malaysia, Serdang Selangor in 1994 and doctoral degree in Plant Biochemistry in 2000 from the same university. Dr. Aziz began his career as a lecturer at the Department of Biological Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) in 2001 and was promoted to be Associate Professor in early 2007. He taught biochemistry, physiology, plant biochemistry and biotechnology. Dr Aziz had served in administrative in UMT as Senate (November 2008 – March 2009; December 2014 - current), Head of Publisher of UMT Publisher (2011 – 2012). Deputy Dean (Academics and Student Affair) at Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) from May 2008 to October 2010, Head of Department of Biological Sciences, FST (April 2006 – April 2008), and Head of Marine Biotechnology Research Group (2006-2008). Currently, he is the Dean of Centre for Fundamental and Liberal Education, UMT. Dr Aziz is actively involved in research activities on the stress tolerance/defence mechanism in plants. His research focus mainly on the effects of abiotic stress on the fatty acids biosynthesis and heat-shock protein. To date, he has served a reviewer for the Journal of Bioresource Technology, Asean Journal of Biotechnology, Malaysian Applied Biology, Pakistan Journal of Biological Science and Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology. Currently, he is also the editorial board member for Journal of Sustainability Science and Management, UMT Publisher and Associate Editor for Malaysian Applied Biology Journal, UKM Publisher.
