PROFESSOR DATUK DR. ASMA ISMAIL, FASc.
PJN, DPMP, DSDK, PSK, SMP, BCN
B.Sc. (Distinction), Biology (Nevada, USA),
M.A. Microbiology (Indiana, USA),
Ph.D Cellular and Molecular Biology (Nevada, USA),
Doctor of Science (Hon) (Glasgow, UK),
Doctor of the University (Hon) (Keele, UK)
Doctor of Literature (Hon) (Kyoto, Japan)
Professorial Chair in Medicine
IIUM , Kuantan
President Academy of Sciences Malaysia
"Performing Impact Research to ensure Transformational Change"
With her great achievements both in academic and profession, Asma currently serves as an honorary Professor at the Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine, USM and Research fellow at the Biotechnology Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia, Sabah.
Her educational background includes BSc. (Biology) from University of Nevada, USA, M.A (Microbiology) from Indiana University, USA and a Ph.D (Cellular and Molecular Biology) from UNR. Asma has initiated scientific discoveries that have led to the attainment of 13 patents and commercialization of the rapid diagnostic test for typhoid called TYPHIDOT which was advocated by WHO.
As an experienced researcher, she has published 131 papers, received more than 213 awards and recognitions, presented more than 425 papers including 376 invited talks/plenaries and 48 keynotes both at the national and international levels. She was elected to the Academy of Sciences Malaysia in 2003, The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) in 2010 and The Islamic World Academy of Sciences in 2016. She also was elected as Honorary Member of the Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences in 2017, and in the following year as a Member of the College of Fellows, Keele University and as a Governing Advisory Board Member for Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan.
In recognition of her leadership in lifelong learning in the Commonwealth, especially for women, and her outstanding service to the advancement of higher education and science in Malaysia, she was conferred as Honorary Fellow of the Commonwealth of Learning in September 2019 and Hon Scholar for IIASA (Institute for Applied System Analysis), Vienna, Austria in November 2019.
Her landmark contributions to Malaysia’s higher education system include the establishment of the prestigious National Academic Award, the establishment of Research Universities in Malaysia and also in co-helming the development and implementation of The Malaysian Education Blueprint (Higher Education) 2013-2025. For these and other exemplary achievements, she was awarded the ‘Tokoh Srikandi’ (Academic) and ‘Tokoh Maulidul’ Rasul both at a national level in 2018.
PROFESSOR DATUK DR. ASMA ISMAIL, FASc.
PJN, DPMP, DSDK, PSK, SMP, BCN
B.Sc. (Distinction), Biology (Nevada, USA),
M.A. Microbiology (Indiana, USA),
Ph.D Cellular and Molecular Biology (Nevada, USA),
Doctor of Science (Hon) (Glasgow, UK),
Doctor of the University (Hon) (Keele, UK)
Doctor of Literature (Hon) (Kyoto, Japan)
Professorial Chair in Medicine
IIUM , Kuantan
President Academy of Sciences Malaysia
"Performing Impact Research to ensure Transformational Change"
With her great achievements both in academic and profession, Asma currently serves as an honorary Professor at the Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine, USM and Research fellow at the Biotechnology Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia, Sabah.
Her educational background includes BSc. (Biology) from University of Nevada, USA, M.A (Microbiology) from Indiana University, USA and a Ph.D (Cellular and Molecular Biology) from UNR. Asma has initiated scientific discoveries that have led to the attainment of 13 patents and commercialization of the rapid diagnostic test for typhoid called TYPHIDOT which was advocated by WHO.
As an experienced researcher, she has published 131 papers, received more than 213 awards and recognitions, presented more than 425 papers including 376 invited talks/plenaries and 48 keynotes both at the national and international levels. She was elected to the Academy of Sciences Malaysia in 2003, The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) in 2010 and The Islamic World Academy of Sciences in 2016. She also was elected as Honorary Member of the Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences in 2017, and in the following year as a Member of the College of Fellows, Keele University and as a Governing Advisory Board Member for Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan.
In recognition of her leadership in lifelong learning in the Commonwealth, especially for women, and her outstanding service to the advancement of higher education and science in Malaysia, she was conferred as Honorary Fellow of the Commonwealth of Learning in September 2019 and Hon Scholar for IIASA (Institute for Applied System Analysis), Vienna, Austria in November 2019.
Her landmark contributions to Malaysia’s higher education system include the establishment of the prestigious National Academic Award, the establishment of Research Universities in Malaysia and also in co-helming the development and implementation of The Malaysian Education Blueprint (Higher Education) 2013-2025. For these and other exemplary achievements, she was awarded the ‘Tokoh Srikandi’ (Academic) and ‘Tokoh Maulidul’ Rasul both at a national level in 2018.