Professional Activities

Professional Experience (1996-2014):

• 2012 (Apr) - Present - Associate Professor, AIMST University, Malaysia,    International.
• 2010 (Apr) - 2012 (Apr) - Senior Lecturer, AIMST University, Malaysia, International.
• 2008 (Sep) - 2010 (Apr) - Lecturer, AIMST University, Malaysia.
• 2008 (Apr) - 2008 (Sep) - Visiting Faculty, AIMST University, Malaysia, International.
• 2005 (Apr) - 2008 (May) - Principal Investigator & Head of R&D Division, Melaka Institute of Biotechnology [Melaka Biotechnology Corporation], Malaysia, International.
• 2004 (Mar) - 2005 (Mar) - Senior Research Officer, Melaka Institute of Biotechnology [Melaka Biotechnology Corporation], Malaysia, International.
• 2000 (Jul) - 2004 (Feb) - Doctoral Fellow, National University of Malaysia (UKM), Malaysia, International.
• 1998 (Dec) - 2000 (Jun) - Project Assistant, [Plant Tissue Culture Pilot Plant,] National Chemical Laboratory, India, National.
• 1996 (Jun) -1998 (Dec) - Project Assistant, [Biochemical Engineering Division,] National Chemical Laboratory, India, National.

Fellowships/honors/ awards / recognitions (2000-2014):

• Fellowship, the Okayama University, [Kurashiki, Japan], 2014, International.
• Best Poster Award (Research Team: Firdous J., Deivani S. and Bhore S. J.), the International Congress of the Malaysian Society for Microbiology 2013’ (ICMSM 2013), 2013, International.
• World Federation of Scientists (WFS) Award to train a young scientist, the World Federation of Scientists, 2011, International.
• Bio-innovation Award, AIMST University, 2011, Institutional.
• Nominated for ‘AASIO Young Agricultural Scientist Award-2009’, the Association of Agricultural Scientists of Indian Origin (AASIO), 2009, International.
• Young Scientist Fellowship [Financial Aid Award], the Third World Academy of Science (TWAS) Regional Young Scientist Conference Committee, 2009, International.
• Member-in-Spotlight, Genome India International, 2009, International.
• Fellowship [Financial Aid Award], the 18th International Symposium on Plant Lipids (ISPL-2008) [Bordeaux, France] Committee, 2008, International.
• Fellowship to attend ‘Training on DNA Markers’, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics [ICRISAT, India], 2008, International.
• Fellowship [Financial Aid Award], the National Plant Lipid Cooperative (NPLC) Symposium Committee [California, USA], 2007, International.
• Fellowship [Financial Aid Award], the 17th International Symposium on Plant Lipids (ISPL-2006) [Michigan, USA] Committee, 2006, International.
• Fellowship [Financial Aid Award], the National Plant Lipid Cooperative (NPLC) Symposium Committee [California, USA], 2005, International.
• Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA), National University of Malaysia (UKM), 2000, International.