Prof Dr Zahira Yaakob adalah pensyarah di Jabatan Kejuruteraan Kimia dan Proses Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Beliau mendapat Ijazah Kejuruteraan Kimia dari University of Toledo Ohio, USA pada 1988. Seterusnya, beliau berjaya melanjutkan pelajaran di peringkat Master dan PhD dalam bidang kejuruteraan kimia dari University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), UK pada tahun 1992 dan 1995. Di fakulti, beliau sangat aktif dalam pengajaran, penyeliaan pelajar MSc dan PhD, serta penyelidikan dan penerbitan. Sehingga kini beliau telah menerbitkan lebih dari 250 makalah dalam jurnal terindex dengan H-index 38. Penulisan beliau telah dirujuk dan disebut dalam lebih 5000 makalah ilmiah yang lain.
nur athirah binti abdullah, marzieh badiei, masita mohammad, nilofar asim , zahira yaakob, mohd. amir radli othman. (2023). monocomponent biosorption of copper ions (ii) onto nanocrystalline cellulose from coconut husk fibers. - current nanoscience. 1-2.
nur shamimie nadzwin hasnan, manoj pudukudy, zahira yaakob, nur hidayatul nazirah kamarudin, kean long lim, sharifah najiha timmiati. (2023). promoting effects of copper and iron on ni/msn catalysts for methane decomposition. - catalysts. 1-18.
manal binti ismail;zahira binti yaakob;nur tantiyani binti ali othman;wan nor roslam bin wan isahak. (2023). catalytic functionalization of nanostructured monolithic composites in co oxidation-water gas shift reaction for h2 production. - . .
mohd nor latif, wan nor roslam wan isahak, alinda samsuri, siti zubaidah hasan, wan nabilah manan and zahira yaakob. (2023). recent advances in the technologies and catalytic processes of ethanol production. - catalysts. 1-41.
wan nor roslam bin wan isahak;mohd. ambar bin yarmo;zahira binti yaakob;mohd shahbudin bin mastar @ masdar. (2023). development of three dimensional (3d) based materials for catalytic co2 hydrogenation into oxygenated hydrocarbon. - . .
mohd nor latif, wan nor roslam wan isahak, alinda samsuri, siti zubaidah hasan, wan nabilah manan and zahira yaakob. (2023). recent advances in the technologies and catalytic processes of ethanol production. - catalysts. 1-41.
nur shamimie nadzwin hasnan, manoj pudukudy, zahira yaakob, nur hidayatul nazirah kamarudin, kean long lim, sharifah najiha timmiati. (2023). promoting effects of copper and iron on ni/msn catalysts for methane decomposition. - catalysts. 1-18.
nisa afiqah rusdan, sharifah najiha timmiati, wan nor roslam wan isahak, zahira yaakob,kean long lim, dalilah khaidar. (2022). recent application of core-shell nanostructured catalysts for co2 thermocatalytic conversion processes. - nanomaterials. 1-29.
a. k. m. aminul islam, zahira yaakob, jaharah a. ghani, azza alareefy, nisreen m. abdulsalam, najla a. khateeb, nahla zidan, mahmoud a. abdelazi, ayman el sabagh*, mohamed i. sakran, awatif omran, ahmad el askary, mohamed el-sharnouby et al.. (2022). genotype and age of industrial plant jatropha curcas l. affect physico-chemical properties of seed oil. - frontiers in energy research. 1-9.
sabariah kamarudin, zainatul akma abdul rahman, mohd saiful asmal rani, masita mohammad, norhasimah mohammed, zahira yaakob. (2022). acrylic acid-grafted polyaniline fibers for nickel ion removal from water: synthesis, characterization and adsorption kinetics. - polymer bulletin. 1699-1711.
nur athirah binti abdullah, marzieh badiei, masita mohammad, nilofar asim , zahira yaakob, mohd. amir radli othman. (2023). monocomponent biosorption of copper ions (ii) onto nanocrystalline cellulose from coconut husk fibers. - current nanoscience. 1-2.
muhammad hanif sainorudin, nur athirah abdullah, mohd saiful asmal rani, masita mohammad, nurul huda abd kadir, halim razali, nilofar asim, zahira yaakob. (2022). investigation of the structural, thermal and morphological properties of nanocellulose synthesised from pineapple leaves and sugarcane bagasse. - current nanoscience. 68-77.
sharifah najiha badar, masita mohammad, zeynab emdadi, zahira yaakob. (2021). algae and their growth requirements for bioenergy: a review. - biofuels. 307-325.
m. moniruzzaman, zahira yaakob, nurina anuar. (2021). factors affecting in vitro regeneration of ficus carica l. and genetic fidelity studies using molecular marker. - journal of plant biochemistry and biotechnology. 304-316.
nur athirah abdullah, mohd saiful asma rani, masita mohammad, muhammad hanif sainorudin, nilofar asim, zahira yaakob, halim razali, zeynab emdadin. (2021). nanocellulose from agricultural waste as an emerging nanotechnology material for nanotechnology applications - an overview. - polymery. 155-214.
nur shamimie nadzwin hasnan, manoj pudukudy, zahira yaakob, nur hidayatul nazirah kamarudin, kean long lim, sharifah najiha timmiati. (2023). promoting effects of copper and iron on ni/msn catalysts for methane decomposition. - catalysts. 1-18.
nur athirah binti abdullah, marzieh badiei, masita mohammad, nilofar asim , zahira yaakob, mohd. amir radli othman. (2023). monocomponent biosorption of copper ions (ii) onto nanocrystalline cellulose from coconut husk fibers. - current nanoscience. 1-2.
mohd nor latif, wan nor roslam wan isahak, alinda samsuri, siti zubaidah hasan, wan nabilah manan and zahira yaakob. (2023). recent advances in the technologies and catalytic processes of ethanol production. - catalysts. 1-41.
nisa afiqah rusdan, sharifah najiha timmiati, wan nor roslam wan isahak, zahira yaakob,kean long lim, dalilah khaidar. (2022). recent application of core-shell nanostructured catalysts for co2 thermocatalytic conversion processes. - nanomaterials. 1-29.
sabariah kamarudin, zainatul akma abdul rahman, mohd saiful asmal rani, masita mohammad, norhasimah mohammed, zahira yaakob. (2022). acrylic acid-grafted polyaniline fibers for nickel ion removal from water: synthesis, characterization and adsorption kinetics. - polymer bulletin. 1699-1711.
nur athirah abdullah, muhammad hanif sainorudin, nilofar asim, masita mohammad, nurul huda abd kadir, zahira yaakob. (2020). extraction of microcrystalline cellulose from two different agriculture waste via chemical treatment. - 6th international conference on advanced materials, mechanics and structural engineering, ammse 2019 (iop conference series: materials science and engineering). 1-6.
masita mohammad, shiva sadeghi louyeh & zahira yaakob. (2018). kinetic study of chromium vi adsorption onto palm kernel shell activated carbon. - iop conference series: earth and environmental science. .
masita mohammad, ibrahim yakub, zahira yaakob, nilofar asim and kamaruzzaman sopian. (2017). adsorption isotherm of chromium (vi) into zncl2 impregnated activated carbon derived by jatropha curcas seed hull. - 3rd international conference on smart material research, icsmr 2017 (iop conf. series: materials science and engineering). .
nurul hidayah che mat, zahira yaakob, and wickneswari ratnam. (2016). stability of agronomic and yield related traits of jatropha curcas accessions raised from cuttings. - the 2016 ukm fst postgraduate colloquium, aip conference proceedings. 1-7.
ibrahim yakub, masita mohammad, zahira yaakob. (2013). effects of zinc chloride impregnation on the characteristics of activated carbon produced from physic nut seed hull. - advanced materials research. 751-755.
masita mohammad, nurul huda abd kadir @ abdul rahman, zahira yaakob. (2022). budi dan sains alam melayu. - . 29.
akm aminul islam, zahira yaakob, jaharah a ghani, nurina anuar. (2014). biomass and bioenergy applications. - . 31-62.
wan nor roslam bin wan isahak;mohd. ambar bin yarmo;zahira binti yaakob;mohd shahbudin bin mastar @ masdar. (2023). development of three dimensional (3d) based materials for catalytic co2 hydrogenation into oxygenated hydrocarbon. - . .
sharifah najiha binti timmiati;wan ramli bin wan daud;zahira binti yaakob;lim kean long;teh lee peng. (2023). ni@mesostructured silica nanoparticle (msn) core-shell catalyst for methane decomposition to hydrogen and filamentous carbon. - . .
manal binti ismail;zahira binti yaakob;nur tantiyani binti ali othman;wan nor roslam bin wan isahak. (2023). catalytic functionalization of nanostructured monolithic composites in co oxidation-water gas shift reaction for h2 production. - . .
lim kean long;zahira binti yaakob;loh kee shyuan;sharifah najiha binti timmiati;wong wai yin. (2022). irradiation treated transition metal oxide-reduced graphene oxide (tmo-rgo) electrocatalyst for fuel cell applications. - . .
sharifah najiha binti timmiati;zahira binti yaakob;lim kean long. (2021). study on the hydrogen storage properties of mixed metal hydride-catalyst composite for hydrogen-energy application. - . .