pensyarah universiti
jabatan sains biologi & bioteknologi
salmah78@ukm.edu.my
Sumber Lestari, Alam Sekitar dan Kehidupan Pintar,
SALMAH YAAKOP, PhD., is a Prof. at Department of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology (FST), UKM. She received her Bachelor and Master of Science degree from the National University of Malaysia (UKM) and Ph.D. degree from State University of Groningen, The Netherlands in Evolutionary Biology. Her expertise is on Molecular Systematics and Taxonomy and Diversity of insect species. She is a very active entomologist in conducting DNA barcoding research, species interaction and coevolution, and systematics and taxonomy of insects especially on pests and parasitoids of Malaysian crops, storage products etc. Not limited to insects only, she also working on molecular systematics of wildlife species for conservation purposes. Currently, she also conducts research on impact of climate change on insect species. She is an Editor of Serangga Journal (indexed in Scopus) (2018-2021) and also President of Entomological Society of Malaysia (ENTOMA) for 2019-2020.
muhammad aqil fitri rosli, sharifah nabihah syed jaafar, kamalrul azlan azizan, salmah yaakop, wan mohd aizat. (2025). mass spectrometry data on volatile compounds of polygonum minus huds. leaf essential oil. - data in brief. 1 - 5.
salmah yaakop, muhammad afiq senen, muhammad ikhwan idris, izfa riza hazmi, nurul wahida othman, wee suk ling, johari jalinas, azman sulaiman, siti sarah aina mohd nirwan, & ng yong foo. (2025). hymenopteran family assemblages from taman rimba alam, putrajaya, malaysia. - prosiding ekspedisi saintifik biodiversiti t a m a n r i m b a a l a m p u t r a j a y a. 117 - 126.
yahutazi chik, jimbun ali, izfa riza hazmi, nur aliah mohamad khaduwi. salmah yaakop. (2025). molecular and phylogenetic insights of achaea serva (lepidoptera: erebidae): a pest in vietnam, an edible species in malaysian borneo. - issaas 2025 international congress and general meeting. .
wee suk ling, ong jun jie, raja muhammad zuha raja kamal bashah, izfa riza hazmi, salmah yaakop . (2025). diversity of diptera insects in taman rimba alam putrajaya. - prosiding ekspedisi sainfik biodiversiti, taman rimba alam, putrajaya 2025. 138 - 148.
jimbun ali, salmah yaakop, ng yong foo, danial hariz zainal abidin, muhamad azmi mohammed, yahutazi chik & asmah salowi. (2025). new insight on the outbreak month of lelamas p edada (lymantria brotea) on mangrove ap p le tree (sonneratia caseolaris) in sungai mup ong, bintangor sarawak. - international symposium on insects (isoi). .
naim mustafa, salmah yaakop, farah shafawati mohd-taib. (2025). dna metabarcoding confirms copsychus saularis, the common insectivorous species in oil palm plantations as biological control of ground-dwelling insect pests. - scientific report. 1 - 13.
fahimee jaapar, aqilah sakinah badrulisham, mohd sani zulidzham, nurul farisa reward, nizar muzammil, rosliza jajuli, salmah yaakop. (2025). inconsistent changes on infuscation and length of the forewing of heterotrigona itama populations supported by coi phylogeny. - journal of apicultural research. 722 - 731.
moïse pierre exélis, rosli ramli, roslinazairimah zakaria, azarae hj idris, zubaidah ya’cob, rabha w. ibrahim, salmah yaakop, nurul wahida othman. (2025). the social organization of the asian weaver ant colonies: a natural enemy novel sub-castes worker’s functional activity findings. - plos one. 1 - 29.
muhammad aqil fitri rosli, sharifah nabihah syed jaafar, kamalrul azlan azizan, salmah yaakop, wan mohd aizat. (2024). omics approaches to unravel insecticide resistance mechanism in bemisia tabaci (gennadius) (hemiptera: aleyrodidae). - peerj. 1 - 24.
nadia nisha musa, siti khairiyah mohd hatta, salmah yaakop. (2024). diversity and assemblage patterns of ladybirds (coccinellidae) in different crop management practices in peninsular malaysia. - arthropod-plant interactions. 723 - 740.
fairuz khalid, che nor f. che-ismail, abd-ghani idris, ismail rakibe, muhamad azmi mohammed, salmah yaakop. (2025). selected monocots and eudicots as alternative host plants for promoting arthropod populations in paddy cultivation area. - spanish journal of agricultural research. 1 - 17.
siti norsyuhada kamaluddin, wan mohd. razi idris, salmah yaakop, zulfahmi ali rahman tukimat lihan, badrul munir md-zain. (2025). status kualiti tanah di pulau orang utan bukit merah, perak, semenanjung malaysia. - sains malaysiana. 425 - 435.
ameyra aman-zuki, muhamad azmi mohammed, aqilah sakinah badrulisham, muhammad ikhwan idris, mohd fuat salbi, salmah yaakop. (2025). evolutionary history of microgastrine wasps (hymenoptera: braconidae: microgastrinae) in sundaland: insights from peninsular malaysia. - international journal of tropical insect science. 1369 - 1373.
marthiuz ghany buang, ameyra aman-zuki, nur azura adam, dewi sartiami, patricia jie hung king, salmah yaakop, muhamad azmi mohammed. (2025). elucidating insect-virus associations in black pepper: mealybug and tending ant influences on viral incidence in east malaysia, borneo. - journal of asia-pacific entomology. 1 - 18.
warre van caenegem, aicha merzoug, piotr ceryngier, nadia nisha musa, annemieke verbeken, salmah yaakop, amir biranvand, malika boualem, danny haelewaters. (2025). two new species of ectoparasitic microfungi within the hesperomyces virescens complex from algeria, italy, and malaysia. - mycological progress. 1 - 13.
warre van caenegem, aicha merzoug, piotr ceryngier, nadia nisha musa, annemieke verbeken, salmah yaakop, amir biranvand, malika boualem, danny haelewaters. (2025). two new species of ectoparasitic microfungi within the hesperomyces virescens complex from algeria, italy, and malaysia. - mycological progress. 1 - 13.
siti norsyuhada kamaluddin, wan mohd. razi idris, salmah yaakop, zulfahmi ali rahman tukimat lihan, badrul munir md-zain. (2025). status kualiti tanah di pulau orang utan bukit merah, perak, semenanjung malaysia. - sains malaysiana. 425 - 435.
fairuz khalid, che nor f. che-ismail, abd-ghani idris, ismail rakibe, muhamad azmi mohammed, salmah yaakop. (2025). selected monocots and eudicots as alternative host plants for promoting arthropod populations in paddy cultivation area. - spanish journal of agricultural research. 1 - 17.
moïse pierre exélis, rosli ramli, roslinazairimah zakaria, azarae hj idris, zubaidah ya’cob, rabha w. ibrahim, salmah yaakop, nurul wahida othman. (2025). the social organization of the asian weaver ant colonies: a natural enemy novel sub-castes worker’s functional activity findings. - plos one. 1 - 29.
ameyra aman-zuki, muhamad azmi mohammed, aqilah sakinah badrulisham, muhammad ikhwan idris, mohd fuat salbi, salmah yaakop. (2025). evolutionary history of microgastrine wasps (hymenoptera: braconidae: microgastrinae) in sundaland: insights from peninsular malaysia. - international journal of tropical insect science. 1369 - 1373.
nur hartini sariyati, hidayah haris, farah farhana ramli, suliadi firdaus sufahani badrul munir md-zain, salmah yaakop, abd rahman mohd-ridwan, nor rahman aifat, mohd sanusi mohamed, ibnu maryanto, muhammad abu bakar abdul-latiff. (2024). comparison of metabarcoding techniques for dietary assessment in herbivores and omnivores. - the 8th international conference on biological sciences leveraging biodiversity to support green economy and climate resilience (icbs 2023) bio web of conference. 01002.
hidayah haris, nur hartini sariyati, farah farhana ramli, nurfatiha akmal fawwazah abdullah-fauzi, suliadi firdaus sufahani, badrul munir md-zain, salmah yaakop, abd rahman mohd-ridwan, nor rahman aifat, ibnu maryanto, muhammad abu bakar abd-latiff. (2024). assessing methodological variability in gut microbiome studies: lessons from southeast asian for effective conservation strategies. - the 8th international conference on biological sciences leveraging biodiversity to support green economy and climate resilience (icbs 2023) bio web of conferences. 01005.
nursyuhada othman, hidayah haris, mohd faudzir najmuddin, nur hartini sariyati, farah farhana ramli, suliadi firdaus sufahani, badrul munir md-zain, salmah yaakop, abd rahman mohd-ridwan, nor rahman aifat, ibnu maryanto, muhammad abu bakar abd latiff. (2024). application of next-generation sequencing technology in southeast asia: a practical framework for advancing wildlife conservation. - the 8th international conference on biological sciences leveraging biodiversity to support green economy and climate resilience (icbs 2023) bio web of conference. 01004.
amd muhaimin, m halim, s s syarifah zulaikha, salmah yaakop. (2019). habitat preferences of leaf beetles (coleoptera: chrysomelidae) based on abiotic factors: a study from fraser hill, pahang, malaysia. - iop conf. series: earth and environmental science. 1-6.
suhana yusof, ahmad zainuri, salmah yaakop. (2019). abnormality and mortality of irradiated immature stages of the oriental fruit fly, bactrocera dorsalis (hendel) (diptera: tephritidae) by gamma irradiation. - the 2018 ukm fst postgraduate colloquium, aip conference proceedings. 1-6.
salmah yaakop, nurul wahida othman. (2025). perosak dan penyakit tanaman pertanian bandar. - . 103 - 135.
kalaivani nadarajah, salmah yaakop, noraziyah abd aziz shamsudin, nurul wahida othman, mohd ikmal asmuni. (2025). pertanian bandar dalam agenda pembangunan mampan. - . 13 - 26.
nurul wahida othman, salmah yaakop. (2022). mengapa perlu tanam pokok? pokok merubah iklim kehidupan. - . 47-60.
noraziyah abd aziz shamsudin, izfa riza hazmi, salmah yaakop. (2021). kepelbagaian mikroorganisma di kawasan penanaman padi. - . 104-111.
salmah yaakop, izfa riza hazmi. (2021). kepelbagaian invertebrata di kawasan penanaman padi. - . 80-89.
izfa riza hazmi, salmah yaakop, muhammad afiq senen, nurul wahida othman, wee suk ling, johari jalinas, azman sulaiman, siti sarah aina mohd nirwan & ng yong foo . (2025). a survey of beetle (coleoptera) diversity in taman rimba alam, putrajaya. - prosiding seminar saintifik biodiversiti taman rimba alam putrajaya tahun 2025. 127 - 137.
siti norsyuhada kamaluddin, wan mohd. razi idris, salmah yaakop, zulfahmi ali rahman tukimat lihan, badrul munir md-zain. (2025). status kualiti tanah di pulau orang utan bukit merah, perak, semenanjung malaysia. - sains malaysiana. 425 - 435.
mohd fahimee jaapar, salmah yaakop. (2025). kenali lebah kelulut dan pengkomersialannya dalam industri meliponikultur. - . .
salmah yaakop, nurul wahida othman. (2025). perosak dan penyakit tanaman pertanian bandar. - . 103 - 135.
kalaivani nadarajah, salmah yaakop, noraziyah abd aziz shamsudin, nurul wahida othman, mohd ikmal asmuni. (2025). pertanian bandar dalam agenda pembangunan mampan. - . 13 - 26.
yahutazi chik, jimbun ali, izfa riza hazmi, nur aliah mohamad khaduwi. salmah yaakop. (2025). molecular and phylogenetic insights of achaea serva (lepidoptera: erebidae): a pest in vietnam, an edible species in malaysian borneo. - issaas 2025 international congress and general meeting. .
jimbun ali, salmah yaakop, ng yong foo, danial hariz zainal abidin, muhamad azmi mohammed, yahutazi chik & asmah salowi. (2025). new insight on the outbreak month of lelamas p edada (lymantria brotea) on mangrove ap p le tree (sonneratia caseolaris) in sungai mup ong, bintangor sarawak. - international symposium on insects (isoi). .
yahutazi chik, jimbun anak ali, izfa riza hazmi, nur aliah mohamad khaduwi, salmah yaakop. (2025). molecular identification and p hylogenetic relationship s of edible lep idop teran sp ecies from coastal sarawak, malaysian borneo. - international symposium on insects. .
yahutazi chik, jimbun ali, izfa riza hazmi, nur aliah mohamad khaduwi, salmah yaakop . (2025). preliminary assessment of moth diversity (lepidoptera) using a low-cost fruit-baited trap in sarawak, malaysia. - simposium biologi kebangsaan. .
jimbun ali, yahutazi chik, yong foo ng, danial hariz zainal abidin, muhamad azmi mohammed, asmah salowi and salmah yaakop. (2025). insights on the potential new species of durian seed borer (mudaria sp.) from central sarawak, malaysia borneo. - simposium biologi kebangsaan. .
| Geran / Grant | Kolaborator / Collaborator | Status |
|---|---|---|
| OIL PALM PLANTATION LANDSCAPE AS WILDLIFE REFUGE: A WAY FORWARD FOR WILDLIFE-FRIENDLY PLANTATION | felda global ventures holdings bhd | 94.6% (2022-11-01 sehingga 2026-03-31) |
| OIL PALM PLANTATION LANDSCAPE AS WILDLIFE REFUGE: A WAY FORWARD FOR WILDLIFE-FRIENDLY PLANTATION | malaysian palm oil green conservation foundation | 94.6% (2022-11-01 sehingga 2026-03-31) |
| RESILIENCE AND EMPOWERMENT OF VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES IN CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECTED AREAS IN KEDAH | e-idaman sdn. bhd. | 96% (2023-09-01 sehingga 2026-02-28) |
| INSECTS DIVERSITY STUDY IN BORNEAN SIME DARBY PLANTATION FOR CONSERVATION STUDY (SARAWAK) | sime darby plantantion research sdn bhd | 88.3% (2024-04-19 sehingga 2026-04-18) |
| INSECTS DIVERSITY STUDY IN BORNEAN SIME DARBY PLANTATION FOR CONSERVATION STUDY (SABAH) | sime darby plantantion research sdn bhd | 88.3% (2024-04-19 sehingga 2026-04-18) |
ENVIRONMENT :ARTS AND APPLIED ARTS
Molecular Systematic, Insects Taxonomy and Biogeography
Pengalaman / Experience : tahun/years(s)
BIODIVERSITY :NATURAL DAN CULTURAL HERITAGE
Molecular Systematics; Taxonomy and Diversity of Insects
Pengalaman / Experience : 13 tahun/years(s)
BIODIVERSITY :NATURAL DAN CULTURAL HERITAGE
Molecular Systematics; Taxonomy and Diversity of Insects
Pengalaman / Experience : 13 tahun/years(s)