dr. raja muhammad zuha bin raja kamal bashah

pensyarah universiti

pusat kajian diagnostik, teraputik & penyiasatan (codtis)

 rmzuha@ukm.edu.my

No. Telefon Rasmi :  0193930366

No. rasmi:
UKM : 03 8921 5555



   Biografi/ Biography :

  • Dr. Raja M. Zuha is a senior lecturer and began his career as an academic in 2006. He was also the Head of UKM Forensics (2012-2019) at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). He obtained his first degree from UKM in Biomedical Science (2003) and conferred Master of Criminal Justice by Universiti Malaya (2006). His doctoral advisor and mentor, Prof. Dr. Baharudin Omar nurtured his interest in the field of forensic entomology as a growing scientist and a lecturer. In 2014, Raja completed his PhD thesis, Bionomics of Forensic Scuttle Flies, which was greatly influenced by the current world’s authority in scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae), Dr. R. Henry L. Disney. In the same year, he flew to University of Cambridge to learn from Henry about scuttle fly and they have collaborated on scientific papers regarding taxonomy and bionomics of forensic scuttle flies which include the discovery of new genus and species. For his effort in recording several novel species from Malaysia, he was honored by having a species named after himself, the Chonocephalus harveyetzuhai. Raja is also an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at Murdoch University, Australia, an associate researcher at the Center for Insect Systematics and Fraser’s Hill Research Center, Faculty of Science and Technology, UKM. Other than teaching and conducting research, he provides consultation in many forensic entomology cases, including testimony to the court as an expert witness. His expertise has been featured in NTV7’s The Breakfast Show, TV3’s Buletin Utama and BFM Radio Station. He loves to engage with public through scientific communication about flies and forensic entomology. For the love of flies and passion in macro and close-up photography, Raja founded Lalatologi (www.lalatologi.com) – an initiative to highlight the biodiversity of flies and other insects through research and photography.

  • raja m. zuha.  (2023).  scuttle flies - the awfully important nuisance.  - 3rd national conference on urban pest 2023.  26. 

     

    raja m. zuha, r. henry l. disney.  (2023).  new records of three closely identical species of megaselia rondani (diptera: phoridae) from bangi, selangor, peninsular malaysia.  - serangga.  41-54. 

     

    raja m. zuha.  (2022).  laporan kerja perundingan entomologi forensik 2021/05.  - 1-3. 

     

    md gezani md ghazi, loong chuen lee, raja muhamad zuha, hukil sino.  (2022).  application of cart algorithm in detecting trace residue of gasoline based on gc-ms data for forensic investigation.  - international fundamental science congress 2021 (ifsc 2021).  6-10. 

     

    raja muhammad zuha.  (2022).  laporan kerja perundingan entomologi forensik senai rpt. 7196/22.  - 1-3. 

     

    raja muhammad zuha, see huong wen, r. henry l. disney & baharudin omar.  (2014).  first record of genus puliciphora dahl (diptera: phoridae) associated with rabbit carcasses placed in concealed environments in malaysia.  - forensic science international.  e36-e37. 

     

    raja muhammad zuha, baharudin omar.  (2014).  developmental rate, size, and sexual dimorphism of megaselia scalaris (loew) (diptera: phoridae): its possible implications in forensic entomology.  - parasitology research.  113(6):2285-2294. 

     

    raja muhammad zuha, tasnim abdul razak, nazni wasi ahmad, baharudin omar.  (2012).  interaction effects of temperature and food on the development of forensically important fly, megaselia scalaris (loew) (diptera: phoridae).  - parasitology research.  111(5):2179-2187. 

     

    yong-ming lee, r. henry l. disney, raja m. zuha.  (2021).  development of forensically important scuttle fly, megaselia spiracularis schmitz (diptera: phoridae) at ambient temperatures with distinguishing features of the larval instars.  - journal of asia-pacific entomology.  858-865. 

     

    sim li xuan, raja m. zuha.  (2019).  chrysomya megacephala (fabricius, 1794) (diptera: calliphoridae) development by landmark-based geometric morphometrics of cephalopharyngeal skeleton:.........  - egyptian journal of forensic sciences.  1-9. 

     

    raja muhammad zuha & r. henry l. disney.  (2018).  four new megaselia species (diptera: phoridae) from animal carcasses in bangi, malaysia.  - zootaxa. 

     

    syamsa ra, omar b, zuha rm, faridah mn, swarhib ms, hidayatulfathi o, and shahrom aw.  (2015).  forensic entomology of high rise buildings in malaysia: three case reports.  - tropical biomedicine.  291-299. 

     

    zuha, r.m., jenarthanan, l.x.q., disney, r.h.l., omar, b..  (2015).  multiple species of scuttle flies (diptera: phoridae) as contaminants in forensic entomology laboratory insect colony.  - tropical biomedicine.  568-572. 

     

    raja muhammad zuha.  (2022).  a preliminary evaluation on bivariate allometry in active-feeding chrysomya megacephala (fabricius, 1794) (diptera: calliphoridae) larvae.  - malaysian applied biology.  49-58. 

     

    raja muhammad zuha, nhavin gnanaprakasam, naim naqib, yap jia le, r. henry l. disney.  (2021).  megaselia dilatimana disney, 2006 and megaselia falloconsueta disney, 2006, two afrotropical species of scuttle flies (diptera, phoridae) newly recorded from peninsular malaysia.  - check list.  985-992. 

     

    yong-ming lee, r. henry l. disney, raja m. zuha.  (2021).  development of forensically important scuttle fly, megaselia spiracularis schmitz (diptera: phoridae) at ambient temperatures with distinguishing features of the larval instars.  - journal of asia-pacific entomology.  858-865. 

     

    raja muhammad zuha, r. henry l. disney.  (2021).  new records of woodiphora biroi (brues, 1907) and a possible sibling species of woodiphora parvula schmitz, 1927 (diptera: phoridae) from peninsular malaysia.  - serangga.  70-79. 

     

    raja muhammad zuha, jia le yap & r. henry l. disney.  (2021).  the discovery of the hitherto unknown male of megaselia ochracea (brues, 1911) (diptera: phoridae) after 112 years.  - journal of insect biodiversity.  28-32. 

     

    raja muhammad zuha, hukil sino.  (2020).  bukit fraser: kepelbagaian biologi & persekitaran fizikal.  - 6. 

     

    raja muhammad zuha, hukil sino.  (2020).  bukit fraser: kepelbagaian biologi & persekitaran fizikal.  - 6. 

     

    carell cheong, siti zuraidah abidin, cheng yean ni munisha, raja muhammad zuha, norela sulaiman.  (2021).  proceedings of the fraser's hill symposium 2020.  - 212. 

     

    raja m. zuha.  (2023).  scuttle flies - the awfully important nuisance.  - 3rd national conference on urban pest 2023.  26. 

     

    raja muhammad zuha.  (2022).  laporan kerja perundingan entomologi forensik gelang patah rpt. 1999/22.  - 1-3. 

     

    md gezani md ghazi, lee loong chuen, hukil sino & raja m zuha.  (2022).  elucidating gc-ms profile difference between ron95 and ron97 using principal component analysis.  - international symposium on science and technology ukm-psu 2022 (isstup2022).  66. 

     

    loong chuen lee, md gezani md ghazi, hukil sino, raja m. zuha.  (2022).  a mini review on overview of statistical modelling of gc-ms/gcfidprofiles of fire debris for forensic investigation.  - international symposium on science & technology ukm-psu 2022 (isstup2022).  59. 

     

    raja m. zuha.  (2022).  laporan kerja perundingan entomologi forensik 2021/05.  - 1-3.