dr. cheah wai yan

pensyarah universiti

pusat kajian pembangunan, sosial & persekitaran (seeds)

 cheahwaiyan@ukm.edu.my



   Biografi/ Biography :


  • Dr. Wai Yan Cheah is currently serving as a senior lecturer at the Centre of Research in Development, Social and Environment (SEEDS), Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Her current field of research involves microalgae related study, biorefineries and wastewater management. She has conducted multiple researches related to microalgae cultivation using wastewater and its biorefinery application including biofuels, bioplastics and metabolites. She has received Outstanding Paper Award from Springer in 2018 for her research paper on waste-to-energy. She has published 28 journal articles till date with mostly Quartile 1 papers, book chapters and many conference presentations, since 2016. Her recent publication entitled ‘Microalgae-based biotechnological sequestration of carbon dioxide for net zero emissions’ has been published in esteemed journal of Trends in Biotechnology with impact factor of 21, as well as United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) website. Her publications have been cited over 1500 times in the past 6 years, and she has a h-index of 14. Additionally, she has reviewed 40+ articles, since 2018, for journals of Bioresource Technology, Chemosphere, Biochemical Engineering Journal, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, Scientific Reports, Journal of Sustainability Science and Management and Journal of Water Process Science and Engineering. She is leading her team in microalgal-based palm oil mill effluent bioremediation in the research center with several internal and external grants. She is also serving as guest editor in Sustainability journal, MDPI and associate editor Journal of Sustainability Science and Management Universiti Malaysia Terengganu. She has newly appointed as cluster head of Malaysia Palm Oil Board-UKM endowment chair in 2023, working on environmental sustainability for Malaysia palm oil industry development in the country.

  • wai yan cheah, tengku nilam baizura tengku ibrahim, nurul syahirah mat aron, wai siong chai, pau loke show.  (2023).  microalgae for environmental biotechnology: smart menufacturing and industry 4.0 applications.  - 466. 

     

    jia rhen loo, wai yan cheah.  (2023).  principles of multiple-liquid separation systems: interaction, application and advancement.  - 20. 

     

    tengku nilam baizura tengku ibrahim, nur azalina suzianti feisal, noor haziqah kamaludin, wai yan cheah, vivien how, amit bhatnagar, zengling ma, pau loke show.  (2023).  biological active metabolites from microalgae for healthcare and pharmaceutical industries: a comprehensive review.  - bioresource technology.  1-14. 

     

    razman pahri siti dina, ah choy er, wai yan cheah.  (2023).  social issues and challenges among oil palm smallholder farmers in malaysia: systematic literature review.  - sustainability.  1-15. 

     

    cheah wai yan;azhar bin ahmad;jalaluddin bin abdul malek;azmi bin aziz;mimi hanida binti abdul mutalib;ngan sue lin;siti dina bt razman pahri.  (2023).  major challenges facing the palm oil industry in malaysia: the road ahead towards sustainability.  -

     

    dehua zhao, wai yan cheah, sai hin lai, eng-poh ng, kuan shiong khoo, pau loke show, tau chuan ling.  (2023).  symbiosis of microalgae and bacteria consortium for heavy metal remediation in wastewater.  - journal of environmental chemical engineering.  1-14. 

     

    razman pahri siti dina, ah choy er, wai yan cheah.  (2023).  social issues and challenges among oil palm smallholder farmers in malaysia: systematic literature review.  - sustainability.  1-15. 

     

    wai yan cheah, razman pahri siti-dina, see too kay leng, a.c. er, pau loke show.  (2023).  circular bioeconomy in palm oil industry: current practices and future perspectives.  - environmental technology & innovation.  1-12. 

     

    azalea dyah maysarah satya, wai yan cheah, sara kazemi yazdi, yu-shen cheng, kuan shiong khoo, dai-viet n. vo, xuan dong bui, meththika vithanage, pau loke show.  (2023).  progress on microalgae cultivation in wastewater for bioremediation and circular bioeconomy.  - environmental research.  1-15. 

     

    wai yan cheah, ah choy er, kadaruddin aiyub, nazlina haiza mohd yasin, sue lin ngan, kit wayne chew, kuan shiong khoo, tau chuan ling, joon ching juan, zengling ma, pau loke show.  (2023).  current status and perspectives of algae-based bioplastics: a reviewed potential for sustainability.  - algal research.  1-12. 

     

    dehua zhao, wai yan cheah, sai hin lai, eng-poh ng, kuan shiong khoo, pau loke show, tau chuan ling.  (2023).  symbiosis of microalgae and bacteria consortium for heavy metal remediation in wastewater.  - journal of environmental chemical engineering.  1-14. 

     

    razman pahri siti dina, ah choy er, wai yan cheah.  (2023).  social issues and challenges among oil palm smallholder farmers in malaysia: systematic literature review.  - sustainability.  1-15. 

     

    wai yan cheah, razman pahri siti-dina, see too kay leng, a.c. er, pau loke show.  (2023).  circular bioeconomy in palm oil industry: current practices and future perspectives.  - environmental technology & innovation.  1-12. 

     

    azalea dyah maysarah satya, wai yan cheah, sara kazemi yazdi, yu-shen cheng, kuan shiong khoo, dai-viet n. vo, xuan dong bui, meththika vithanage, pau loke show.  (2023).  progress on microalgae cultivation in wastewater for bioremediation and circular bioeconomy.  - environmental research.  1-15. 

     

    wai yan cheah, ah choy er, kadaruddin aiyub, nazlina haiza mohd yasin, sue lin ngan, kit wayne chew, kuan shiong khoo, tau chuan ling, joon ching juan, zengling ma, pau loke show.  (2023).  current status and perspectives of algae-based bioplastics: a reviewed potential for sustainability.  - algal research.  1-12. 

     

    murni amirra mohd aminuddin, mohd azwan ahmad, wai yan cheah.  (2023).  biomanufacturing for sustainable production of biomolecules.  - 19. 

     

    siti dina razman pahri, wai yan cheah, er ah choy.  (2023).  sosioekonomi pekebun kecil industri sawit malaysia.  - 10. 

     

    wai yan cheah, er, a. c., siti dina razman pahri.  (2022).  pengurusan kelestarian minyak sawit malaysia.  - 11. 

     

    siti dina razman pahri, er ah choy, wai yan cheah.  (2022).  inovasi dalam pengurusan minyak sawit malaysia: mendepani cabaran globalisasi.  - 173. 

     

    wai yan cheah, tengku nilam baizura tengku ibrahim, nurul syahirah mat aron, wai siong chai, pau loke show.  (2023).  microalgae for environmental biotechnology: smart menufacturing and industry 4.0 applications.  - 466. 

     

    jia rhen loo, wai yan cheah.  (2023).  principles of multiple-liquid separation systems: interaction, application and advancement.  - 20. 

     

    murni amirra mohd aminuddin, mohd azwan ahmad, wai yan cheah.  (2023).  biomanufacturing for sustainable production of biomolecules.  - 19. 

     

    siti dina razman pahri, wai yan cheah, er ah choy.  (2023).  sosioekonomi pekebun kecil industri sawit malaysia.  - 10. 

     

    siti dina razman pahri, er ah choy, wai yan cheah.  (2022).  inovasi dalam pengurusan minyak sawit malaysia: mendepani cabaran globalisasi.  - 173. 

     

    cheah wai yan;azhar bin ahmad;jalaluddin bin abdul malek;azmi bin aziz;mimi hanida binti abdul mutalib;ngan sue lin;siti dina bt razman pahri.  (2023).  major challenges facing the palm oil industry in malaysia: the road ahead towards sustainability.  -

     

    wai yan cheah, er ah.choy. siti dina razman pahri.  (2022).  pengkomposan vermi dalam industri minyak sawit.  - persidangan pekebun kecil sawit 2022.  211-214. 

     

    wai yan cheah, er a.c..  (2022).  isolation and screening of detergent-degrading microbes from detergent wastewater.  - the 6th postgraduate colloquium for environmental research 2022.  171-172. 

     

    siti dina razman pahri, er ah.choy, wai yan cheah.  (2022).  peranan pemikiran kitar hayat dalam pengurusan mamsan industri minyak sawit.  - persidangan pekebun kecil sawit 2022.  221-224.