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.
chung hong tan, sze shin low, wai yan cheah, jeevandeep singh, wai siong chai, sieh kiong tiong, pau loke show. (2024). futuristic opportunities for pretreatment processes in biofuel production from microalgae. - global change biology bioenergy. 1-23.
see too kay leng, wai yan cheah, siti-dina razman pahri, ngan sue lin, er ah choy. (2024). a systematic literature review on environmental issues and challenges towards the palm oil industry. - journal of sustainability science and management. 154-170.
nur aimi izzati aziz, nur azalina suzianti feisal, tengku nilam baizura tengku ibrahim, wai yan cheah, noor haziqah kamaludin. (2024). respirable dust exposure impact on respiratory symptoms among cleaners in a selangor public university, malaysia. - medical journal of malaysia. 110-116.
siti dina razman pahri, adibi rahiman, rosniza aznie che rose, cheah wai yan, haslawati baharuddin. (2024). enhancing fishermen social well-being in the aquaculture sector. - . 1-25.
mohd azwan ahmad, murni amirra mohd aminuddin, nur faiza abdul razak, wai yan cheah. (2024). diatoms: ecology and biotechnological applications. - . 15.
chung hong tan, sze shin low, wai yan cheah, jeevandeep singh, wai siong chai, sieh kiong tiong, pau loke show. (2024). futuristic opportunities for pretreatment processes in biofuel production from microalgae. - global change biology bioenergy. 1-23.
zheng yang ng, aaronn avit ajeng, wai yan cheah, eng-poh ng, rosazlin abdullah, tau chuan ling. (2024). towards circular economy: potential of microalgae - bacterial-based biofertilizer on plants. - journal of environmental management. 1-8.
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.
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.
see too kay leng, wai yan cheah, siti-dina razman pahri, ngan sue lin, er ah choy. (2024). a systematic literature review on environmental issues and challenges towards the palm oil industry. - journal of sustainability science and management. 154-170.
chung hong tan, sze shin low, wai yan cheah, jeevandeep singh, wai siong chai, sieh kiong tiong, pau loke show. (2024). futuristic opportunities for pretreatment processes in biofuel production from microalgae. - global change biology bioenergy. 1-23.
zheng yang ng, aaronn avit ajeng, wai yan cheah, eng-poh ng, rosazlin abdullah, tau chuan ling. (2024). towards circular economy: potential of microalgae - bacterial-based biofertilizer on plants. - journal of environmental management. 1-8.
nur aimi izzati aziz, nur azalina suzianti feisal, tengku nilam baizura tengku ibrahim, wai yan cheah, noor haziqah kamaludin. (2024). respirable dust exposure impact on respiratory symptoms among cleaners in a selangor public university, malaysia. - medical journal of malaysia. 110-116.
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.
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.
mohd azwan ahmad, murni amirra mohd aminuddin, nur faiza abdul razak, wai yan cheah. (2024). diatoms: ecology and biotechnological applications. - . 15.
murni amirra mohd aminuddin, mohd azwan ahmad, wai yan cheah. (2023). biomanufacturing for sustainable production of biomolecules. - . 19.
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.
siti dina razman pahri, wai yan cheah, er ah choy. (2023). sosioekonomi pekebun kecil industri sawit malaysia. - . 10.
jia rhen loo, wai yan cheah. (2023). principles of multiple-liquid separation systems: interaction, application and advancement. - . 20.
siti dina razman pahri, adibi rahiman, rosniza aznie che rose, cheah wai yan, haslawati baharuddin. (2024). enhancing fishermen social well-being in the aquaculture sector. - . 1-25.
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. - . .
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.
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.
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|---|---|---|
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| PENILAIAN IMPAK GELOMBANG HABA DAN SUHU MELAMPAU TERHADAP KESIHATAN DAN KESEJAHTERAAN PELAJAR SEKOLAH RENDAH DI NEGERI SELANGOR | the malaysian society for occupational safety and health (msosh) | 8.2% (2024-11-01 sehingga 2026-10-31) |
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