pensyarah universiti
pusat kajian toksikologi & risiko kesihatan (core)
nanthakumar@ukm.edu.my
Kluster Kepakaran/ Cluster of Expertise :
Kesihatan dan Perubatan Termaju,
Biografi/ Biography :
Dr. Nantha Kumar Jeyaprakasam is a senior lecturer in Biomedical Science programme under Center for Toxicology and Health Risk studies (CORE), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). He obtained his bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Science from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in 2012 while his master’s degree in Health Science (Biomedical Science) majoring in infectious diseases from the same university in 2014. He had completed his PhD with distinction and GOT from Universiti Malaya (UM) in the field of parasitology and medical entomology in 2022. His current research interests include understanding the entomological parameters of the mosquito vectors, evaluating the efficiency of trapping methods for entomological surveillance, gene characterization of the zoonotic simian Plasmodium and identifying potential control and prevention measures for knowlesi malaria.
nantha kumar jeyaprakasam, abdul hafiz zulhaimi, shirley tang gee hoon, and phang wei kit. (2025). comic-based learning in health sciences: a novel strategy to improve student engagement in malaria topics. - 1st international conference on teaching and learning in health sciences education (intlec 2025). .
nantha kumar jeyaprakasam, indra vythilingam, van lun low, jonathan wee kent liew, sandthya pramasivan, wan-yusoff wan-sulaiman and atiporn saeung. (2025). blood meal analysis: unveiling the anopheles feeding preferences and their role in zoonotic malaria transmission. - 1st international biomedical conference 2025. .
rezki sabrina masse, indra vythilingam, kimberly fornace, hidayatulfathi othman, xiaoyue liu, abdul jabir jaafar, mohd khadri shahar, nurul asmaa abdul rahman, ainul huda khairul azman, nantha kumar jeyaprakasam. (2025). impact of environmental factors on the bionomics of anopheles mosquito vectors of zoonotic malaria: a narrative review. - one health. 1 - 11.
bashobhini suresh kumar, vanitha mariappan, barathan muttiah, nantha kumar jeyaprakasam, kumutha malar vellasamy, hemabarathy bharatham. (2025). kajian awal penyediaan dan penilaian krim kosmeseutikal antioksidan berasaskan minyak pati trigonella foenum-graecum. - jurnal sains kesihatan malaysia . 80 - 93.
nantha kumar jeyaprakasam. (2025). malaria threat from macaques. - the star. .
rezki sabrina masse, indra vythilingam, kimberly fornace, hidayatulfathi othman, xiaoyue liu, abdul jabir jaafar, mohd khadri shahar, nurul asmaa abdul rahman, ainul huda khairul azman, nantha kumar jeyaprakasam. (2025). impact of environmental factors on the bionomics of anopheles mosquito vectors of zoonotic malaria: a narrative review. - one health. 1 - 11.
nantha kumar jeyaprakasam, wei kit phang, shahhaziq shahari and indra vythilingam. (2025). plasmodium cynomolgi: potential emergence of new zoonotic malaria in southeast asia. - parasites & vectors. 1 - 17.
indra vythilingam, nantha kumar jeyaprakasam. (2024). deforestation and non-human primate malarias will be a threat to malaria elimination in the future: insights from southeast asia. - acta tropica. 1-10.
sandthya pramasivan, van lun low, nantha kumar jeyaprakasam, jonathan wee kent liew, romano ngui and indra vythilingam. (2023). cryptic diversity and demographic expansion of plasmodium knowlesi malaria vectors in malaysia. - genes. 1-14.
kimberly m fornace, gabriel zorello laporta, indra vythilingham, tock hing chua, kamruddin ahmed, nantha kumar jeyaprakasam, ana maria ribeiro de castro duarte, amirah amir, wei kit phang, chris drakeley, maria anice m sallum, yee ling lau. (2023). simian malaria: a narrative review on emergence, epidemiology and threat to global malaria elimination. - lancet infectious diseases. 520-532.
wan nur athirah muhammad ghazali, nantha kumar jeyaprakasam, hidayatulfathi othman, shirley tang gee hoon, chen chee dhang. (2025). repellent efficacy of coleus amboinicus lour. (lamiales: lamiaceae) essential oil against aedes aegypti l. (diptera: culicidae). - tropical biomedicine. 301 - 306.
nantha kumar jeyaprakasam, veljahnani thuraisinga venkatesvaran naidu, indra vythilingam, atiporn saeung. (2024). blood meal analysis: unveiling the feeding preferences of aedes aegypti and aedes albopictus in a dengue-endemic area. - tropical biomedicine. 518 - 525.
rezki sabrina masse, indra vythilingam, kimberly fornace, hidayatulfathi othman, xiaoyue liu, abdul jabir jaafar, mohd khadri shahar, nurul asmaa abdul rahman, ainul huda khairul azman, nantha kumar jeyaprakasam. (2025). impact of environmental factors on the bionomics of anopheles mosquito vectors of zoonotic malaria: a narrative review. - one health. 1 - 11.
wan nur athirah muhammad ghazali, nantha kumar jeyaprakasam, hidayatulfathi othman, shirley tang gee hoon, chen chee dhang. (2025). repellent efficacy of coleus amboinicus lour. (lamiales: lamiaceae) essential oil against aedes aegypti l. (diptera: culicidae). - tropical biomedicine. 301 - 306.
nantha kumar jeyaprakasam, wei kit phang, shahhaziq shahari and indra vythilingam. (2025). plasmodium cynomolgi: potential emergence of new zoonotic malaria in southeast asia. - parasites & vectors. 1 - 17.
nantha kumar jeyaprakasam, veljahnani thuraisinga venkatesvaran naidu, indra vythilingam, atiporn saeung. (2024). blood meal analysis: unveiling the feeding preferences of aedes aegypti and aedes albopictus in a dengue-endemic area. - tropical biomedicine. 518 - 525.
indra vythilingam, nantha kumar jeyaprakasam. (2024). deforestation and non-human primate malarias will be a threat to malaria elimination in the future: insights from southeast asia. - acta tropica. 1-10.
nantha kumar jeyaprakasam. (2025). ukm dan mahidol university perkukuh kerjasama penyelidikan malaria zoonotik. - dewan kosmik: jendela dbp. .
bashobhini suresh kumar, vanitha mariappan, barathan muttiah, nantha kumar jeyaprakasam, kumutha malar vellasamy, hemabarathy bharatham. (2025). kajian awal penyediaan dan penilaian krim kosmeseutikal antioksidan berasaskan minyak pati trigonella foenum-graecum. - jurnal sains kesihatan malaysia . 80 - 93.
nantha kumar jeyaprakasam, mohamad zulfikrie mohd zulkifli. (2025). malaysia memperbaharu komitmen menangani malaria zoonotik. - dewan kosmik: jendela dbp. .
nantha kumar jeyaprakasam. (2024). bengkel pra-persidangan i-sihat 2024: memperkasa ilmu entomologi perubatan. - dewan kosmik: jendela dbp. .
nantha kumar jeyaprakasam. (2024). seminar penyakit bawaan nyamuk berkongsikan maklumat terkini penyakit bawaan nyamuk di malaysia. - dewan kosmik: jendela dbp. 1-7.
nantha kumar jeyaprakasam. (2025). malaria threat from macaques. - the star. .
nantha kumar jeyaprakasam, mohamad zulfikrie mohd zulkifli. (2025). malaysia memperbaharu komitmen menangani malaria zoonotik. - dewan kosmik: jendela dbp. .
abdul hafiz zulhaimi, indra vythilingam, kimberly fornace, jetsumon sattabongkot, wanlapa roobsoong, norjaiza muhammad jaafar, nik mohd shahrir md ghazali, nantha kumar jeyaprakasam. (2025). entomological surveillance and detection of zoonotic malaria parasites across different ecotypes in gua musang, kelantan: preliminary findings. - simposium parasitologi & perubatan tropika 2025. .
nantha kumar jeyaprakasam, phang wei kit, shah haziq shahari , indra vythilingam. (2025). silent spillover? emerging risks of zoonotic malaria caused by plasmodium cynomolgi. - simposium parasitologi & perubatan tropika 2025. .
rezki sabrina masse, abdul jabir jaafar, mohamad nadzmi md nadzri, hidayatulfathi othman, indra vythilingam, kimberly fornace, mohd khadri shahar, ainul huda khairul azman, nurul asmaa abdul rahman, nurul asyikin roslan, mohd adilin yaacob & nantha kumar jeyaprakasam. (2025). determination of blood meal sources of anopheles maculatus collected from knowlesi malaria cases area in seremban, negeri sembilan using molecular technique. - 6th international symposium on insects (isoi 2025). .
| Geran / Grant | Kolaborator / Collaborator | Status |
|---|---|---|
| ELUCIDATING THE INSECTICIDAL MECHANISMS OF BACKHOUSIA CITRIODORA ESSENTIAL OIL AGAINST AEDES AEGYPTI: A MULTIFACETED APPROACH INTEGRATING ACTIVITY ASSESSMENT, MOLECULAR DOCKING, AND ADMET ANALYSIS | pejabat kesihatan daerah melaka tengah | 48.3% (2024-11-01 sehingga 2026-10-31) |
PARASITOLOGY :CLINICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
Medical parasitology
Pengalaman / Experience : 4 tahun/years(s)
HEALTH SCIENCES :CLINICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
Medical entomology
Pengalaman / Experience : 4 tahun/years(s)
MEDICAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY :CLINICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
Gene characterisation, Molecular detection, Phylogenetic & Haplotype analysis
Pengalaman / Experience : 4 tahun/years(s)