Yaser AZ
Yaser AZ
Yaser AZ, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
Biography
Abu Zahrim Yaser is a senior lecturer at Chemical Engineering Programme, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS). He obtained his PhD from Swansea University (UK), MSc from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (Malaysia) and BEng from University of Malaya (Malaysia). His research mainly focuses on the integrated wastewater treatment and composting. He has been receiving various funding from Malaysian government and international funder for the treatment of agro-based industries wastewater. To date, he has published 5 book chapters, 18 journals and 40+ other publications. His paper entitled “Modelling and optimisation of coagulation of highly concentrated industrial grade leather dye by response surface methodology” was awarded as Chemical Engineering Journal Top Cited Papers (Elsevier). His group won Best Poster (2nd Place) for a study entitled “Macromolecular flocculation of lignin particles” at Third International Conference on Recycling and Reuse of Materials (ICRM 2014), India. Besides that, he is actively involved as a reviewer for several journals. The Elsevier (UK) has recognised him as among the Top Reviewers for the Desalination journal (2010) and the Industrial Crops and Products journal (2015). He has been elected as Guest Editor and Editorial member for several journals. He is a visiting scientist at the University of Hull for developing an advanced composting process (2015). He was the secretary for the 4th International Conference on Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering (ICCBPE 2012) and the Workshop on Progress in Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Technology (PWTRT-2013). Dr. Zahrim is a member of Institutions of Chemical Engineers (United Kingdom), Board of Engineers, Malaysia and Malaysia Water Association.
Research Interest
Composting, Environment, waste water, waste water management etc
