BACKGROUND

Name :                     Mahani Mansor Clyde
Date of Birth :         11 February 1951 
Place of Birth :       Kuantan, Pahang

Education : 
bullet Assunta Convent School ( Primary)
bullet Methodist Girls School and Sultan Abu Bakar School, Kuantan ( Secondary)
bullet Bachelor of Science, First Class Honours, University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia
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PhD, Genetics, University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, 1978

 
WORK EXPERIENCE 
 
bullet Genetics Lecturer in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 1979
bullet Associate Professor, 1984 and Professor, 1995
bullet Head of Genetics Department, 1984- 1986 and 1994- 1999
bullet Head of the Biology and Conservation Biology Programmes at the School of Environmental and Natural Resources Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, UKM, 1999 - 2002
 
RESEARCH
bullet Research on genetics of local Drosophila species, human chromosomal  abnormalities, chromosomal mutations for control of the insect pest Plutella xylostella and  the use of chromosomal aberrations as environmental bioindicators
bullet Research on genetic diversity of tropical fruit species and timber species using molecular and cytological approaches, conservation genetics, and molecular cytogenetics of oil palm