BACKGROUND

Name :                   Prof. Dr. Jinap Selamat 
Date of Birth:       14 Feb 1954

Education : 
bullet Ph.D. Food Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, USA, 1987
bullet M.Sc. Food Microbiology, Louisiana State University, USA, 1979
bullet B.Sc. Food Science, Louisiana State University, USA, 1977
bullet Diploma Sci. & Educ. University of Agriculture, Malaysia, 1975

WORK EXPERIENCE / MAJOR RESEARCH
 
bullet Lecturer ( Assistant Professor), Department of Food Science, Universiti Pertanian Malaysia
bullet Assistant Professor ( continue), department of Food Science, Universiti Pertanian Malaysia
bullet Head Department of Food Science May 1995 - Nov 1998
bullet Professor in Food Science and Technology
bullet Director, University Research Park, 1998 - 2001
bullet Deputy Dean, Faculty of Food Science and Biotechnology, UPM, Feb 2002 - present

RESEARCH AREA

bullet Improvement of cocoa flavor through protein and enzyme manipulation
AWARDS / ACHIEVEMENT
bullet Phi Tau Sigma - Honorary Awards in Food Science and Technology
bullet Gamma Sigma Delta - Honorary Awards in Agriculture
bullet Asia-Pacific Research Development Fellowship, Japan
bullet Best Research, UPM, 2000
bullet Excellent Performance Awards UPM, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001
bullet South East Asia Research Cooperation Agency (SEARCA) Fellowship