BACKGROUND

Name:                 Prof.Datin Dr.Khatijah Mohd Yusoff
Date of Birth :  
Place of Birth :

Education :
bullet Ph.D. ( Microbiology ) - Plasmid Biology, La Trobe University (Australia ), 1983
bullet B.Sc. (Hons) - 1 st. Class - Microbiology, La Trobe University (Australia )1979
 


 
 
 
 

 
WORK EXPERIENCE
bullet Professor
        Department Of Biochemistry and Microbiology 
          Faculty of Science and Environmental Studies
          UPM, Serdang, Selangor.
bullet Head
          Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
          Faculty of Science and Environmental Studies
          UPM, Serdang, Selangor.
bullet Coordinator of Postgraduate Studies
          Faculty of Science and Environmental Studies
          UPM, Serdang, Selangor.
bullet Associate Professor
          Dept. of Biochemistry and Microbiology
          UPM, Serdang, Selangor.
bullet Lecturer
        Dept. of Biochemistry and Microbiology
          UPM, Serdang, Selangor.
bullet Associate Member
        Faculty of Veterinary  Medicine
          UPM, Serdang, Selangor.
bullet Post-doctoral Research Associate
        Dept. of Biochemistry and Genetics
          University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
          United Kingdom.
bullet Attachment Officer
        Dept. of Biochemistry and Microbiology
          UPM, Serdang, Selangor.
bullet Temporary Demonstrator, Dept. of Microbiology La Trobe University, Australia

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
RESEARCH INTERESTS
bullet Molecular biology of animal viruses including Newcastle disease virus, infectious bronchitis virus, chicken anemia virus and hepatitis B virus
bullet Development of diagnostic tests
bullet Molecular markers in fish
bullet Novel vaccine delivery systems

 

  
ACHIEVEMENT
bullet National Young Scientist Award (1990)
bullet Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (1992)
bullet Excellent Service Award (1993;1997;1999)
bullet UPM Research Award 1996
bullet UPM Inventors and Innovations Award 2000
bullet 3 rd   Houghton Lecturer 2001
bullet Anugerah Penyelidikan Cemerlang Fakulti / Anugerah Penyelidikan Terbaik Keseluruhan / Anugerah Penyelidikan Komersil Venture / Anugerah Penyelidikan  Pengiktirafan Luar / Poster Terbaik / Anugerah Penyelidikan Menghasilkan Paten
bullet Sijil Penghargaan Kecemerlangan Penyelidikan 2000/2001, UPM
bullet Silver Medal - Invention and Innovation Competition at the Expo Science & Technology 2001 organised by MOSTE
bullet Merit Award - Awarded by the Genetics Society of Malaysia