Marine Biotechnology: Applications in Food, Drugs and Energy

Muhammad Dawood Shah is a senior lecturer at the Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Malaysia. Dr. Dawood earned his MSc and PhD in Biotechnology from the Biotechnology Research Institute, UMS in 2011 and 2016. In 2011, he received the excellence award for his MSc outstanding research work and best postgraduate student. From 2014 to 2022, he received 4 Gold and 3 Silver medals for his research work. In 2021, he was the winner of the Malaysian-Croatia Technology Exchange and Malaysia Technology Expo 2021 awards for his innovation. He has more than 40 peer-reviewed international publications and has delivered oral and poster presentations at numerous international conferences and symposia. Dr. Dawood has filed 2 patent applications and established a research group network both nationally and internationally. Besides, his research work has also been published in the printing media.

Julian Ransangan is an Associate Professor at theBorneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Malaysia. He obtained his MSc and PhD degrees in Marine Biology and Aquaculture from the Borneo Marine Research Institute, UMS in 1999 and 2009, respectively. He has authored more than 55 peer-reviewed articles in international Scopus-indexed journals. He was the Silver Medallist  in the De Geneva Salon International Des Inventions in 2009 and the Soul International Invention Fair in 2010. In recognition of his excellence in research and publication, he was awarded the Top 5 Prolific Author by the Universiti Malaysia Sabah in 2018. Currently, Dr. Ransangan is actively conducting research and publishing high-impact articles in the area of mollusc aquaculture.

Balu Alagar Venmathi Maran Ph.D., Associate Professor at Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. He currently works in the field of Aquaculture and Marine Science. He received his Ph.D. in Marine Biology from Hiroshima University, Japan and India as well. He has 25 years of research experience in the field of fish parasites and aquaculture. He specialized on the “Taxonomy of Fish Parasites and Application of Natural Products to Control Fish Parasites in Aquaculture”. In addition, he has been intensively studying on the “biodiversity and ecology of jellyfish in Malaysia with a focus on harmful jellyfish, toxins and the application of jellyfish collagen”. He received four gold medals in 2019-2022 from UMS for his research and innovation on “A novel approach to control fish parasites in aquaculture using natural products” and “Discovery of a new species of box jellyfish from Kota Kinabalu”. Recently, received medals from Malaysia Technology Expo 2021 and Special Merit award from Croatia International Organization for his product on “natural product to control fish parasites”.