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Biodata of Professor Ahmad Bin Ismail

Ahmad Ismail is currently the Head of the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia. He was Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Principal of the13th college and Deputy Director of Matriculation Centre, UPM. He obtained his bachelor degree from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and PhD from University of Essex, United Kingdom. He visited many universities in Japan, Korea, UK, Poland, Indonesia and Thailand as a co-researcher and visiting professor. Since 1987, he has authored and co-authored more than 350 articles published in local and international journals and proceedings. He supervised more than 100 undergraduates, masters and PhD students in UPM in the field of ecotoxicology and wildlife ecology. He has organised many conferences to gather scientists and to promote new findings in science especially related to the field of ecology at national and international levels. His expertise in wildlife ecology and ecotoxicology was shared with many agencies in Malaysia through his extension activities with NGOs, government agencies and private sectors. He is also currently the Vice- president of the Malaysian Nature Society (MNS).