Faculty of Forestry The presently offers three undergraduate programmes, namely, Bachelor of Forestry Science, Bachelor of Wood Science and Technology as well as Bachelor of Parks and Recreation Science. These, along with Masters and Ph.D programmes are conducted through the Department of Forest Production,, Department of Recreation and Edutourism as well as Forest and Plantation Section in the faculty.
1 Research Year of Appointment: 2007 A0346K Ahmad Said Sajap Professor Tel-Office: 03 8946 7194; Mobile: 019 2356192 ahsaid@putra.upm.edu.my; ahmadsaid.sajap@yahoo.com Working Experience (As Academician): 30 years B.Sc. (Entomol); M.Sc. (Entomol); Ph.D.(Entomol) Member, International Ornithological Committee Entomology Termite management Year of Appointment: 2007 A01357 Alias Mohd.Sood Tel-Office: 03 8946 7168; Mobile: 012 6277453 Fax:03 8943 2514 ms_alias@putra.upm.edu.my; Working Experience (As Academician): 1.5 years B.Sc. (Forestry) UPM; M.F (Major Remote Sensing) University New Brunswick, Canada; Ph.D.(Geography) UKM Committee Member, Malaysian Remote Sensing Society (MRSS) Member, Institute of Foresters Malaysia (IRIM)
Research 2 Forest Geospatial Management Geographical Information System (GIS) Remote Sensing Forest Management A0748 Awang Noor Abd. Ghani Assoc. Prof. DepartmentofForest Management Tel-Office: 03 8946 7171; Mobile: 013 344 8484 Fax:03 89432514 awang@forr.upm.edu.my; awangnoor@putra.upm.edu.my Year of Appointment: 1983 Working Experience (As Academician): 25 years Dean B.Sc. (For)(UPM; Malaysia); M.Sc.(Michigan State University; USA); Ph.D.(Michigan State University; USA) Member; Malaysian Institute of Foresters; Member; Malaysian Association for Resource and Environmental Economics Forest Resource Economics Forest Resource Valuation and Accounting, Forest Revenue System, Forest Concession Policy, Forest Sector Modelling, Economics of Forest Management, Econometric Analysis and Statistical Modelling
3 Research Year of Appointment: 2003 A0253 Azmy Mohamed Assoc. Prof Tel-Office: 03 8946.7192; Mobile: 012 223 4745 azmy5868@putra.upm.edu.my; drazmy2002@yahoo.com.sg Working Experience (As Academician): 5 year Head, Diploma Agric.(UPM); B.Sc.(Agribusiness); M.Sc.(Agricultural Technology); Ph.D. (Forestry) Member, Bamboo Thematic Network; American Bamboo Society (ABS) Bamboo Silviculture Bamboo Plantation and Silviculture Medicinal Plant Agroforestry Year of Appointment: 2004 A02719 Edi Suhaimi Bakar Assoc. Prof. Tel-Office: 03 8946 7165; Mobile: 017 684 3661 edisuhaimi@putra.upm.edu.my; edibakar@yahoo.com Working Experience (As Academician): 20 years
Research 4 B.Sc. (Forestry & Wood Science); M.Sc. (Wood Science & Technology); Ph.D (Wood Science & Technology) Member, Indonesian Wood Researchers Association Member, Malaysian Forest Products Society Wood Processing and Quality Improvement Oil Palm Wood Quality Improvement Wood Machining Veneer Cutting A01168 FaridahHanum Ibrahim Prof. Tel-Office: 03 8946 7178; Mobile: 012 3484191 Fax:03 8943 2514 faridahhanum@gmail.com; Year of Appointment: 1989 (Lecturer); 1998 (Associate Professor) Working Experience (As Academician): 19 years B.Sc. (Botany); Ph.D (Botany) Forest Botany Plant Taxonomy Dendrology Biodiversity and Conservation
5 Research Year of Appointment: 2000 A03090 Hazandy Abdul Hamid Tel-Office: 03 8946 7585; Mobile: 017 2048480 hazandy@putra.upm.edu.my; hazandy@gmail.com Working Experience (As Academician): 8 years B.Sc.(Forestry); M.Sc.(Tree Improvement); Ph.D.(Ecophysiology) Member of Society of Experimental Biology Plant Physiological Ecology and Tree Improvement Ecophysiology Tree Improvement Tree Physiology Year of Appointment: 2004 A0279 H ng Paik San Tel-Office: 03 8946 7189; Mobile:016 2903919 ngpaiksan@putra.upm.edu.my; ngpaiksan@gmail.com Working Experience (As Academician): 4 years B.Sc. (Forestry); Ph.D (Wood Structural and Design) Member, Society of Wood Science and Technology
Wood Structural and Design Research 6 Wood Mechanics Wood Composites Wood physical and mechanical properties A01082 Kamaruzaman Jusoff Professor Tel-Office: 03 8946 717; Mobile: 019 227 9507 /8946 7176/8945 7176 kamaruz@putra.upm.edu.my; kjusoff@yahoo.com kamaruz@aeroscan.com.my; Year of Appointment: 1989 Working Experience (As Academician): 19 years Coordinator, Tropical Forest Airborne Observatory (TropAIR) B.Sc.(Forestry Science); M.Sc.(Forest Operations/Engineering); Ph.D.(Forest Surveying/ Applied Remote Sensing) Member, Malaysian Foresters Instiute (IRIM) Member, Malaysian Remote Sensing Society Airborne Hyperspectral Imaging Forest Engineering Survey Applied Remote Sensing
7 Research Year of Appointment: 1998 A01790 Kamziah Abd. Kudus Tel- Office: 03 8946 7169; Mobile; 019 232 7564 kamziah@putra.upm.edu.my; kamziah@hotmail.com Working Experience (As Academician): 10 years B.Sc.(Statistics); M.Sc.(Statistics); Ph.D.(Applied Statistics) Graduate Statistician, The Royal Statistical Soceity, United Kingdom Statistical Modelling in Forestry Growth and Yield Modelling Survival Analysis Experimental Design Year of Appointment: 1986 A00918 KhamurudinMohd. Noor Tel-Office: 03 8946 7167; Mobile 012 241 3504 kamardin@forr.upm.edu.my; kamardin@putra.upm.edu.my wakforest@gmail.com; Working Experience (As Academician): 22 years Deputy Director, Policy & Quality, Centre for Academic Development (CADE) Diploma (Forestry), B.Sc. (Forestry); M.Sc. (Forest Industries Management); Ph.D. (Forest Economics & International Trade of Forest Products)
Input-Output Analysis Regional Economic Impact Analysis Forest Sector Modeling and System Analysis Forestry Project Management, Planning and Evaluation Resource Valuation Capital Budgeting and Financial Analysis Forest-based Community Management Research 8 Member, Malaysian Association of Natural Resource and Environmental Economics (MAREE) Member, Malaysian Forest Products Society Member, Malaysian Input-Output Association Member, Institute of Foresters Malaysia Forest Economics and Industrial Development A02356 Manohar Mariapan Tel-Office: 03 8946 7184; Mobile: 019 2253655 mano@putra.upm.edu.my; mano1963@hotmail.com Year of Appointment: 1994 (tutor) Lecturer (2002) Working Experience (As Academician): 13 years Final Year Student Project Coordinator Dip. (Landscape Design); Dip. (Foretsry); B.Sc. (Recreation Resources Mgmt); Ph.D. (Environmental Interpretation) Member, National Association of Interpretation (NAI, USA) Human Dimensions in Recreation Resource Interpretation Recreation Resource Management Persuasive Conservation Communication Eco-tourism
9 Research Year of Appointment: 1999 A01798 Mohamad Azani Alias Assoc. Prof. Office: 03 8946 7252; Mobile: 019 268 5626 Fax:03 8943 2514 azani@putra.upm.edu.my; mohamadazani@google.com Working Experience (As Academician): 11 years Deputy Dean (Student Affairs and Development) B.Sc. (Forestry) UPM ; M.Sc. (Civil Engineering, Architecture and Marine Technology); Yokohama National University, Japan Ph.D (Civil Engineering, Architecture and Marine Technology) Yokohama National University, Japan Member, International Association of Vegetation Science Forest and land Rehabilitation Forest rehabilitation Vegetation association Year of Appointment: 1991 A01357 Mohamed Zakaria Hussin Assoc. Prof. Tel-Office: 03 8946 7161; Mobile: 019 269 0355 mzakaria@putra.upm.edu.my; zakariahussin@yahoo.com Working Experience (As Academician): 21 years Deputy Dean (Research & Innovation) B.Sc.(Life Sciences); M.Sc.(Zoology); Ph.D.(Wildlife Management)
Research 10 Country Representative, International Ornithological Union; Member, The Association for Asian Tropical Biology and Conservation Wildlife Ecology and Management Wildlife Ecology Ornithology Zoology Wildlife Habitat Management A00573 Mohd.Hamami Sahri Professor Tel-Office: 03 8946 7181; Mobile: 019 250 7669 hamami@putra.upm.edu.my; hamami5253@gmail.com Year of Appointment: 1981 Working Experience (As Academician): 27 years B.S. (Forestry); M.Sc. (Wood Products Engineering); Ph.D.(Wood Anatomy) Member, International Association of Wood Anatomists (IAWA) Wood Quality and Anatomy Wood Structure and Wood Anatomy Wood Quality and Wood Growth
11 Research Year of Appointment: 2001 A02989 Mohd Hasmadi Ismail Assoc. Prof. Tel-Office: 03 8946 7220; Mobile: 019 9720217 mhasmadi@putra.upm.edu.my Working Experience (As Academician): 11 years Chief of Naval Division/Coordinator, Reserve Officer Training Unit (ROTU), UPM B.Sc. (Forestry); M.S. (Applied Remote Sensing); Ph.D. (Geinformatic technology/ Forest Harvesting) Associate Member, Malaysian Foresters Institute (IRIM) Associate Member, Malaysian Remote Sensing Society (MRSS) Member, National Geographic Society Member, International Association for Landscape Ecology (IALE) Geoinformatic Technology Applied remote sensing/gis Forest harvesting/operation Forest resource survey Year of Appointment: 1975 A0242K Nik Muhamad Nik Ab. Majid Professor Dato Tel-Office: 03 8946 7211; Mobile: 012 236 59 Fax:03 8943 2514 nik@putra.upm.edu.my; nik@forr.upm.edu.my Working Experience (As Academician): 37 years Diploma Agriculture (Malaya) B.S. (Crop Science), M.F. (Forestry), Ph.D.(Soil Science) Soil Science Society of Malaysia
Forest Soils, Tree Nutrition/Forest fertilization Research 12 Forest soils, land use Planning, Agroforestry, Forest Rehabilitation. For full curriculum vitae (CV), please visit http://nikmuhamadmajid.wordpress.com A01156 Nor Aini Ab. Shukor Professor / Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products Office: 03 8946 7186/ 89472183; Mobile: 012 3792324 / 89472180 dnoraini@putra.upm.edu.my; anishukor@yahoo.com, www.introp.upm.edu.my Year of Appointment: 1984 Working Experience (As Academician): 24 years Head, Laboratory of Sustainable Bioresource Management B.Sc. Hons Mal; M.Sc.(Genetics); Ph.D.(Genetics and Botany) Member of Institute of Biologist Tree Improvement and Forest Genetics Tree Improvement Vegetative Propagation Molecular Breeding and Genetics Year of Appointment: 2005 A02882 Pakhriazad Hassan Zaki Tel-Office: 03 8946 7225; Mobile:0134703003 Fax: 03 8946 7225 asato40@hotmail.com; pakhriazad@putra.upm.edu.my Working Experience (As Academician): 3 years
13 Research Bachelor of Law(Hons), MA. In Politiical Science and Intl. Relations, Ph. D (Forest Economy and Policy) Law and Policy Law (Criminal, Forest Law etc) Policy (Forest Policy) Forest Management A1188 Paridah Md Tahir Professor DepartmentofForest Production Tel-Office: 03 8946 7187; Mobile: 013 2093195 parida_introb@yahoo.com; parida@putra.upm.edu.my Year of Appointment: 1989 Working Experience (As Academician): 23 years Director, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP) B.Sc. (For)(UPM; Malaysia); M.Sc.(Mississippi State University; USA); Ph.D.(Mississippi State University; USA) Convener; WG4 ISO TC 218: Timber;Member; American Chemical Society; Member; Society of Wood Science and Wood Technology (SWST); Member; Persatuan Industri Komposit (PIK) Kuala Lumpur dan Selangor Wood & Fibre Science Technology Wood adhesives and bonding, Wood/fibrecomposites, Surface coating
A03778 Puan Chong Leong Department of Recreation and Ecotourism Tel-Office: 03 8946 7583; Mobile: 0178752872 chongleong@putra.upm.edu.my; clpuan@yahoo.com Year of Appointment: 2007 (Tutor); 2010 (Lecturer) Research 12 Working Experience (As Academician): 6 years B.Sc.(Forestry); M.Sc.(Wildlife Management); Ph.D.(Wildlife Ecology) Overseas Representative, World Owl Trust Research Associate, Global Owl Project Member, Asian Raptor Research Conservation Network Member, Oriental Bird Club Wildlife Ecology Raptor Ecology and Research Techniques Behavioural Ecology Wildlife Management and Conservation Year of Appointment: 2004 A02796 Rozi Mohamed Tel-Office:03 8946 7183 rozimohd@putra.upm.edu.my; Working Experience (As Academician): 8 years B.Sc. Hons.(UKM) (Microbiology); M.S.(Oregon State)(Forest Science/Biotechnology); Ph.D.(Oregon State) (Forest Science/Biotechnology) Member, American Society of Plant Biologists
13 Research Forest biotech and pathology Molecular plant biology Molecular plant pathology A00710 Rusli Mohd. Assoc. Prof. Tel-Office: 03 8946 7206; Mobile: 012 2693601 Fax:03 8943 2514 rusli@putra.upm.edu.my; rusli@forr.upm.edu.my Year of Appointment: 1982 Working Experience (As Academician): 26 years B.S.(Forestry); M.Phil.(Forestry); Ph.D.(Forest Policy) Member, Institute of Foresters, Malaysia Forest Policy and Law Forest Certification Impacts Economics of Forest Law Social Impacts Assessment Year of Appointment: 1985 A00855 Shukri Mohamed Assoc. Prof. Tel-Office:03 8946 7210; Mobile: 019 2026092 shukri@putra.upm.edu.my Working Experience (As Academician): 23 years
B.Sc. (Forestry); M.S.; Ph.D. Research 12 Forest products marketing Marketing and trade of wood products Consumer behaviour in wood product purchase/consumption