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BRIEF CV | PROF. DR. RITA MUHAMAD AWANG 1. Personal Detail

Name : RITA MUHAMAD AWANG Address : Department of Plant Protection Faculty of Agriculture Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor D.E. Malaysia Tel: 03-8947 4849 E-mail: rita@upm.edu.my Qualification : PhD Position : Professor Specialization : Entomology

2. Academic and Administrative Appointment Academic Qualification:

M. Sc (University of Sheffield, UK) Ph D. ( Imperial College, London, U.K)

Administrative Appointment

Professor (August 2009 – present) Associate Professor ( November 1997– August 2009) Lecturer (July 1984 – November 1997) Coordinator Section Entomology, Department of Plant Protection

3. Teaching

Agriculture and Man Fundamental Entomology Entomology Pest Management

4. Research Areas Agricultural Entomology Insect Ecology Pest Management Formulation of botanical insecticide

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5. Publications

She has published and presented papers at both local and international levels, mainly in the fields of Entomology. To date, she has publishes about 140 publications which include 2 Patents, 12 book chapters, 65 refereed journal articles (ISI and Impact factor) and other publications such as non ISI journal articles, reports and conference proceedings.

6. Consultancy and Advisory Services

She has been involved in many consultancy projects at the national level. These include projects with the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry, the Ministry of Plantation Industry and Commodities, ECER, Plantations (such as United Melacca Plantation) and private sectors (such as Alam Sri Gading Sdn BHD and BERNAS etc). She has been involved in many National Task force committee in controlling and monitoring alien pest outbreak in Malaysia. She has been also involved as reviewers of national and international journals.

7. Supervision of Graduate Students

11 PhD and 9 Master students have graduated under her supervision. Currently she is supervising 5 PhD and 5 Master students (Main supervisor) and several students as co supervisor. She has also been an external and internal examiner for PhD and Master thesis at local and international universities.

8. Professional Activities

Secretary and Secretariat, Majlis Profesor Negara (MPN) Kluster Pertanian dan Makanan since 2011 - present Vice President, ISSAAS (The International Society for Southeast Asian Agricultural Sciences) 2010 Executive Member, ISSAAS (The International Society for Southeast Asian Agricultural Sciences) 2011 – present Committee Member of many activities of Malaysia Plant Protection Society (MAPPS) Member of Malaysia Plant Protection Society (MAPPS) Member of ENTOMA (Entomologi Malaysia) Member of Imperial College Alumni

Updated: 12 March 2014