Honors and Awards
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Excellent Service (Perkhimatan cemerlang). 2015. Awarded by Uni. Putra Malaysia.
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Guest lecturer for “Soil conservation” course for the Summer School at Kazakh National Agrarian University (KazNAU), Almaty, Kazakhstan. June 1-15, 2014.
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Guest lecturer, “Soil and water conservation” and “Climate Change and Soil Resources Management”, S. Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical University (KATU), Astana, Kazakhstan. Oct. 15-31, 2012 and Sep. 1-30, 2013.
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Anugerah Pengajaran Putra 2011. Bronze medal for best lecturer in the university; Awarded by Uni. Putra Malaysia in 2012.
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Invited Plenary paper, “Being a research-based university: University Putra Malaysia’s experience”. International Scientific and Practical Conference. Research University: Synthesis of Science, Education and Innovation, Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan and S. Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical University, Astana. 26 Oct 2012.
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Invited speaker, “Oil palm crop physiology and productivity” MOSTA Oil Palm Best Practices Workshop 2012. 27-29 August 2012. Sandakan, Sabah.
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Invited speaker, “Soil nutrient and water conservation practices for non-terraced oil palm plantations” for the 4th Oil Palm Summit, 9-10 July 2012, Bali, Indonesia.
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Best poster award. 2011. “Induction of Al3+ and H+ toxicities of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) seedlings and their effects on photosynthesis and nutrient uptake”. SOILS2011 Conference. 19-21 April 2011, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
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Best poster award. 2009. “Effects of different soil conservation practices on soil chemical properties in a sloping land oil palm plantation”. MSPPC 2009. 20th Malaysian Society of Plant Physiology Conference. Port Dickson. 24-26 July 2009.
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Invited lecture, "Approaches to the measurement and estimation of soil erosion", Short course on “Managing Soil Erosion for Sustainable Land Development”; Petaling Jaya, 24-26 June 2008; Scientia Solutions and Agriculture Institute of Malaysia.
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Invited plenary paper speaker, “Equations to estimate the direct and diffuse light interception by discontinuous canopies”; Malaysian Society of Plant Physiology Conference. 21-22 August 2007, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
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Chairman for the "Soil water dynamics" oral paper session for the Soil Science Conference of Malaysia 2006 (SOILS 2006), Kuantan, Pahang, 19 April 2006.
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Chairman for the "IT in Environment - I" oral paper session for the International Congress On Information Technology In Agriculture, Food & Environment (ITAFE 2005), Cukurova University, Turkey, 13 Oct. 2005.
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Excellent Service (Perkhimatan cemerlang). 2005. Awarded by Uni. Putra Malaysia.
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Bronze medal for research. 2003. “The inoculation effects of Azospirillum and Mycorrhiza on the growth and canopy architecture of maize (Zea mays L.)”. Pameran Rekacipta dan Penyelidikan Uni. Putra Malaysia. 8-10 July 2003.
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Best poster award. 2003. “Modelling the dynamics of growth and yield in an immature-rubber, banana and pineapple intercropping system”. SOILS 2003 Soil Science Conference of Malaysia at Kota Bharu, 15-16 April 2003.
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Best poster award 2002. “Modelling the partitioning of solar radiation capture and evapotranspiration in intercropping systems”. SOILS 2002 Soil Science Conference of Malaysia at Perlis, 23-24 April 2002.
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Full UPM scholarship for Ph.D. study at the University of Reading, UK in 1997-2001.