Prof. Dr. Mustaffa Shamsuddin
Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
Mustaffa joined UTM as an Assistant Lecturer A in 1984 after receiving his B.Sc (Hons) in Chemistry from the University of East Anglia, United Kingdom. He obtained his M.Sc in Chemistry also from the University of East Anglia in 1986 and was then appointed as a Lecturer at the Faculty of Science, UTM. He then went on to the University of Leeds where he earned his Ph.D. in Coordination & Organometallic Chemistry in 1995 working with Professor Bernard Shaw in novel metal complexes of mixed nitrogen-phosphorus donor ligands. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2000 and to Professor in 2008. During his service in UTM, he had served as Head, Department of Chemistry (2005-2007), Deputy Dean, Faculty of Science (2007-2009) and Director, Ibnu Sina Institute (2011-15). He retired from academia in 2020 after 36 years of service to the academic and research field. Currently, he is an Adjunct Professor in Inorganic Chemistry at the Faculty of Science, UTM.
Research Interests:
- Transition Metal Mediated Catalysis
- Biogenic Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles
- Recovery of noble metals from E-waste
Research Group:
Green Chemistry
Affiliations:
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Qualifications:
B.Sc (Hons.), University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, 1983
M.Sc., University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, 1986
Ph.D., University of Leeds, Leeds, England, 1995
Email:
mustaffa@kimia.fs.utm.my, mustaffas@utm.my
Room(s):
C19-310 (Tel: +607-5534515)
Mailing Address:
Department of Chemistry,
Faculty of Science
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
81310 Johor Bahru
Johor, Malaysia
Alamat surat menyurat:
Department of Chemistry,
Faculty of Science
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
81310 Johor Bahru
Johor, Malaysia
