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Author Biographies
Siti Salwa Abd Gani graduated with a Bachelor of Science and
Education, majoring in chemistry in 2007 from Universiti Putra
Malaysia. She just obtained her Ph.D. in oleochemistry in 2010 from
the same university.
Mahiran Basri obtained her B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from the
Northern Illinois University, USA in 1980 and 1982, and her Ph.D.
from Universiti Putra Malaysia in 1993. She is a professor of
chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, as well as the Director of
the Centre of Foundation Studies for Agriculture Science, Universiti
Putra Malaysia.
Mohd Basyaruddin Abdul Rahman graduated with a B.Sc. in
chemistry and computer science with education from Universiti
Teknologi Malaysia. He received his Ph.D. in Catalysis Chemistry in
1999 from the University of Southampton, UK. He is currently the
Director of the Structural Biology Research Centre, Malaysia
Genome Institute, Malaysia.
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