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Name Position : Y Bhg Prof Dr Raha binti Abdul Rahim : Director of the Higher Education Excellence Planning Division Institution : Department of Higher Education Ministry of Education Malaysia Email : [email protected] Raha graduated with a Degree in Microbiology from Oklahoma State University, USA in 1987 and proceeded to do her MS degree at the University of Oklahoma. Upon completing her degree, she returned to Malaysia and joined Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) in June 1991. She then went to the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow and completed her PhD thesis in 1995. Raha has received more than RM5million in research grants as the principle researcher. Her main research interest is the Development of Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) for expression and delivery of useful proteins, specifically in plasmid biology, vaccine delivery and cell factory systems of LAB. She is also involved in other researches including identification of genetic markers and authentication of halal products by molecular methods. Raha has graduated 9 PhD and 15 MS students as the main supervisor, and the grants received have also supported the final year projects of many BS Biotechnology students. In addition, 6 patents have been filed and a spin-off product from the research is in the process of being commercialized. She has presented her work at local and international conferences and published more than 100 papers in peer reviewed journals. As a lecturer, she teaches courses related to her area of expertise such as Cell and Molecular Biology, Genetic Engineering, Introduction to Microbial Biotechnology, Techniques in Molecular Biology and Industrial Microbiology at the undergraduate level, and Research Methodology at the Post-graduate level. In addition to lecturing and research, Raha is also active in extension work. She was consultant to the Malaysian Royal Police and JAKIM on topics related to DNA fingerprinting and genetically modified organisms as well as to several Biotech-related companies. Raha often serves as a panel for the Malaysian Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation to evaluate and monitor research proposals and progress. She sits as a jury to the recipient of the Young Scientist award for Merck, a multinational drug company, jury for Mahathir Science award for Academy Science Malaysia and the International L’oreal Young Scientist award. Raha is currently the Director of the Higher Education Excellence Planning Division, Ministry of Education Malaysia since May 2014. She was previously the Director of Research Management Center, UPM. She was also the Chairman of UPM’s Biosafety committee for Genetically Modified Organisms and the Coordinator to the Microbial Culture Collection Unit, UPM. She has served as the Deputy Director of UPM’s Research Management Center UPM, the Head of the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, and Deputy Dean of Research and Post Graduate Studies, at the Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences. At the national level, Raha was a past President of the Malaysian Society for Microbiology and is a continuing EXCO member. She is also affiliated to several other professional societies such as the Malaysian Society for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology and the Malaysian Genetics Society. At the international stage, she is a member of the American Society for Microbiology and the current Secretary General to the Asian Federation of Societies for Lactic Acid Bacteria. She was promoted to a full Professor in 2007