Senior Lecturer,
School of Biological Science
Qualifications:
- BSc (Hons) Biotechnology (AIMST)
- Msc in Biotechnology (AIMST)
- PhD in Science, QIU (Pursuing)
Teaching and Research Experience:
- Senior Lecturer – School of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Integrated Life Sciences, QIU (2017 to present)
- Lecturer- School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, QIUP (2014 – 2017)
- Programmes taught:
- Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology (Honours)
- Bachelor of Environmental Technology (Honours)
- Diploma in Environmental Technology
Research Focus Area:
- Molecular Biology (Bacterial gene regulation)
- Microbiology
- Pharmacognosy
- Plant Tissue Culture
Current and Past Administrative Responsibilities
- Programme Coordinator for BSc (Hons) Biotechnology, School of Biological Sciences (2015 – 2017)
- Faculty Disciplinary Committee member
- Joint Research Ethical Committee member
- Faculty Final Year Project coordinator (2021 – 2023)
- Faculty Industrial training coordinator (2023 – present)
- Course coordinators (Biology of Organisms, Cell and Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Immunology & Immunotechniques, Human Physiology, Introduction to Forensic Science and Analysis)
Affiliations and Memberships
- HRD CORP Accredited Trainer, HRDCorp (2023)
- Graduate Technologist (Biotechnology), Malaysia Board of Technologists.
- National STEM Association (Member)
- Asean Federation of Biotechnology (Member)
Publications
- Teoh, W. Y., Yong, Y. S., Razali, F. N., Stephenie, S., Dawood Shah, M., Tan, J. K., … & Mohd Esa, N. (2023). LC-MS/MS and GC-MS Analysis for the Identification of Bioactive Metabolites Responsible for the Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities of Lygodium microphyllum (Cav.) R. Br. Separations, 10(3), 215.
- Stephenie S., Chang Y. P. , Gnanasekaran A., Norhaizan M. E., Gnanaraj C. (2020). An insight on superoxide dismutase (SOD) from plants for mammalian health enhancement. Journal of Functional Foods, 68:103917
- Gnanaraj, C., Sekar, M., Fuloria, S., Swain, S. S., Gan, S. H., Stephenie S., .. & Fuloria, N. K. (2022). In silico molecular docking analysis of karanjin against alzheimer’s and parkinson’s diseases as a potential natural lead molecule for new drug design, development and therapy. Molecules, 27(9), 2834.
- Intellectual Properties Rights (Patents) – Use of Adenia cordifolia extract for wound healing. International Patent Number: WO2020/235987 (https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2020235987)
Awards
- Gold Award & Special Award – Sustainable Development Goals International Innovation Awards (MTE 2023), Urostone – a polyherbal formulation for urolithiasis management.
- BVVS best oral presentation award – International Pharmacological Conference (IPCON) 2023, Karnataka, India.
- Silver Award – Sustainable Development Goals International Innovation Awards (MTE 2022), Malaysia, for our innovation of Ethnobotanical Study on Polyherbal Formulation of Hydrangea Sp, Berberis, Sp and Hemidesmus Sp in Treatment of Urolithiasis.
Grants
- Internal Research Grant Scheme (IRGS) – CGSR/QIUP/GA/AC/2016 – Passiflora Project (Member)
- Neuroprotective mechanism of Karanjin through regulation of NF-kB and TLR4 signalling pathways in experimental animal models of Parkinson’s disease. Reference Code – FRGS/1/2020/SKK06/UNIKL/03/2 (member)
- MyBrain15 (MyMasters) Scholarship (2011) – Cloning and Mutation Analysis of xerC gene of O139 Vibrio cholera. Awarded by the Ministry of Education.
