Research Projects Handled/Handling

CURRENT PROJECTS (after Joining Universiti Malaya)

1. Enhancing the generation of electricity from polluted sediment by combining microalgae with bio-electrochemical systems (PI-UM International Collaboration Grant: JRS-SATU, ST003-2024)  $4260 (Completed)

2. Assessment of Potential Ecological Risk of Microplastics in the Coastal Sediments of Bagan Lalang, Peninsular Malaysia: A Meta-Analysis (PI-BKP Special Grant, BKP024/2024)  $10635

3. Palaeozoic to Cenozoic palaeoenvironment and palaeoclimate variability in west Sarawak, Malaysia: An integrated stratigraphic and geochemical approach (PI-FRGS Grant, FRGS/1/2024/WAS07/UM/02/3) $49020

4. Harnesing Artificial Intelligence through Geospatial AI (GeoAI) for Ecohydrological Assessment of Stream Health and Riparian Resilience: A Case of Hulu Langat Forest Catchments. (Co-PI BKP132-2025-ECRG) $10300 

5. Linking Microplastic abundance and sediment grain size variability along the coasts of Penang Island, Malaysia.  (PI-Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Nigeria IF132-2025) $3750 

PROJECTS HANDLED (2013-2023)

• Diversity and palaeoecology of the benthic and planktonic biotic assemblages from the neogene sequence of andaman and nicobar islands (DST-INSPIRE, IF 120842, Completed). $24,715

• Neogene Calcareous Nannofossils of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Newton Bhabha PhD Placement Programme 2015-16, Completed). $13,567

• Investigations on the Mio-Pliocene climate in the Northern Indian Ocean: An integrated micropalaeontological and geochemical approach (NPDF/2017/000690, Completed). $26,019

• Reconstruction of Neogene palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography of Andaman and Nicobar Basin: evidence from micropalaeontology and geochemical analyses (BSIP Project XIII Plan Component 4.4, Completed)

• Ocean and Polar Palaeoclimatic Reconstruction during Neogene and Quaternary (BSIP Project XIV Plan Component 4, Completed)

• Diatom and silicoflagellate biostratigraphy and their implications on palaeoclimate from early Paleocene to Oligocene of Site U1553, South Pacific Ocean (IODP Expedition 378) (CO-PI, Sponsored Project by NCPOR, MOES, Govt. of India, Completed) $9,353

• Triple Oxygen isotopic analysis from freshwater diatoms (NSTC Project, Academia Sinica)