Rozaimi bin Abu Samah

Rozaimi bin Abu Samah pursued his Bachelor’s degree in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, (1997-2001) in the field of Chemical Engineering. Having interest in enzymes and microbiology, he later enrolled for a Master’s programme also in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). While waiting for the completion of his study, he joined Kolej Universiti Kejuruteraan & Teknologi Malaysia (now Universiti Malaysia Pahang) in 2005 as a tutor. He completed his Master of Engineering (Biotechnology) in 2006. In 2016, he obtained his PhD degree in Industrial Biotechnology in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). He has taught several undergraduate courses including Bioseparation Engineering, Science & Engineering Material, and Numerical Methods & Optimization. His main research interest is separation process for bioproducts. He is also an active proofreader for academic texts, mainly research articles and postgraduate thesis.

Selected publications

1. Ghazali, A.A., Abd Rahman, S., Samah, R.A. Preparation and characterisation of pineapple peel waste as nanoadsorbent incorporated into Pebax 1657 nanocomposite membrane for CO2/CH4 separation (2021). Materials Today: Proceedings, 41, 88-95.

2. Zainuddin, F.H.. Chua, G.K., Chew, F.N., Samah, R.A., Mortan, S.H., Yazid, N.A. Effect of Type of Nitrogen Sources and Concentration on Protease Production: Fish Waste Hydrolysate as a Potential Low Cost Source (2020). IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 991(1), 012063.

3. Ghapar, N.F.A., Rahman, S.A., Samah, R.A. Pineapple Peel Waste Adsorbent for Adsorption of Fe(III) (2020). IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 991(1), 012093.

4. Wahab, M.S.A., Rahman, S.A, Samah, R.A. Flux model development and synthesis optimization for an enhanced GO embedded nanocomposite membrane through FFD and RSM approach (2020). Heliyon, 6 (11), e05610.

5. Wahab, M.S.A., Rahman, S.A, Samah, R.A. Hydrophilic enhancement of Polysulfone membrane via Graphene Oxide embedded thin film nanocomposite for Isopropanol dehydration (2020). Vacuum, 180, 109569.

6. Rodzri, N.A.M., Zain, W.S.W.M., Hanapiah, R.M.A., Samah, A.S., Illias, R.M. D-Xylonic Acid from Recombinant E. coli BL21 (DE3): Comparison between Shake Flask and Benchtop Bioreactor Fermentation (2020). Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1529(5), 052073.

7. Ghazali, A.A., Abd Rahman, S., Samah, R.A. Potential of adsorbents from agricultural wastes as alternative fillers in mixed matrix membrane for gas separation: A review (2020). Green Processing and Synthesis, 9(1), 219-229.

8. Mazlan, N.A., Samad, K.A., Yussof, H.W., Samah, R.A., Jahim, J. Screening of factors influencing dilute nitric acid pretreatment for xylan recovery from oil palm frond bagasse (2020). IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 736(3), 032007.

9. Mohamad Sukri Mohamad Yusof, Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman, Roswanira Abdul Wahab, Rozaimi Abu Samah, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Azeman Mustafa, Mukhlis Abdul Rahman, Juhana Jaafar, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail (2020). Effects of pre and post-ozonation on POFA hollow fibre ceramic adsorptive membrane for arsenic removal in water. Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 110, 100-111.

10. Mohamad Sukri Mohamad Yusof, Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman, Roswanira Abdul Wahab, Khairulazhar Jumbri, Fazira Ilyana Abdul Razak, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Rozaimi Abu Samah, Azeman Mustafa, Mukhlis Abdul Rahman, Juhana Jaafar, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail (2020). Arsenic adsorption mechanism on palm oil fuel ash (POFA) powder suspension. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 383, 121214.

11. Chan, W.S., Samah, R.A., Zainol, N., Fakharudin, A.S., Aziz, S.A., Phang, L.Y. Modeling of vanillin adsorption from aqueous solution using resin H103 by artificial neural network (2019). IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 702(1), 012048.

12. Mohd Ridhwan Adam, Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman, Rozaimi Abu Samah, Mohd Hafiz Puteh, AF Ismail, Azeman Mustafa, Mukhlis A Rahman, Juhana Jaafar (2019). Current trends and future prospects of ammonia removal in wastewater: A comprehensive review on adsorptive membrane development. Separation and Purification Technology, 213, 114-132.

13. Samah, R. A., Zainol, N., Yee, P. L., & Abd-Aziz, S. (2017). Fixed-bed adsorption of aqueous vanillin onto resin H103. IIUM Engineering Journal, 18(2), 94-104.

14. Ramli, N. A., Rahman, R. A., Ngadi, N., & Samah, R. A. (2017). Optimisation of Fermentation Conditions for Isobutanol Production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae Using Response Surface Methodology. Chemical Engineering Transactions, 56, 301-306.

15. Khushairi, Z. A., Yussof, H. W., Rodzri, N. A., Samah, R. A., & Zainol, N. (2016). A Factorial Analysis Study on Factors Contribution to Ferulic Acid Production from Oil Palm Frond Waste. Jurnal Teknologi, 78(10), 147-152.

16. Rodzri, N. A. M., Khushairi, Z. A., Yussof, W. M. H. W., Zainol, N., & Samah, R. A. (2015). Main Factor Contribution in Factorial Screening for Ferulic Acid Production from Fibre-Pressed Oil Palm Frond (FPOPF) Using Mixed Culture. Paper presented at the Asian Congress on Biotechnology 2015 (ACB2015), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

17. Samah, R. A., Zainol, N., Yee, P. L., Pawing, C. M., & Abd-Aziz, S. (2013). Adsorption of Vanillin using Macroporous Resin H103. Adsorption Science & Technology, 31(7), 599-610.

18. Nasratun, M., Hasrul, A. S., Sureena, A., Aini, M. A. N., Ruwaida, A. R., Shalyda, M. S., A. Ideris, A. S., Rozaimi, J. H., Sharifuddin, & Nordin, N. I. A. A. (2010). Immobilization of Lipase from Candida rugosa on Chitosan Beads for Transesterification Reaction. Journal of Applied Sciences, 10, 2701-2704.

19. Samah, R. A., Mahmood, N. A. N., Mau, G. K., Hassan, O., & Illias, R. M. (2008). Production of thermostable pullulanase from Bacillus flavothermus KWF-1: Medium development using experimental design with data transformation. Jurnal Teknologi, 49(F), 383-396.

20. Samah, R. A., Illias, R. M., Hassan, O., & Salleh, M. M. (2005). Partial characterization of thermostable pullulanase from Bacillus flavothermus KWF-1. Paper presented at the KUSTEM 4th Annual Seminar on Sustainability Science and Management.

21. Rozaimi A. S., M. I. Rosli, H. Osman, M. S. Madihah, A. A. Suraini, A. R. Roshanida and K. Kamarulzaman. Thermostable Pullulanase from Bacillus flavothermus KWF-1 (2004). Proc. Symposium of the Malaysian Society for Microbiology, 84.