PROF. DR. MAZLAN ABD. GHAFFAR
CONTACT
Office : +(609) 668 4507
Mobile : +(019) 326 6263
Fax : +(609) 668 4507
Email : mag@umt.edu.my
FIELD
Fisheries
EXPERTISE
Fish Biology
SPECIALISATION
- Ichthyyology
- Fish Behavior
- Fish Physiology
PUBLICATION
PROF. DR. MAZLAN ABD. GHAFFAR
EDUCATION
RESEARCH INTEREST
My research interest is focused on the physiology and biology of fishes in response to climate changes. This field of research required detail understanding of fish biology and physiology, and specific organ function. Development of resiliency in response to climate changes= parameters such as temperature and salinity in many fishes are species specific. Conducting this research in the field are cumbersome due to many uncontrollable variables in the surrounding. Recently, laboratory validation of the fish response to various climate change parameters has expanded greatly due to the development of high-throughput experimental methodologies. These experimental methods provide the keys to a greater understanding of resiliency in response to climate change parameters. These approaches allow a deeper understanding of the field of bio-physiology, and I am committed to apply the results of the experiment in the real world system. Other research interests I have explored in the past few years were the eco-biology of our fascinating giant mudskipper and its associated co-existing smaller mudskipper species and development of resiliency amongst the selected estuarine fishes species.
RESEARCH CONTRIBUTION & ACHIEVEMENT
POSITION
IN-CHARGE SCOPE
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
- Ichthyological Society of Japan
- Marine Biology Association of United Kingdom
- Malaysia Fisheries Society
- Asean Fisheries Society
NETWORKING & RESEARCH COLLABORATION
- Mie University, Mie Japan
- National Museum for Science and Nature Tokyo, Japan
- University of Kagoshima, Japan
- University of Hokkaido, Japan
- Institute for East China Sea Research, Japan
EDITORIAL / ASSOCIATE EDITORIAL MEMBERSHIP
- Journal of Environmental Biology of Fish
- Journal of Fish Biology
- Journal of Thermal Biology
- Asian Journal of Biology
- Journal of Applied Ichthyology
- Marine Ecology Progress Series
- Turkish Journal of Aquatic Science
ACADEMIC RECOGNITION
- Malaysia Academy of Science Fellow (FASc) 2018