PROF. DR. MAZLAN ABD. GHAFFAR

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

BSc. (UPM) Malaysia
MSc. (U. Newcastle) United Kingdom
Phd. (Bangor) United Kingdom

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

PUBLICATION