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Recent Honours (2019–2026)
Recent Honours (2019–2026)
2026 – Listed among the World’s Top 2% Scientists (Stanford University–Elsevier ranking, single-year citation impact; field Enabling & Strategic Technologies, subfield Biotechnology, rank 1,338).
2025 – First place, Community & Industrial Partner Award (Sciences & Technology), IIUM Research & Innovation Appreciation Day (RIAD) 2025; also recognised at IIUM Takrim Day 2025.
2024 – 6-Star MyRA Contributor, IIUM.
2023 – Gold Medal, Special Innovation Award and Best Invention Video Award, iCAN 2023, Toronto: deep eutectic solvent formulation for enhanced antimicrobial activity of active pharmaceutical ingredients.
2023 – Silver Medal and Certificate of Excellence, iCAN 2023, Toronto: fish by-product nanoemulsion with wound-healing properties.
2023 – President’s Award and Silver Medal, ITEX 2023: nanomaterials and deep eutectic solvents for antibacterial and enzymatic enhancement with the aid of AI tools.
2023 – Bronze Medal, MTE 2023: EutiGuardX™.
2022 – Gold Medal, Special Award of Excellent Invention and Best Invention Video Award, iCAN 2022, Toronto: fish oil-based nanoemulsion for cosmetic applications.
2022 – Silver Medal, Malaysia Technology Expo 2022: liquid membrane reactor for green purification of biodiesel.
2022 – Bronze Medal, PECIPTA 2022: Nano Elayne, a fish by-product nanoemulsion for Halal cosmetics.
2021 – Top researchers with the highest number of joint publications, 2019–2021, IIUM.
2020 – Gold Medal, ITEX 2020: green solvents.
2020 – Silver Medal, iCAN 2020: natural deep eutectic solvents as green media for enzyme activation.
2019 – Bronze Medal, PECIPTA 2019: clean extraction of pectin from fruit peels.
Earlier medals and awards (2007–2019) are shown below.
Silver Medal
Silver Medal
Melaka International Innovation Expo (MIX 2019) (4-6 September), Mudzaffar Hotel Melaka, Malaysia.
Formulation of fish oil nanoemulsions from fish-by-products.
Gold Medal
Gold Medal
ITEX Malaysia (2-4 May), Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Green eutectic and ionic liquids as emerging multi-task fluids in petrochemical, biochemical and food industries.
2019
2019
Gold Medal. MTE 2019 (21-23 February). Revolution of ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents for green chemistry.
2017
2017
Gold Medal. ITEX Malaysia, 11-13 May, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. High Yield Lignocellulosic Ethanol in a Single Bioreactor by Ionic Liquid-Enzyme System.
2016
2016
Certificate of Best Paper Award, ICCPE 2016: 18th International
Conference on Chemical and Process Engineering, Screening of Factors Affecting the Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Empty Fruit Bunches in Aqueous Ionic Liquid and Locally Produced Cellulase System, International Scientific Research and Experimental Development, Stockholm, Sweden
2015
2015
Silver Medal in International Conference and Exposition on Invention of Institutions of Higher Learning (PECIPTA) 2015, Title: Ionic Liquid Compatible Low-Cost Cellulase from Palm Kernel Cake.
2013
2013
Bronze Medal in The Kulliyyah of Engineering Research and Innovation Exhibition (KERIE) 2013, Title: Production and Characterization of Lipase from Palm Kernel Cake using Candida cylindracea by Solid-state Bioconversion.
2011
2011
The 2nd place winner in academic interactive learning tools in Al-Andalus Private School.
2007
2007
Honor Excellence Award in 2007 and First Honor award for the highest CGPA (4.98/5.0), King Abdul Aziz University, Saudi Arabia, Jeddah.
2002
2002
The 3rd place Excellence Award in high school certificate (second year) and the 10th place on the top ten graduates in all Makkah province overall.
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