Suhaila Mohd Omar started her academic career as an Assistant Lecturer in the Kulliyyah of Science, IIUM in 2003. After pursuing her postgraduate study in University of Malaya and University of New South Wales (Australia), she was promoted as a senior lecturer in 2014. Her current areas of research and teaching are environmental biotechnology which includes microbial diversity in extreme environment and the management of municipal and agricultural waste management.
At the moment, her research projects are on microbial diversity in acidic peat swamp forest and their potential for lignocellulose degradation. In this research project she uses both cultivation and metagenomics approaches to study microbial biodiversity and their ability to produce lignocellulose degrading enzymes. She is also interested in diversity of exoelectrogens that can be utilized in microbial fuel cell for wastewater treatment or biosensor devices.

• Natural Science ~ Environmental Sciences ~ Environment Management and Bioremediation ~ Solid Waste Management - Municipal and agricultural waste
• Natural Science ~ Environmental Sciences ~ Environment Management and Bioremediation ~ Natural Resource Management - Microbial diversity in peat swamp, mangrove and sponges
• Natural Science ~ Bioinformatics ~ Computational Molecular Biology ~ Metagenomics - Enzyme data from extreme environment

Completed

2020 - 2022	Short Term Project: The Formulation for Wound Healing Hydrogel Polymer-Based Spray
2016 - 2020	The screening of xylanase from Kuantan mangrove actinomycetes
2015 - 2018	Fungal-Assisted Composting (FAC) Approach of Organic Waste
2015 - 2017	Bacterial-Assisted Composting (BAC) of Food Waste
2014 - 2016	The Screening for Potential Xylan, Cellulose and Lignin Biodegradation Activities from Microbial Communities in the South East Pahang Peat Swamp Forest Sediment and Peat Water
2014 - 2018	Microbial Diversity of Pekan Peat Swamp Forest Soil and their Functional Potential Through Cultivation and Metagenomic Approach

On-Going

2022 - Present	Metagenomic Study of the Unchartered Nearshore Reefs in Kuantan Coastal Water
2022 - Present	Plant-based Extract for Wound Healing Formulation-Phase III
2021 - Present	Physicochemical and cytocompatibility assessment of electrospun chitosan nanofiber from Malaysia black soldier fly cocoon chitin deacetylated in natural deep eutectic solvent.
2017 - Present	Development of Effective Microbes for Decomposition Process
2017 - Present	In Situ Enzymatic Saccharification of Seawater Pretreated Lignocellulosic by Using Setiu Wetland Halophilic Fungi (SeHF)
2017 - Present	Conversion of Waste from Fish and Aquaculture Industry into Value-added Products
2017 - Present	Process Development in Simultaneous Saccharification and Co-Fermentation (SSCF) of Monosaccharide Sugars from Jatropha Curcas Seed Cake for Optimum Biothanol Production
2015 - Present	Sponge-associated fungal diversity with functional analysis of halogenase and cellulase

Article

2022	Chitin and Chitosan preparation from Malaysian Black Soldier Fly biomass: a preliminary study. Materials Science Forum, 1069 () pp. 201-209
2021	Draft genome sequence of Roseovarius sp. PS-C2, isolated from Sekinchan Beach in Selangor, Malaysia. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 10 (38) pp. 1-2
2019	Composting of food waste and its product performance on ipomoea aquatica. International Journal of Allied Health Sciences, 3 (3: Special Issue: Research Towards Sustainable Development Goals) pp. 818
2018	Islamic ethics of waste management towards sustainable environmental health. The International Medical Journal Malaysia, 17 (Special Issue 1) pp. 193-197
2018	The ethical significance of antibiotic resistance towards aquaculture practices. International Medical Journal Malaysia, 17 (Special Issue 2) pp. 295-301
2017	High quality DNA from peat soil for metagenomic studies: A minireview on DNA extraction methods. Science Heritage Journal, () pp. 1-6
2017	Isolation and characterization of biosurfactant-producing bacteria isolated from petroleum contaminated sites with the potential to be used in bioremediation. Science Heritage Journal / Galeri Warisan Sains (GWS), 1 (2) pp. 11-15
2017	Verrucosispora sp. K2-04, Potential Xylanase Producer from Kuantan Mangrove Forest Sediment. International Journal of Food Engineering, 3 (2) pp. 165-168
2016	Biotechnological potential of Kuantan mangrove actinomycete, Micromonospora K3-13. The International Medical Journal Malaysia, 15 (Supplement Issue) pp. 108-108
2016	Comparison of various culture media effectiveness in the isolation of bacteria from Pekan peat swamp forest soil. Malaysian Journal of Microbiology, 12 (6) pp. 450-454
2016	Screening of ligninase-producing bacteria from south east Pahang peat swamp forest soil. Malaysian Journal of Microbiology, 12 (6) pp. 433-437
2015	A new broad specificity alkaline metalloprotease from a Pseudomonas sp. isolated from refrigerated milk: role of calcium in improving enzyme productivity. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, (113) pp. 1-8
2015	Isolation of bacteria from the acidic peat swamp forest soil and their lignin degradation potential. Jurnal Teknologi, 77 (24) pp. 77-81
2011	Biotechnological uses of enzymes from psychrophiles. Microbial biotechnology, 4 (4) pp. 449-460

Conference or Workshop Item

2022	Bacteria associated with rice panicle blight and grain discolouration in Penang. In: The 4th International Conference on Biosciences & Medical Engineering (ICBME 2022),
2019	Composting of food waste and its product performance on Ipomoea aquatica. In: Kuantan Research Day 2019,
2019	Isolation Of Marine Sponge-associated Fungi From Bidong And Karah Islands. In: KOS Postgraduate Colloquium,
2019	Potential biosurfactant producer and bioemulsifier isolated from petroleum sludge. In: 2nd AFOB-MC International Symposium 2019 (AFOBMCIS 2019),
2018	Eukaryotic diversity of marine sponges from Bidong Island, Malaysia. In: KOS PG Colloquium 2018,
2018	Sequence based analysis of fungi associated with decomposition. In: National Seminar on Rural Entrepreneurship Development for Poverty Eradication,
2018	The uncultivated majority of peat swamp bacterial and archaeal communities. In: 34th Symposium of the Malaysian Society for Microbiology 2018,
2017	Verrucosispora sp. K2-04, potential xylanase producer from Kuantan Mangrove Forest sediment. In: 2017 SEOUL Conference,
2015	Comparison of different AGAR plates used in the isolation of bacteria from Pekan peat SWAMP forest soil. In: International Congress of the Malaysian Society for Microbiology 2015 (7-10 December 2015) hosted in Bayview Beach resort, Penang, Malaysia,
2015	Isolation of bacteria from acidic peat swamp forest soil and their lignin degradation potential. In: International Conference on Advancement in Science and Technology (iCAST 2015) - ‘Frontiers in Biotechnology’,
2015	Screening for ligninase-producing bacteria from South East Pahang peat swamp forest soil. In: International Congress of the Malaysian Society of Microbiology (Microbiology Meeting the needs of a changing world held 7-10 December 2015,,

Book Section

2020	Cultivation vs the ‘omics’ approach for microbial bioprospecting in the 21st century: coastal environment in Malaysia. In: Noor Publishing, ISBN: 9786202791069, pp. 25-34
2020	Cultivation vs the ‘omics’ approach for microbial bioprospecting in the 21st century: coastal environment in Malaysia. In: Noor Publishing, ISBN: 9786202791069, pp. 25-34
2006	Biodiversity and marine biotechnology: a new era for the development of biotechnology industry. In: Department of Wildlife and National Parks Peninsular Malaysia, ISBN: 9834301006, pp. 67-74

Monograph

2018	Microbial diversity of Pekan peat swamp forest soil and their functional potential through cultivation and metagenomic approach. In: ,
2016	End of project report: the screening for potential xylan, cellulose and lignin biodegradation activities from microbial communities in the South East Pahang peat swamp forest sediment and water (EDW B14-196-1081). In: ,