Terengganu born Mohd Azrul Naim Mohamad had his secondary education at Malay College Kuala Kangsar. Then, he started his BSc studies in Biotechnology at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), with specialization in Environmental Biotechnology and graduated in 2006. In 2008, he continued with the MSc in Biotechnology at Wageningen University specializing in Marine Biotechnology and obtained his MSc in 2010. His MSc thesis entitled "Biodiversity of Sponge-Associated Microbial Communities of The Dutch Coast" was under the supervision of Dr J. A. M. Perez. In 2010, he started his Ph.D at the Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University under the supervision of Prof. Hauke Smidt and Dr. Ir. Detmer Sipkema. The Ph.D thesis 'Exploring Microbial Diversity of Marine Sponges by Culture-Dependent and Molecular Approaches' was successfully defended on April 30, 2015. Since February 2015 he started working as a lecturer at Kulliyyah of Science.

• Natural Science ~ Marine Sciences ~ Advancement of Marine Sciences Knowledge ~ Marine Biotechnology - Aquaculture, Aquatic Ecology, Biodiversity, Biotechnology, Genomics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology

GENETICS

2023/2024

Completed

2022 - 2023	Sci-ON
2020 - 2022	The Effectiveness of EM Mudball in Remediating Balok River
2018 - 2023	Isolation, Identification And Characterization Of Microbial Producing Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) Isolated From Palm Oil Mill Effluent
2018 - 2022	Environmental DNA Metabarcoding of Fishes in Balok River Kuantan, Pahang
2017 - 2021	Phytomining of gold from mine wastes by Jatropha Curcas
2015 - 2018	Fungal-Assisted Composting (FAC) Approach of Organic Waste
2015 - 2017	Bacterial-Assisted Composting (BAC) of Food Waste

On-Going

2023 - Present	Environmental Impact Assessment for "Proposed Oil Palm Plantation Development on 8,094.43 Hectares (20,000 Acres) Land on Lot 16393 - Lot 16397 and Lot 16406 - Lot 16410 in Mukim Tembeling, District of Jerantut, Pahang Darul Makmur
2023 - Present	Unravelling Microbial Communities in the Rhizosphere of Dipterocarpaceae through Metagenomic approach
2022 - Present	Metagenomic Study of the Unchartered Nearshore Reefs in Kuantan Coastal Water
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

2023	Biodegradation of Petroleum Sludge by Methylobacterium sp. Strain ZASH. Tropical Life Sciences Research, 34 (2) pp. 197-222
2023	The first ITS2 sequence data set of eDNA from honey of Malaysian giant honeybees (Apis dorsata) and stingless bees (Heterotrigona itama) reveals plant species diversity. BMC Research Notes, 16 () pp. 1-4
2022	Complete whole genome sequencing of Vibrio parahaemolyticus strain UMP001VA, isolated from sea cucumber Holothuria leucospilota from Malaysia harbouring blaCARB-33 gene. Materials Today: Proceedings, () pp.
2022	Genome sequence dataset of Bacillus altitudinis strain ST14 isolated from Tunggak River in Gebeng Industrial Park, Kuantan, Pahang. Data in Brief, () pp.
2021	Growth of Gracilaria manilaensis Yamamoto et Trono (Rhodophyta) under different light intensities, salinities and pH. Borneo Journal of Marine Science and Aquaculture, 5 (2) pp. 53-56
2021	Phytoremediation of Arsenic in Mine Wastes by Acacia mangium. Remediation, 2021 () pp. 1-11
2020	De novo transcriptome dataset of Stevia rebaudiana accession MS007. Data in Brief, 28 () pp. 1-3
2020	Discovery of cold-active protease from psychrophilic bacteria isolated from Antarctic region for bio-prospecting. Malaysian Applied Biology, 49 (1) pp. 55-60
2020	Diversity of cultivable bacteria by strategic enrichment isolated from farmed edible red seaweed, Gracilaria sp.. Journal Clean WAS (JCleanWAS), 4 (1) pp. 17-20
2020	Environmental forensic study: tracing of pollution sources using environmetric technique in Balok and Tunggak Rivers near Gebeng industrial area, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. Desalination and Water Treatment, 191 () pp. 118-125
2020	Functional profiling of bacterial communities in Lake Tuz using 16S rRNA gene sequences. Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment, 35 (1) pp. 1-10
2020	Functional profiling of bacterial communities in Lake Tuz using 16S rRNA gene sequences. Biotechnology and Biotechnological Equipment, 35 (1) pp. 1-10
2020	Mechanism of antifungal activity of virgin coconut oil on cell membrane of Candida Albicans. Journal of International Dental and Medical Research, 13 (3) pp. 903-908
2019	Application of direct fluorescence-based live/dead staining for assessment of antifungal activity of coconut oil against candida albicans. Malaysian Journal of Analytical Sciences, 23 (5) pp. 1-6
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
2019	Treatment of dye wastewater by functionalization of bentonite-methylene blue with sodium persulfate. Journal of Environmental Treatment Techniques, 7 (2) pp. 229-233
2018	Assessment of composting technologies for organic waste management. International Journal of Technology, 9 (8) pp. 1579-1587
2018	Comparative genomics highlights symbiotic capacities and high metabolic flexibility of the marine genus pseudovibrio. Genome Biology and Evolution, 10 (1) pp. 125-142
2017	Fungi found in Mediterranean and North Sea sponges: how specific are they?. PeerJ, 2017 (9) pp. 1-19
2017	High quality DNA from peat soil for metagenomic studies: A minireview on DNA extraction methods. Science Heritage Journal, () pp. 1-6
2015	Isolation and identification of 3-chloropropionic acid degrading bacterium from marine spong. Jurnal Teknologi (Sciences & Engineering) , 77 (25) pp. 71-75
2014	Host-specific microbial communities in three sympatric North Sea sponges. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 90 (2) pp. 390-403
2013	Detection of Keto Synthase (KS) gene domain in sponges and bacterial sponges. Annales Bogoriensis, 17 (2) pp. 27-33
2012	Studies on water quality and pathogenic bacteria in coastal water Langkawi, Malaysia. Journal of Environmental Biology, 33 (4) pp. 831-835

Conference or Workshop Item

2022	Effect of ethanol treatment on shrinkage of oil palm trunk for the drying process. In: 1st International Academic Research Conference (iAReCo 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,
2018	Eukaryotic diversity of marine sponges from Bidong Island, Malaysia. In: KOS PG Colloquium 2018,
2018	From sea to terrestrial environment: multifaceted approach of understanding natural biomes. In: International Seminar on Biosciences & Medical Engineering (ISBME) 2018,
2018	Gracilaria manilaensis as an alternative food source. In: National Seminar on Rural Entrepreneurship Development for Poverty Eradication,
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,
2018	Valorization of fish processing waste: a microbial perspective. In: 1st Euro-Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration (EMCEI),

Book

2015	Exploring microbial diversity of marine sponges by culture-dependent and molecular approach. Wageningen University, ISBN: 9789462572867

Book Section

2020	DNA barcoding and molecular phylogeny of indigenous bacteria in fishes from a tropical tidal river in Malaysia. In: Springer, ISBN: 978-3-030-50074-0, pp. 219-235
2018	DNA barcoding and molecular phylogeny of indigenous bacteria in fishes from a tropical tidal river in Malaysia. In: Springer, ISBN: 978-3-319-90679-9, pp. 351-367

Monograph

2018	Identification of 3CP-Degrading bacteria from marine sponge and its β-dehalogenase gene. In: ,