Staff Directory

Academic Qualification
- Doctor of Philosophy (Biopharmaceutics, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics) - Doctor of Philosophy, Monash University, Melbourne
Mohd Hafidz Bin Mahamad Maifiah (Dr.)
Assistant Professor
IIUM Gombak Campus
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HALAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING
Other's position:
Head, International Institute for Halal Research and Training
mhafidzmaifiah@iium.edu.my
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Expert Profile
Dr. Mohd Hafidz Mahamad Maifiah graduated in Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Hons) and Master of Science (Biotechnology Engineering) from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). He then completed his PhD in Pharmaceutical Science from the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Science (MIPS), Australia in 2017. His PhD thesis elucidated the mechanisms of actions of polymyxins mono- and combination therapy against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa adopted metabolomics and transcriptomics approaches. Currently, Dr. Mohd Hafidz is an academic staff at the International Institute for Halal Research and Training (INHART), IIUM serves as the Head of Postgraduate Management. His research interests cover the areas of halal food and pharmaceutical, plant natural products for bioactive compounds, bacterial resistance, metabolomics, halal supply chain and cold chain management.
Area of Specialisation
- Natural Science ~ Bioinformatics ~ Systems Biology ~ Cellular Metabolomics - microbial metabolomics
- Biotechnology ~ Biotechnology ~ Medical Biotechnology ~ Biomaterial - Biocellulose
- Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Phamaceutical Industry ~ Natural Products - Herbal Plant/antimicrobial
- Agricultural ~ Agricultural Science And Technology ~ Food Sciences and Nutrition ~ Halal Products - Halal alternative ingredients
- Natural Science ~ Biological Sciences ~ Microbiology ~ Bacteriology - Antimicrobial/Polymyxin/Antimicrobial resistance
Teaching Responsibilities
HALAL ASSURANCE SYSTEM | 2021/2022 |
HALAL AUDIT AND CERTIFICATION | 2020/2021 2021/2022 |
HALAL PHARMACEUTICALS, COSMETICS & PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS | 2020/2021 |
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 2020/2021 2019/2020 |
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY (QUALITATIVE) | 2019/2020 2018/2019 |
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY (QUANTITATIVE - MSC) | 2018/2019 |
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY (QUANTITATIVE) | 2019/2020 |
SEMINAR | 2017/2018 2018/2019 |
Research Projects
Completed
2020 - 2020 | Certified Halal Executive Training |
2019 - 2019 | Certified Halal Executive Training |
On-Going
2019 - Present | Deciphering the mechanism of action of polymyxins on pentose phosphate pathway metabolism in Acinetobacter baumannii in discovering novel antibiotic targets |
2018 - Present | Data Management of Various Non-Halal Adulterations and Development of Portable Halal Device |
2018 - Present | Synergistic killing of novel combinations of `old? polymyxin drug and medicinal plant extracts targeting Gram-negative bacteria |
2018 - Present | Antibacterial activity of phenolic compounds from Carica papaya seed extract as food preservative. |
Publications
Article
Conference or Workshop Item
2019 | Antibacterial test, toxicity and food application of plant seed extracts: a review. In: Global Halal Sphere Conference 2019 (GloHaS 2019), |
Book Section
2019 | Global metabolic analyses of acinetobacter baumannii. In: Humana Press, ISBN: 978-1-4939-9117-4, pp. 321-328 |