Staff Directory

Academic Qualification
- Ph.D in Science (Plant and Environmental Sciences) - Doctor of Philosophy, University of Copenhagen
Tamil Chelvan S/O Meenakshi Sundram (Dr.)
Assistant Professor
IIUM Kuantan Campus
KULLIYYAH OF SCIENCE
tamil@iium.edu.my
5152
Area of Specialisation
- Natural Science ~ Chemical Sciences ~ Organic Chemistry ~ Natural Products Chemistry
- Natural Science ~ Bioinformatics ~ Computational Molecular Biology ~ Gene Expression Analyses
- Biotechnology ~ Biotechnology ~ Molecular Biology ~ Gene Transformation
- Biotechnology ~ Biotechnology ~ Plant Biotechnology ~ Tissue Culture
- Biotechnology ~ Biotechnology ~ Plant Biotechnology ~ Transgenic Plant (Including Transgenic Crops from the Aspects of Pest and Disease Resistance, Increase Shelf Life, Colour and Nutritional Enhancement, Drought, Salinity and Flooding Resistance)
- Natural Science ~ Bioinformatics ~ Systems Biology ~ Cellular Metabolomics - Plant metabolomics
- Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Pharmacy ~ Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Teaching Responsibilities
FINAL YEAR PROJECT 2 | 2020/2021 |
HERBS AND MEDICINAL PLANTS | 2021/2022 |
HERBS AND NATURAL SUPPLEMENTS | 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 |
INTERNSHIP | 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 |
MEDICINAL PLANT PRODUCTS | 2019/2020 2018/2019 |
PHYTOCHEMISTRY | 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 |
PLANT CELL BIOLOGY | 2017/2018 |
PLANT METABOLISM | 2017/2018 |
PLANT NATURAL PRODUCTS | 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 |
PLANT PROTEOMICS | 2018/2019 |
Research Projects
Completed
2018 - 2021 | SEPARATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS FROM ANISOPHYLLEA DISTICHA USING SUPERCRITICAL FLUID METHOD |
On-Going
2020 - Present | Kaedah Pengurusan Pembajaan dan Tanah untuk Peningkatan Hasil Halia Bentong |
2019 - Present | In Vitro (Tissue Culture) Propagation of Bentong Ginger (Zingiber Officinale Var. Bentong) |
2019 - Present | Bengkel: Kaedah Pengurusan Tanah Untuk Penanaman Halia Bentong |
2019 - Present | In vitro propagation of Etlingera elatior J. (Torch ginger) via indirect regeneration |
2018 - Present | Metabolic engineering of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 (cyanobacteria) for biosynthesis of selected steviol precursors |
- | Improving melons cultivation through sustainable agricultural practice for unemployed B40 community effected by flood occurrence |
- | Empowering Socioeconomic of Rural Community at Sungai Ular, Kuantan Through Smart Farming Technology |
Publications
Article
Conference or Workshop Item
2021 | In silico CHARACTERIZATION OF UGT76G1 PROTEIN IN Stevia rebaudiana BERTONI ACCESSIONS MS007. In: 4th International Conference on Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (4th ICMBB2021), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, |
2021 | Plant Growth-Promoting Features of Bacterial Endophytes Isolated from Etlingera Elatior. In: International Congress of the Malaysian Society for Microbiology 2021 (ICMSM2021), |
2019 | Plant tissue culture as a tool for sustainable production of bentong ginger (Zingiber officinale var. Bentong) plantlets. In: Kuantan Research Day 2019, |
Book Section
2021 | Current trend in biotechnology and molecular biology of fig (Ficus carica L.). In: Noor Publishing, ISBN: 9786203860047, pp. 55-65 |