Staff Directory


Mohd Fauzihan Bin Karim

Academic Qualifications

  • Ph.D In Plant Science - Doctor of Philosophy, University of Manchester

Mohd Fauzihan Bin Karim (Dr.)

Assistant Professor
IIUM Kuantan Campus

KULLIYYAH OF SCIENCE


mfauzihan@iium.edu.my
5150


Area of Specialisation


  • Natural Science ~ Biological Sciences ~ Botany ~ Plant Physiology - Environmental Plant Physiology


Teaching Responsibilities


AGROMETEOROLOGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE 2025/2026 2024/2025
CELLULOSE, PROTEIN & LIPID BIOSYNTHESIS 2018/2019
CROP AND FARM MANAGEMENT 2025/2026 2024/2025
FINAL YEAR PROJECT 2 2020/2021
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE AND FARMING SYSTEM 2024/2025
PHOTOSYNTHESIS & RESPIRATION 2018/2019 2017/2018
PLANT GROWTH REGULATION 2017/2018
PLANT METABOLISM 2017/2018
PLANT NUTRITION 2018/2019
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018
PLANT PROPAGATION 2021/2022 2020/2021
PLANT, SOIL AND CLIMATE CHANGE 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2017/2018
PRINCIPLES OF PLANT SCIENCE 2017/2018
PROJECT SEMINAR 2021/2022
SEED SCIENCE 2018/2019
SOIL AND PLANT ANALYSIS 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2019/2020 2018/2019
SOIL AND PLANT WATER RELATIONS 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2020/2021 2019/2020 2017/2018


Supervision


Root Acclimation Of Rice Exposed To Alternate And Continuous Drought Stress.
Master Completed 2024 Main Supervisor
Acclimation Of Rice To Drought Stress Through Physio-Biochemical Study And Its Interaction With Mitotic Activity.
Master Completed 2023 Main Supervisor


Research Projects


Completed
2022 - 2024 Empowering Socioeconomic of Rural Community at Sungai Ular, Kuantan Through Smart Farming Technology
2022 - 2025 Improving melons cultivation through sustainable agricultural practice for unemployed B40 community effected by flood occurrence
2022 - 2024 Coastal Regreening for Sustainable and livable "Keluarga Malaysia"
2020 - 2022 Empowering Disabled Community Through Modern Agriculture
2020 - 2024 Elucidation on the effects of seed biopriming using phytohormones-producing endophytic bacteria on plant water deficit resistance
2020 - 2022 IMPROVEMENT OF BENTONG GINGER CULTIVATION METHOD THROUGH FERTIGATION AND SUSTAINABLE FARMING APPROACH FOR B40 FARMERS.
2019 - 2024 Systematic characterization, cytogenetic and ethnobotanical analyses of Acanthaceae in Peninsular Malaysia
2019 - 2024 In Vitro (Tissue Culture) Propagation of Bentong Ginger (Zingiber Officinale Var. Bentong)
2019 - 2020 Bengkel: Kaedah Pengurusan Tanah Untuk Penanaman Halia Bentong
2019 - 2025 Understanding root acclimation of rice to drought stress through cytogenetic analysis and its interactions with root development and architecture.
2019 - 2023 Understanding the evolution mechanism in the genome of mangosteen origin, G. malaccensis.
2018 - 2023 Biofortification of Roots of Ficus Carica with Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria Under Flooding Stress Environment.
On-Going
2024 - Present Mangrove Planting Initiative for Coastal Resilience Enhancement and Coral Conservation at Pantai Balok, Kuantan
2024 - Present Kajian kepelbagaian spesis Garcinia di Taman Negeri Lubuk Yu, Pahang
2024 - Present KAJIAN ETNOBOTANI BAGI SUKU KAUM ORANG ASLI PAHANG YANG TERPILIH DALAM MEMARTABATKAN WARISAN ALAM NEGERI PAHANG
2020 - Present Kaedah Pengurusan Pembajaan dan Tanah untuk Peningkatan Hasil Halia Bentong


Publications


Articles

2025 Comparative leaf micromorphology and palynology of selected Ruellia L. And Justicia L. species from Acanthaceae family and its taxonomic significances. Malaysian Journal of Microscopy, 21 (1) pp. 214-224
2024 Acclimation to drought stress improves root physiology and cell mitotic index, leave pigments and water status in Oryza sativa L.. International Journal of Biology and Chemistry, 17 (2) pp. 14-24
2024 Communiversity initiative via knowledge transfer project (KTP-RIGS): Realising the meaning of Rahmatan Lil-Alamin to disabled community through modern agriculture. Revelation and Science, Special Issue: Plant Science 2 () pp. 41-50
2024 Comparative study of root characteristics revealed distinctive responses between Moroberekan and MR297 rice varieties subjected to drought stress. NUSANTARA BIOSCIENCE, 16 (1) pp. 29-36
2024 the anatomical characteristics of Ficus auriculata lour. and their implications for taxonomic classification within the Moraceae family. Revelation and Science, 1 (2) pp. 51-61
2024 The leaf anatomy of Ixora chinensis lam. and its systematic significance. Revelation and Science Special Issue: Plant Science 2, 1 (2) pp. 26-33
2021 Acclimation of photosynthesis to changes in the environment results in decreases of oxidative stress in arabidopsis thaliana. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12 () pp. 1-12
2021 Genome size determination of cucumber (cucumis sativus), honeydew (cucumis melo inodorus) and rock Melon (cucumis melo cantalupensis) via flow cytometry. Science Heritage Journal, 5 (1) pp. 14-16
2021 Morpho-physiological and anatomical assessment of different rice varieties subjected to drought stress at early vegetative stage. Malaysian Applied Biology, 50 (1) pp. 55-64