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 ~ Natural Resource Management - Microbial diversity in peat swamp, mangrove and sponges
• Biotechnology ~ Biotechnology ~ Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology ~ Product Recovery - Nanomaterial from waste ~ chitin and chitosan from black soldier fly for nanofiber fabrication
• Natural Science ~ Bioinformatics ~ Computational Molecular Biology ~ Metagenomics - Enzyme data from extreme environment
• Natural Science ~ Environmental Sciences ~ Environment Management and Bioremediation ~ Solid Waste Management - Municipal and agricultural waste

BIODIVERSITY	2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016
BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION	2023/2024 2022/2023
BIOFERTILIZERS	2016/2017
BIONANOTECHNOLOGY	2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022
BIOPROCESS I	2007/2008
BIOTECHNOLOGY, LAW AND ETHICS	2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017
CHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY OF NATURAL PRODUCTS	2007/2008
ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY	2021/2022 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2007/2008
ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY	2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016
FINAL YEAR PROJECT	2020/2021
FINAL YEAR PROJECT 1	2025/2026
FINAL YEAR PROJECT 2	2025/2026
FINAL YEAR PROJECT II	2020/2021
FUNDAMENTALS OF MICROBIOLOGY	2023/2024 2022/2023
INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT	2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN BIOTECHNOLOGY	2020/2021 2018/2019 2017/2018
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY	2007/2008
PROJECT SEMINAR	2007/2008
USRAH IN ACTION 1	2022/2023 2021/2022
USRAH IN ACTION 2	2023/2024 2022/2023
WASTE MANAGEMENT	2007/2008
WASTE MANAGEMENT AND USAGE	2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2007/2008

The Metagenomic Insight Of Kuantan Uncharted Nearshore Reefs: Marine Biodiversity And Viral-Host Interaction. Ph.D In Progress Main Supervisor

Elucidation Of Pathogenicity, Virulence And Host Susceptibility Of Bacterial Panicle Blight On Rice Caused By Burkholderia Glumae. Ph.D In Progress Main Supervisor

Nanofibers Fabrication Of Chitosan Extracted From Hermetia Illucens Pupal Exuviae Using Nades. Master Completed 2025 Main Supervisor

Extraction Of Chitosan From Black Soldier Fly Pupal Exuviae Using Natural Deep Eutetic Solvents And Fabrication Of Chitosan/Polyethylene Oxide Electrospun Nanofibers. Master Completed 2025 Main Supervisor

Microbiome Of Two Sympatric Sponges From Lang Tengah Island, Terengganu. Master Completed 2023 Co-supervisor

Potential Biosurfactant-Producing Bacteria Isolated From Petroleum Sludge. Master Completed 2021 Co-supervisor

Diversity Of Cultivated Bacteria From Pekan Peat Swamp Forest And The Lignocellulosic Biodegradation Potential. Master Completed 2019 Main Supervisor

Cultivable Bacterial And Fungal Communities Associated With Selected Marine Fish Waste Decomposition. Master Completed 2019 Co-supervisor

Uncovering Microbial Community Assemblages Associated With Soil Of The South-East Pahang Peat Swamp Forest. Master Completed 2018 Main Supervisor

Completed

2022 - 2026	Metagenomic Study of the Unchartered Nearshore Reefs in Kuantan Coastal Water
2022 - 2024	Plant-based Extract for Wound Healing Formulation-Phase III
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

2026 - Present	THE UNCHARTED REEF OF KUANTAN
2025 - Present	Valorisation of Kitchen Waste into High-Value Biomass for Orang Asal Communities in Kota Warisan Zone, Sepang, Selangor.
2025 - Present	Bridging Innovation and Patient Care in Wound Healing: An Application-Based Study of Chitosan-Enhanced Dressing Technology and Treatment Efficacy in SASMEC
2025 - Present	Microalgae-based nutrient recycling in aquaculture: A circular economy model for fish farmers
2025 - Present	Knowledge Transfer and Empowerment Programme with Sultan Ahmad Shah Medical Centre @IIUM & PENMEDIC SDN BHD - Unlocking Circular Economy Potential in Healthcare Facilities: A Case Study on the Recovery of Recyclable Plastics from a Medical Ward in SASMEC
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