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SKILL ENHANCEMENT YEARS Years of education in English schools in Perak had given me the confidence to get into the Australian pre-university programme in Malaysia, a JPA, Bank Negara and Petronas joint academic venture. This so-called bridging course that equipped students with the numerous skills required of them to survive the OZ high standard of undergraduate education, entitled me to select University of South Australia (UniSA)* as a place to obtain a bachelor's degree and to be nurtured as a young scientist or rather, a budding scholar. Upon graduation, I enrolled for Master's degree course in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). The research performed as an M. Sc. project was electrodeposition technique of making a semiconductor, supervised by Prof. Zulkarnain Zainal - the year 2000 National Young Scientist in the field of Advanced Materials.
CAREER IN CEMACS In 1999, towards the end of recession, I was appointed as a permanent research staff in Universiti Sains Malaysia and was a jovial member of Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies (CEMACS). Being in the Marine Pollution and Toxicology Group, my research was also geared to environmental work, specifically on the analysis of Tributyltin (TBT) in the Coastal Zone of Penang.
Besides involvement in research, some administration work and taking charge of the centre's website, I was also engaged to the consultancy project of the then Director of CEMACS - the boss I find wonderful. It was then that awareness on the importance of green practices stroked me. Nevertheless, as time passed by, I had to revisit the idea of becoming an academic as I had promised myself since the dawn of my teenage life.
The 2-year-and-8-month period in CEMACS, however, was a great experience. One thing for sure, career experience in CEMACS has extended my CV significantly! For that, I have to thank all my ex-colleagues, with special reference to Prof. Dato' Dr Zubir Hj. Din.
TRANSITION TO ACADEMIC POST From CEMACS, I moved a step forward to pursue Ph. D. under USM Academic Staff Training Scheme (ASTS). Still on the track of greenery and materials, APMP technique for pulp production was the area of my Doctoral study. Appointed as supervisors were icons in the field of pulping and paper making science, Prof. Wan Rosli Wan Daud (USM) and Prof. Ken Law Kwei-Nam (UQTR).
Today, I am more familiar to students as an academic - a coach for several courses and a researcher in APMP fundamentals, environmental assessment & education and perhaps a quantum leap to advanced materials. More important than the leap or the boom, this career comes with a mandate: to shape the present generation for the future of our nation.
"WE LEAD"
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IWK 307 IWA 383 IUA 313 WUS 101 IWK 103
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PPROFILE Complementary
A. Ghazali Ghazali, A.
1995 onwards
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Contact Details:
Dr Arniza Ghazali Office tel.: 04-6533888 ext. 2239 Email: arniza@usm.my
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APMP = Alkaline peroxide mechanical pulping CEMACS = Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies IWK 307 = Course code for Advanced Paper Technology - Instrumental Analysis for Pulp and Paper IUA 313 = Course code for Final Year Project IWA 383 = Course code for Paper Technology Lab II IWK 103 = Course code for Pulp Production and Recycling of Paper JPA = Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (Public Services Department) UniSA = University of South Australia UPM = Universiti Putra Malaysia USM = Universiti Sains Malaysia UQTR = Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
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