Curriculum Vitae

DR. MUHAMMAD KHAIROL ANNUAR BIN ZAINI

Research Officer
  • Photonics Research Centre (Prc)
    Photonics Research Centre
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  • 03-79676770
  • 0172354565

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • OPTOELECTRONICS AND LASERS PHYSICS
    Physical Sciences, Physics, Acoustics And Optical Physics
  • OPTICAL/PHOTONIC SENSOR
    Applied Science And Technology, Material Sciences And Technology Including Engineering Materials, Sensor Materials

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • FOUNDATION STUDIES IN SCIENCE PROGRAM, (Science)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • BACELOR SAINS (KEPUJIAN) SAINS INSTRUMENTASI (KELAS KEDUA TINGGI), (SAINS INSTRUMENTASI)
    Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
  • PhD(Malaya)(2020), (Science)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)

WORKING EXPERIENCE

  • 28 Jan 2021-
    Pegawai Penyelidik
    Pusat Penyelidikan Fotonik

AWARD AND STEWARDSHIP

  • Certificate of Excellent Service
    2023, Universiti Malaya
  • 2019 Lamp Poster Award (Second Place)
    2019, SPIE,  (International)
  • International Research Innovation Invention Solution Exposition (Iirise) (Silver Medal)
    2018, Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia,  (International)
  • International Workshop On Optics and Photonics, Islamabad, Pakistan (Second Place) - Poster Presentation
    2017, SPIE,  (International)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
WoS
  1. Ahmad, H.; Lutfi, M. A. M.; Samion, M. Z.; Zaini, M. K. A.; Yusoff, N. (2024). 98 fs High Energy Stable Hybrid Mode-Locked Nonlinear Polarization Rotation With CuO-Doped ZnO Saturable Absorber, IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS. 60(4). doi:10.1109/JQE.2024.3396425
  2. Alias, Mohamad Ashraff; Ahmad, Harith; Zaini, Muhammad Khairol Annuar; Samion, Muhamad Zharif; Sa'ad, Muhammad Syamil Mohd; Sing, Lim Kok; Grattan, Kenneth T. V.; Rahman, B. M. Azizur; Brambilla, Gilberto; Reduan, Siti Aisyah; Bayang, Leonard; Ismail, Mohammad Faizal (2024). Optical fiber Bragg grating (FBG)-based strain sensor embedded in different 3D-printed materials: A comparison of performance, MEASUREMENT. 225. doi:10.1016/j.measurement.2023.114060
  3. Ahmad, H.; Ithnahaini, M. U. M.; Samion, M. Z.; Ismail, M. F.; Zaini, M. K. A.; Reduan, S. A. (2023). High-Power Multi-Wavelength Double-Clad Erbium Ytterbium Co-Doped Fiber Laser Using Two-and Four-Mode Fiber Filters, IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS. 59(1). doi:10.1109/JQE.2022.3222856
  4. Ahmad, H.; Roslan, N. A.; Zaini, M. K. A.; Samion, M. Z.; Reduan, S. A.; Wang, Y.; Wang, S.; Sahu, J. K.; Yasin, M. (2023). Generation of multiwavelength bismuth-doped fiber laser based on all-fiber Lyot filter, OPTICAL FIBER TECHNOLOGY. 81. doi:10.1016/j.yofte.2023.103509
  5. Ahmad, H.; Salleh, M. F.; Zaini, M. K. A.; Samion, M. Z.; Reduan, S. A. (2023). Performance comparison of supercontinuum generation using various tapered fiber waist diameters with a mode-locked fiber laser, OPTIK. 272. doi:10.1016/j.ijleo.2022.170414
  6. Ahmad, H.; Zaini, M. K. A.; Samion, M. Z. (2023). Enhanced four-wave mixing with polymer-coated Iron phosphorus trisulfide (FePS3) arc-shaped fiber, OPTICAL AND QUANTUM ELECTRONICS. 55(1). doi:10.1007/s11082-022-04172-y
  7. Ahmad, Harith; Salleh, Muhammad Firdaus; Zaini, Muhammad Khairol Annuar; Samion, Muhamad Zharif; Ismail, Muhammad Faizal; Reduan, Siti Aisyah (2023). Performance Analysis of the Four-Wave Mixing Effect with Various Tapered Fiber Waist Diameters, PHOTONICS. 10(7). doi:10.3390/photonics10070745
  8. Sa'ad, M. S. M.; Ahmad, H.; Alias, M. A.; Zaini, M. K. A.; Lim, K. S.; Harun, S. W.; Grattan, K. T. V.; Rahman, B. M. A.; Brambilla, G.; Reduan, S. A.; Bayang, L.; Ismail, M. F. (2023). Surface-Mounted Tilt Sensor Using Fiber Bragg Grating Technology for Engineered Slope Monitoring With Temperature Compensation, IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL. 23(12), 12828-12837. doi:10.1109/JSEN.2023.3268649
  9. Sa'ad, Muhammad Syamil Mohd; Ahmad, Harith; Alias, Mohamad Ashraff; Zaini, Muhammad Khairol Annuar; Samion, Muhamad Zharif; Grattan, Kenneth T. V.; Rahman, B. M. Azizur; Brambilla, Gilberto; Sing, Lim Kok; Harun, Sulaiman Wadi; Bayang, Leonard; Reduan, Siti Aisyah; Thambiratnam, Kavintheran; Zulkifli, Mohd Zamani; Ismail, Mohammad Faizal (2023). Optical fiber Bragg grating-based pressure sensor for soil monitoring applications, OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 62(8). doi:10.1117/1.OE.62.8.086101
  10. Sa'ad, Muhammad Syamil Mohd; Ahmad, Harith; Samion, Muhamad Zharif; Alias, Mohamad Ashraff; Zaini, Muhammad Khairol Annuar; Sing, Lim Kok; Grattan, Kenneth T. V.; Rahman, B. M. Azizur; Brambilla, Gilberto; Harun, Sulaiman Wadi; Ismail, Mohammad Faizal (2023). A fiber Bragg grating-based inclinometer probe with enhanced sensitivity for a higher slope profiling resolution, SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL. 364. doi:10.1016/j.sna.2023.114804
  11. Ahmad, H.; Kamely, A. A.; Zaini, M. K. A.; Samion, M. Z.; Chong, W. Y.; Zamzuri, A. K.; Lim, K. S. (2022). Generation of four-wave mixing with nonlinear Vanadiumcarbide (V2C)deposited sidepolished fiber (SPF) in 1.5 and 2.0 mu m wavelength operation, OPTICS AND LASER TECHNOLOGY. 145. doi:10.1016/j.optlastec.2021.107458
  12. Ahmad, H.; Roslan, N. A.; Zaini, M. K. A.; Samion, M. Z. (2022). Tunable multiwavelength Erbium-doped fiber laser based on in-fiber Fabry-Perot interferometer fiber Bragg gratings in linear and ring cavity configurations, OPTIK. 262. doi:10.1016/j.ijleo.2022.169359
  13. Ahmad, H.; Salleh, M. F.; Zaini, M. K. A.; Yusoff, N.; Reduan, S. A.; Ismail, M. F. (2022). Enhancement of Four-Wave Mixing and Supercontinuum Generations Aided With Dual Arc-Shaped Fiber With 2D Material, IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS. 58(6). doi:10.1109/JQE.2022.3175490
  14. Ahmad, H.; Zaini, M. K. A.; Samion, M. Z.; Yusoff, N. (2022). Generation of Mode-Locked Thulium-Doped Fiber Laser in 2.0-mu m Wavelength Operation by Polymer-Coated Iron Phosphorus Trisulfide (FePS3)-Based Saturable Absorber, IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS. 58(2). doi:10.1109/JQE.2022.3141388
  15. Ahmad, Harith; Alias, Mohamad Ashraff; Ismail, Mohammad Faizal; Ismail, Nor Najwa; Zaini, Muhammad Khairol Annuar; Lim, Kok Sing; Brambilla, Gilberto; Grattan, Kenneth T., V; Rahman, B. M. Azizur (2022). Strain Sensor Based on Embedded Fiber Bragg Grating in Thermoplastic Polyurethane Using the 3D Printing Technology for Improved Sensitivity, PHOTONIC SENSORS. 12(3). doi:10.1007/s13320-021-0646-1
  16. Alias, M. A.; Ismail, M. F.; Sa'ad, M. S. M.; Zaini, M. K. A.; Lim, K. S.; Grattan, K. T., V; Brambilla, G.; Rahman, B. M. A.; Reduan, S. A.; Ahmad, Harith (2022). A Hi h-Precision Extensometer System for Ground Displacement Measurement Using Fiber Bragg Grating, IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL. 22(9), 8509-8521. doi:10.1109/JSEN.2022.3159850
  17. Alias, Mohamad Ashraff; Ahmad, Harith; Samion, Muhamad Zharif; Sa'ad, Muhammad Syamil Mohd; Sing, Lim Kok; Grattan, Kenneth T. V.; Rahman, B. M. Azizur; Brambilla, Gilberto; Zaini, Muhammad Khairol Annuar; Bayang, Leonard; Ismail, Mohammad Faizal (2022). Highly sensitive temperature-independent FBG-based sensor embedded in thermoplastic polyurethane using 3D printing technology for the measurements of torsion, SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL. 346. doi:10.1016/j.sna.2022.113889
  18. Sa'ad, Muhammad Syamil Mohd; Ismail, Mohammad Faizal; Zaini, Muhammad Khairol Annuar; Grattan, Kenneth T. V.; Rahman, B. M. Azizur; Brambilla, Gilberto; Sing, Lim Kok; Ahmad, Harith (2022). Temperature-independent vibration sensor based on Fabry-Perot interferometer using a fiber Bragg grating approach, OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 61(3). doi:10.1117/1.OE.61.3.037101
  19. Ahmad, H., Kamaruddin, N. H., Aidit, S. N., Samion, M. Z., Zaini, M. K. A., Bayang, L., . . . Yasin, M. (2021). Multi-wavelength Bismuth-doped fiber laser in 1.3 mu m based on a compact two-mode fiber filter. Optics and Laser Technology, 144, 8. doi: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2021.107390
  20. Ahmad, H., Kamely, A. A., Zaini, M. K. A., Samion, M. Z., Zamzuri, A. K., & Thambiratnam, K. (2021). 1.5 and 2.0 mu m all-optical modulators based on niobium-carbide (Nb2C)-PVA film. Laser Physics Letters, 18(8), 9. doi: 10.1088/1612-202X/ac0e3c
  21. Ahmad, H., Zaini, M. K. A., Kamely, A. A., Samion, M. Z., Ismail, M. F., Lim, K. S., . . . Thambiratnam, K. (2021). Generation of four-wave mixing in molybdenum ditelluride (MoTe2)-deposited side-polished fibre. Journal of Modern Optics, 68(8), 425-432. doi: 10.1080/09500340.2021.1908636
  22. Ismail, N. N., Sa'ad, M. S. M., Ismail, M. F., Zaini, M. K. A., Lim, K. S., Grattan, K. T. V., . . . Ahmad, H. (2021). Biaxial 3D-Printed Inclinometer Based on Fiber Bragg Grating Technology. IEEE Sensors Journal, 21(17), 18815-18822. doi: 10.1109/jsen.2021.3090105
  23. Ismail, N. N., Sharbirin, A. S., Sa'ad, M. S. M., Zaini, M. K. A., Ismail, M. F., Brambilla, G., . . . Ahmad, H. (2021). Novel 3D-printed biaxial tilt sensor based on fiber Bragg grating sensing approach. Sensors and Actuators a-Physical, 330, 8. doi: 10.1016/j.sna.2021.112864
  24. Lim, K. S., Zaini, M. K. A., Ong, Z. C., Abas, F. Z. M., Salim, M. A. B., & Ahmad, H. (2021). Vibration Mode Analysis for a Suspension Bridge by Using Low-Frequency Cantilever-Based FBG Accelerometer Array. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 70, 8. doi: 10.1109/tim.2020.3018578
  25. Sharbirin, A. S., Zaini, M. K. A., Brambilla, G., Rahman, B. M. A., Grattan, K. T. V., Ismail, M. F., & Ahmad, H. (2021). 3D-Printed Tilt Sensor Based on an Embedded Two-Mode Fiber Interferometer. Ieee Sensors Journal, 21(6), 7565-7571. doi: 10.1109/jsen.2021.3050756
  26. Ismail, N., Hafizi, Z. M., Ooi, C. W., Bin Zaini, M. K. A., Nizwan, C. K. E., Lim, K. S., Ahmad, H. (2020). Fiber Bragg Grating-Based Fabry-Perot Interferometer Sensor for Damage Detection on Thin Aluminum Plate. Ieee Sensors Journal, 20(7), 3564-3571. doi: 10.1109/jsen.2019.2959068
  27. Udos, W., Lee, Y. S., Lim, K. S., Ong, Z. C., Zaini, M. K. A., Ahmad, H. (2020). Signal enhancement of FBG-based cantilever accelerometer by resonance suppression using magnetic damper. Sensors and Actuators a-Physical, 304, 7. doi: 10.1016/j.sna.2020.111895
  28. Zaini, M. K. A., Lee, Y. S., Lim, K. S., Nazal, N. A. M., Yang, H. Z., Ahmad, H. (2020). Thermal characterization of phase difference among the LP modes in two-mode fibers based on numerical approach. Optik, 207, 6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2020.164289
  29. Bin Zaini, M. K. A., Lee, Y. S., Lim, K. S., Ali, M. M., Nazal, N. A. M., Ahmad, H. (2019). Digital Matched Filtering (DMF) Technique for the Performance Enhancement of Few-Mode Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor. Ieee Sensors Journal, 19(14), 5653-5659. doi:10.1109/jsen.2019.2907143
  30. Jaafar, N. S. A., Lim, K. S., Zaini, M. K. A., Ahmad, H., Sepeai, S., Tan, G. H., . . . Zainuddin, Z. M. (2019). The surgical ablation on soft tissues using Ho:YAG laser with deviated beam fiber. Optical Fiber Technology, 52, 5. doi:10.1016/j.yofte.2019.101937
  31. Lim, K. S., Ong, Z. C., Lee, Y. S., Bin Zaini, M. K. A., Ahmad, H. (2019). Pseudohigh-Resolution Spectral Interrogation Scheme for Small Signals From FBG Sensors. Ieee Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 68(8), 2964-2970. doi:10.1109/tim.2018.2871279
  32. Tian, Q., Yang, H. Z., Rong, Q. Z., Feng, Z. Y., Wang, R. H., Bin Zaini, M. K. A., . . . He, Y. D. (2019). Highly sensitive micro-hygrometer based on microfiber knot resonator. Optics Communications, 431, 88-92. doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2018.08.062
  33. Vorathin, E., Hafizi, Z. M., Aizzuddin, A. M., Zaini, M. K. A., Lim, K. S. (2019). A Novel Temperature-Insensitive Hydrostatic Liquid-Level Sensor Using Chirped FBG. Ieee Sensors Journal, 19(1), 157-162. doi:10.1109/jsen.2018.2875532
  34. Vorathin, E., Hafizi, Z. M., Aizzuddin, A. M., Zaini, M. K. A., Lim, K. S. (2019). Temperature-independent chirped FBG pressure transducer with high sensitivity. Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 117, 49-56. doi:10.1016/j.optlaseng.2019.01.012
  35. Zaini, M. K. A., Lee, Y. S., Ismail, N., Lim, K. S., Udos, W., Zohari, M. H., . . . Ahmad, H. (2019). In-fiber Fabry Perot interferometer with narrow interference fringes for enhanced sensitivity in elastic wave detection. Optical Fiber Technology, 53, 6. doi:10.1016/j.yofte.2019.102021
  36. Jaafar, N. S. A., Sepeai, S., Lim, K. S., Zaini, M. K. A., Ahmad, H., Tan, G. H. (2018). A novel waveguide design that produces an elongated laser beam output for soft tissue ablation. Optik, 164, 561-566. doi:10.1016/j.ijleo.2018.03.080
  37. Lee, Y. S., Lim, K. S., Zaini, M. K. A., Ahmad, H. (2018). Mode Splitting Based on Polarization Manipulation in Few-Mode Fiber. Ieee Journal of Quantum Electronics, 54(4), 6. doi:10.1109/jqe.2018.2833960
  38. Tan, D., Lim, K. S., Zaini, M. K. A., Yeong, C. H., Wong, Y. H., Yang, H. Z., Ahmad, H. (2018). Phase derivative thermo-spatiogram for distributed temperature sensing based on chirped grating-Michelson Interferometer. Sensors and Actuators a-Physical, 278, 43-47. doi:10.1016/j.sna.2018.05.029
  39. Zaini, M. K. A., Lai, M. H., Islam, M. R., Lim, K. S., Ahmad, H. (2018). Cancellation of birefringence in DBR laser through principal axis offset by a rotation of 90 degrees. Indian Journal of Physics, 92(8), 1045-1048. doi:10.1007/s12648-018-1189-1
  40. Zaini, M. K. A., Lee, Y. S., Lim, K. S., Nazal, N. A. M., Yang, H. Z., Ahmad, H. (2018). Enhanced Optical Delay Line in Few-Mode Fiber Based on Mode Conversion Using Few-Mode Fiber Bragg Gratings. Ieee Journal of Quantum Electronics, 54(5), 7. doi:10.1109/jqe.2018.2865357
  41. Zaini, M. K. A.; Lai, M. H.; Islam, M. R.; Lim, K. S.; Ahmad, H. (2018). Cancellation of birefringence in DBR laser through principal axis offset by a rotation of 90 , INDIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. 92(8), 1045-1048. doi:10.1007/s12648-018-1189-1
  42. Lee, Y. S., Lim, K. S., Zaini, M. K. A., Ahmad, H. (2017). LP11-LP01 Mode Conversion Based on an Angled-Facet Two-Mode Fiber. Ieee Photonics Technology Letters, 29(12), 1007-1010.
  43. Lee, Yen-Sian; Lim, Kok-Sing; Zaini, Muhammad Khairol Annuar; Ahmad, Harith (2017). LP11-LP01 Mode Conversion Based on an Angled-Facet Two-Mode Fiber, IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS. 29(12), 1007-1010. doi:10.1109/LPT.2017.2700946
  44. Nazal, N. A. M., Lim, K. S., Zaini, M. K. A., Yang, H. Z., Ahmad, H. (2017). Formation of enhanced regenerated grating in few-mode fiber by CO2 laser pretreatment. Applied Optics, 56(36), 9882-9887. doi:10.1364/ao.56.009882
  45. Nazal, Nurul Asha Mohd; Lim, Kok-Sing; Zaini, Muhammad Khairol Annuar; Yang, Hang-Zhou; Ahmad, Harith (2017). Formation of enhanced regenerated grating in few-mode fiber by CO2 laser pretreatment, APPLIED OPTICS. 56(36), 9882-9887. doi:10.1364/AO.56.009882
  46. Zaini, M. K. A., Lee, Y. S., Lim, K. S., Nazal, N. A. M., Zohari, M. H., Ahmad, H. (2017). Axial stress profiling for few-mode fiber Bragg grating based on resonant wavelength shifts during etching process. Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics, 34(9), 1894-1898. doi: 10.1364/josab.34.001894

RESEARCH PROJECT

National
  1. 2024 - 2026, MRUN
    Optical Fiber Bragg Gratings-based Chemical Sensor Utilizing Nanocellulose-based Composites For Better Environmental Monitoring ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  2. 2022 - 2025, Others MOHE
    Hicoe Prc 2022 ( Co-Researcher)
  3. 2023 - 2025, University Grant Research Program - Research Cluster
    WP3: Development of 1.0 ?m Ultrafast Picosecond/Femtosecond High Power Fiber Laser ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  4. 2023 - 2025, UM International Collaboration Grant
    Fiber Bragg Gratings Sensor Based On 3D Printing Technology ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  5. 2024 - 2025, Government Agency
    The Use Of 2 ?m High Power Fiber Laser For Soft?tissue Surgery In Dentistry ( Co-Researcher)
  6. 2024 - 2025, Government Agency
    The Use Of 2 ?m High Power Fiber Laser For Soft?tissue Surgery In Dentistry ( Co-Researcher)
  7. 2023 - 2024, MOSTI-Funding
    Advanced Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors For Slope Monitoring System ( Co-Researcher)
  8. 2021 - 2023, RU Geran
    1. Four Wave Mixing And Supercontinuum Generation In Novel Nonlinear Media 2. Study Of Evenacent Field Interaction In Tapered, Side-polished And D-shaped Fibers For Pulse Generation ( Co-Researcher)
  9. 2022 - 2023, Partnership Grant
    Development of 1 ?m Pulsed Generation in Ytterbium-doped Fiber Laser with 2D Materials as Saturable Absorbers ( Co-Researcher)
Private
  1. 2022 - 2025, Private Funding
    Development Of High Power Laser In The Wavelength Region Of 1.55 And 2.0 ?m For Palm Oil Fresh Fruit Bunches Harvesting ( Co-Researcher)

SUPERVISION

Postgraduate Student
  1. (2024) Thin Film Application DOR the Attenuation of Optical Power in Shortwave Wavelength Division Multiplexing (SWDM) Product, MAHESWARAN A/L GOVINDASAMY
  2. (2024) ELIMINATION OF THERMAL BURN-IN FOR EFFICIENT MANUFACTURE OF DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS (DFB), NURUL NAJWA BINTI HARON
  3. (2024) Study on the Effect of Lifetime of Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers, CHEAH MENG CHUN
  4. (2024) Attenuation of Laser Beam Optical Power for 2nd Generation Tosa Port to Pass Laser Eye Safety Test Through Optical Simulation, TIONG WOAN XIN
  5. (2024) IMPROVEMENT IN THE POWER DEGRADATION OF LONGWAVE OCTAL-SMALL FORM FACTOR PLUGGABLE TRANSCEIVER USING PARALLEL PLATE APPROACH, MEGAT MUHAMMAD ASYRAF BUANG
  6. (2024) THE STUDY OF MODE-LOCKED AND Q-SWITCHED PULSES IN HOLMIUM-DOPED FIBER LASER, NASHITA MUTIARA GANDANA
  7. (2023) Enhancement of Four-Wave Mixing and Supercontinuum Generation Aided with Tin Telluride as the Nonlinear Medium, MUHAMMAD FIRDAUS BIN SALLEH

PATENT/ IPR

  • A DEVICE FOR MONITORING SOIL PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE
    PATENT
  • FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS FOR MEASURING BIAXIAL TILT
    PATENT

COURSE ATTENDED

Internal/ External Course
INTERNAL COURSE- ORGANIZED BY PTJ
  1. KURSUS ASAS MENGENALI JURNAL "A-Z", Secara Dalam Talian Melalui Aplikasi Google Meet (09 Jun 2021 - 09 Jun 2021)
  2. ON BEST PRACTICE AND HOW TO SELECT EXTERNAL ASSESSOR, Secara Dalam Talian Melalui Aplikasi Google Meet (11 Jun 2021 - 11 Jun 2021)
  3. DENGUE, Online (01 Jul 2021 - 01 Jul 2021)
  4. TIPS ON ARTICLE WRITE-UP FOR MEDIA PLATFORM , Online (02 Jul 2021 - 02 Jul 2021)
  5. PUBLISHED IN NATURE JOURNAL: STRATEGY AND WORK PLAN, Nanocat, Tingkat 3, Blok a, Bangunan IAS, UM (26 Aug 2021 - 26 Aug 2021)
INTERNAL COURSE
  1. PROGRAM TRANSFORMASI MINDA, Secara Dalam Talian (26 Jul 2021 - 29 Jul 2021)