CURRICULUM VITAE

ASSOCIATE PROF. DR. ROZANA BINTI OTHMAN

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Rozana Othman received her BSc (Hons) in Chemistry in 1995, and PhD degree in 2010 from Universiti Malaya. She joined the Pharmacy Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, in 1999 as a lecturer. She became a Senior Lecturer in 2007 and Associate Professor in 2016. She achieved top five Merck Young Scientist Award 2009, and was also awarded with the Bioinno Award in 2010 by Biotech Corp, Malaysia, The Jenesys Programme by The Japan Foundation in 2010, and the Asian Core Program Lectureship Award in 2014. Rozana initiated and worked towards the setting-up of the computational research lab in the faculty, which is now known as INSPirE (In Silico Pharmaceutical Suite). Currently, Rozana is the Head of the External Linkage Division under the Faculty of Pharmacy. She is also the Deputy Head for the Centre of Natural Products Research and Drug Discovery (CENAR), a founding member of the Drug Design and Development Research Group (DDDRG) Universiti Malaya, an associate member of the Malaysian Institute of Chemistry, and a member of the Malaysian Natural Products Society. Rozana was the Deputy Dean of Research & Development (2019-2021), Deputy Dean of Research, Value Creation and Enterprise (2022-2023) and Deputy Dean of Student Affairs (2023).  Her research interest revolves around the area of Medicinal Chemistry, Natural Products Chemistry and Computational Chemistry. Till date, she has supervised more than 16 PhD and 8 Masters by research students.  
PROFILE
Address
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy Office of The, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Website
umexpert.um.edu.my/rozanaothman
CONTACT
Telephone
79674909
Email
rozanaothman
youngroz04
RESEARCH ID
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Orcid id
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8260-9252
Researcher id
B-9628-2010
Scopus id
56222934000
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
Doctoral Degree (Phd), Philosophy, Universiti Malaya (UM), 2010
Master Degree, Science, Universiti Malaya (UM), 1998
Bachelor Degree, Chemistry, Universiti Malaya (UM), 1995
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP/ FELLOWSHIP
WORKING EXPERIENCE
RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENT
Research Areas
Ligand-protein interactions of inhibitors with Dengue virus type 2 serine protease: A structural study , In silico simulation of ligand-protein interactions between ligands and binding sites in cancer target system , Vasorelaxant effect of plants containing flavonoids on isolated rat aorta, Health care products and health supplements utilization.
H Index: 18.00
Total Journal Publication: 89
Sum of Citation: 922.00
Books: 1
Proceedings: 1
Research Grants: More than RM Six million nine hundred and seventeen thousand four hundred and thirty four