Dr. Mohd Fadhli Hamdan is a researcher and lecturer at the University of Malaya's Center for Research in Biotechnology for Agriculture (CEBAR). He received his BSc in Biotechnology from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 2009, followed by an MSc in Environment and Development from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2015 and a Ph.D. in Plant Biotechnology from the University of Manchester in 2017. Dr. Mohd Fadhli has also conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Hong Kong.

His research focuses on using biotechnology, including plant genome editing and smart farming, to improve food security and sustainability in the face of climate change. He has developed an innovative site-directed mutagenesis technique using native homologous-directed recombination (HDR) machinery to edit the chloroplast genome and improve plant variety, and has also studied the functions of Acyl-CoA Binding Proteins (ACBPs) to increase crop productivity and resilience.

In addition to his scientific research, Dr. Mohd Fadhli is also interested in the governance and public perception of agricultural biotechnology and is committed to promoting education and awareness about the field. He believes that the future of this field will be shaped by the right synergy between science, policymaking, and public confidence.

Dr. Mohd Fadhli is open to collaborations and can be contacted at fadhlihamdan@um.edu.my.