Dr Muhamad Fazly Abdul Patah first joined the University of Malaya (UM) in 2012 as a Research Fellow. Before that he worked as an Assistant Engineer in Cerebos Gregg's Ltd. a New Zealand food & beverage company before deciding to pursue his studies. He received his BEng (Chemical) and PhD from the University of Canterbury, Christchurch. Dr Fazly is currently serving UM as a Senior Lecturer and teaching Chemical Engineering courses including Mass & Energy Balances in Chemical Processes, Reaction Engineering, Integrated Design for Chemical Engineers and Engineering Laboratory courses. His main research interest is in the production of chemicals and sustainable energy alternatives in the form of char/biochar, liquid fuel and hydrogen-rich gas from various low-value materials and unwanted wastes. He is actively supervising Masters's and PhD research students in related engineering topics. His area of research includes:

i.   Thermochemical Reaction - Torrefaction, Pyrolysis, Gasification, Combustion and Liquefaction

ii.  Plastic, biomass, rubber and municipal wastes conversion to higher-value products

iii. Ozone production and decomposition for sterilization application

iv. Catalyst, chemical reaction and reactor design

v.  Hydrodynamic simulation of fluid flow using Computational Fluid Dynamics

vi. Liquid atomization/spray (with or without reaction) for various applications

vii.  Bio-reactor design for medicinal mushroom mass production

Dr Fazly could be contacted via email at fazly.abdulpatah@um.edu.my or fazly.patah@gmail.com. Alternatively, he could be found in person in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya.