Curriculum Vitae

DR. HAZWANI MAT SAAD

Senior Lecturer
  • Office of The Executive Director
    Centre for Foundation Studies in Science

AREAS OF EXPERTISE


  • CELL CULTURE-BASED DRUG TESTING
  • COSMECEUTICAL
    Skin-lightening; Natural products

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION


  • PhD(Bio), (Biologi / Biokimia / Mikrobiologi / Kimia Organik)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • M.Sc.Bio, (Sains Biologi & Kimia)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • Ba.Sc, (Biochemistry)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)

MEMBERSHIPS


  • MALAYSIAN SOCIETY FOR BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, MEMBER
    2023 to 2024 (National)

PUBLICATIONS


Article in Journal
WoS
  1. Pungut, Nur Amira Solehah; Tan, Chun Hoe; Saad, Hazwani Mat; Sim, Kae Shin; Tiong, Sheena Yin Xin; Ang, Chee Wei; Gan, Chun Hau; Kong, Kien Voon; Tan, Kong Wai (2023). A new cinnamaldehyde-rhodamine based dual chemosensor for Cu2+and Fe3+and its applicability in live cell imaging, JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY A-CHEMISTRY. 438. doi:10.1016/j.jphotochem.2023.114540
  2. Saad, Hazwani Mat; Tan, Chun Hoe; Manickam, Sugumaran; Lim, Siew Huah; Sim, Kae Shin (2023). Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam. Stem Bark Inhibits Melanogenesis through Regulation of ROS, cAMP, and MAPK Pathways, SAINS MALAYSIANA. 52(2), 441-465. doi:10.17576/jsm-2023-5202-10
  3. Chan, Wei Chuen; Saad, Hazwani Mat; Sim, Kae Shin; Lee, Vannajan Sanghiran; Tan, Kong Wai (2022). A rapid turn-on dual functional rhodamine B probe for aluminum (III) and copper (II) that can be utilised as a molecular logic gate and in water analysis, JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE. 1254. doi:10.1016/j.molstruc.2022.132337
  4. Chan, W. C., Saad, H. M., Sim, K. S., Lee, V. S., Ang, C. W., Yeong, K. Y., & Tan, K. W. (2021). A rhodamine based chemosensor for solvent dependent chromogenic sensing of cobalt (II) and copper (II) ions with good selectivity and sensitivity: Synthesis, filter paper test strip, DFT calculations and cytotoxicity. Spectrochimica Acta Part a-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 262, 14. doi: 10.1016/j.saa.2021.120099
  5. Cheah, P. W., Heng, M. P., Saad, H. M., Sim, K. S., & Tan, K. W. (2021). Specific detection of Cu2+ by a pH-independent colorimetric rhodamine based chemosensor. Optical Materials, 114, 8. doi: 10.1016/j.optmat.2021.110990
  6. Pungut, N. A. S., Heng, M. P., Saad, H. M., Sim, K. S., Lee, V. S., & Tan, K. W. (2021). From one to three, modifications of sensing behavior with solvent system: DFT calculations and real-life application in detection of multianalytes (Cu2+, Ni2+ and Co2+) based on a colorimetric Schiff base probe. Journal of Molecular Structure, 1238, 9. doi: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.130453
  7. Pungut, N. A. S., Saad, H. M., Sim, K. S., & Tan, K. W. (2021). A turn on fluorescent sensor for detecting Al3+ and colorimetric detection for Cu2+: Synthesis, cytotoxicity and on-site assay kit. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology a-Chemistry, 414, 9. doi: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2021.113290
  8. Saad, H. M., Rahman, S., Navanesan, S., Tan, C. H., Manickam, S., Abd Malek, S. N., & Sim, K. S. (2021). Evaluation of antioxidant activity and phytochemical composition of Baeckea frutescens and Leptospermum javanicum essential oils. South African Journal of Botany, 141, 474-479. doi: 10.1016/j.sajb.2021.06.005
  9. Saad, H. M., Tan, C. H., Lim, S. H., Manickam, S., & Sim, K. S. (2021). Evaluation of anti-melanogenesis and free radical scavenging activities of five Artocarpus species for cosmeceutical applications. Industrial Crops and Products, 161, 10. doi: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2020.113184
  10. Heng, Mok Piew; Tan, Chun Hoe; Saad, Hazwani Mat; Sim, Kae Shin; Tan, Kong Wai (2020). Mitochondria -dependent apoptosis inducer: Testosterone-N-4- ethylthiosemicarbazonate and its metal complexes with selective cytotoxicity towards human colorectal carcinoma cell line (HCT 116), INORGANICA CHIMICA ACTA. 507. doi:10.1016/j.ica.2020.119581
  11. Yeap, Joanne Soon-Yee; Saad, Hazwani Mat; Tan, Chun-Hoe; Sim, Kae-Shin; Lim, Siew-Huah; Low, Yun-Yee; Kam, Toh-Seok (2019). Macroline-Sarpagine Bisindole Alkaloids with Antiproliferative Activity from Alstonia penangiana, JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS. 82(11), 3121-3132. doi:10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b00712
  12. Saad, Hazwani Mat; Sim, Kae Shin; Tan, Yee Shin (2018). Antimelanogenesis and Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Selected Culinary-Medicinal Mushrooms, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL MUSHROOMS. 20(2), 141-153. doi:10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.2018025463

RESEARCH PROJECT


National
  1. 2023 - 2025, Bantuan Khas Penyelidikan (BKP Special)
    Revealing The Selected Indigenous Tropical Fruit Trees for Potential Skin-lightening Cosmeceutical Application ( Principal Investigator(PI))