Dr. Marlinda Ab Rahman is a distinguished Senior Lecturer at the Nanotechnology and Catalysis Research Centre (NANOCAT), Universiti Malaya (UM). Since earning her Ph.D. in Experimental Physics from UM in 2017 and completing a competitive postdoctoral fellowship (2018–2020), she has established herself as a leading researcher in graphene, advanced nanomaterials, electrochemistry, and flexible/wearable biosensors.

Her research footprint includes over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles—featuring highly cited review papers in top-tier journals—and 14 book chapters, establishing a robust citation record with an H-index of 24. Beyond publications, her inventive contributions are protected by two filed patents and validated by prestigious honors, including Gold Medals in the Young Inventor (2021) and Professional Inventor (2023) categories at major international innovation expos. Furthermore, her team received the Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Nanotechnology and Materials Research 2023 for their landmark paper on graphene-infused natural rubber sensing films.

Her global academic engagement includes serving as a Guest Lecturer for the Global Learning Program at Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), Indonesia (Fall 2023), and as a Visiting Associate Professor via the Inbound Faculty Exchange at Ajman University (Fall 2024). Recently, she received the 2025 IEIF-ASEAN Collaboration Services Award—funded by the Australian Government Department of Education and administered by RMIT University Asia Hub- to conduct a research placement at the University of Adelaide.

Her expertise is widely recognized across the global academic community through extensive editorial and evaluative roles. She currently serves as an Advisory Editorial Board Member for Applied Surface Science Advances and Topic Editor for Frontiers in Catalysis, having previously guest-edited Special Issues for top Web of Science-indexed journals such as Green Processing and Synthesis, Applied Sciences, and Polymers. In addition to editing conference proceedings for the 1st Malaysia International Conference on Nanotechnology and Catalysis 2021, she routinely serves as an international grant assessor, peer reviewer for high-impact journals, and a judge for youth innovation platforms such as the Young Inventors Challenge and the ASTI Feynman Challenge.