Curriculum Vitae

ASSOCIATE PROF. DR. NG THAM FATT

Associate Professor
  • Department of Geology
    Faculty of Science
  • ntf
  • 0379674153

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY (GEOLOGICAL HAZARDS)
  • ENGINEERING GEOLOGY (AGGREGATES & ROCK MECHANICS)
  • STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • PhD, (GEOLOGI KEJURUTERAAN & PERSEKITARAN)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • MPhil, (GEOLOGI KEJURUTERAAN, GEOLOGI STRUCTUR & PETROGRAFI)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • BSc(Hons), (GEOLOGI)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

  • Head of Department
    08 Mar 2021 - 31 Dec 2021 (Department of Geology, Faculty of Science)
  • Head
    15 Apr 2020 - 31 Dec 2021 (Geosciences Research Centre, Faculty of Science)
  • Head of Department
    08 Mar 2019 - 07 Mar 2021 (Department of Geology, Faculty of Science)
  • Head
    15 Apr 2019 - 14 Apr 2020 (Geosciences Research Centre, Faculty of Science)
  • Programme Coordinator
    01 Sep 2015 - 31 Jul 2018 (Department of Geology, Faculty of Science)
  • Head of Department
    01 Aug 2014 - 01 Aug 2014 (Department of Geology, Faculty of Science)
  • Head of Department
    01 Jul 2014 - 31 Jul 2014 (Department of Geology, Faculty of Science)
  • Head of Department
    01 Jun 2012 - 30 Jun 2014 (Department of Geology, Faculty of Science)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
WoS
  1. Affandi, Elanni; Ng, Tham Fatt; Pereira, Joy J.; Ahmad, Ferdaus; Banks, Vanessa J. (2023). Revalidation Technique on Landslide Susceptibility Modelling: An Approach to Local Level Disaster Risk Management in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL. 13(2). doi:10.3390/app13020768
  2. Affandi, Elanni; Ng, Tham Fatt; Pereira, Joy Jacqueline (2023). Integration of Geoscience Information for Disaster Resilience in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL. 13(12). doi:10.3390/app13127004
  3. Endut, Zakaria; Ng, Tham Fatt; Aziz, Jasmi Hafiz Abdul; Makoundi, Charles; Dauad, Haslikhalijah; Ariffin, Kamar Shah (2022). Texture and morphology of veins and their relationship to gold mineralization in the Penjom deposit, Malaysia, RESOURCE GEOLOGY. 72(1). doi:10.1111/rge.12288
  4. Hui, P. Xin; Nagarajan, R.; Ramkumar, Mu; Ng, T. F.; Taib, Nur, I; Mathew, M. J.; Sautter, B.; Siddiqui, N. A.; Poppelreiter, M. C. (2022). Geochemical evolution of structure-bedding controlled hydrothermal dolomites of the Kinta Valley, Western Malaysia, CARBONATES AND EVAPORITES. 37(4). doi:10.1007/s13146-022-00802-4
  5. Daniel, M. T., Ng, T. F., Kadir, M. F. A., & Pereira, J. J. (2021). Landslide Susceptibility Modeling Using a Hybrid Bivariate Statistical and Expert Consultation Approach in Canada Hill, Sarawak, Malaysia. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9, 15. doi: 10.3389/feart.2021.616225
  6. Wong, M. K., Selliah, P., Ng, T. F., Hassan, M. H. A., Van Ranst, E., Inubushi, K. (2020). Impact of agricultural land use on physicochemical properties of soils derived from sedimentary rocks in Malaysia. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 66(1), 214-224. doi: 10.1080/00380768.2019.1705180
  7. Ghani, A. A., Shahjamal, M., Fatt, N. T., Ismail, N. E., Tarmizi, M., Zulkifley, M., . . . Masor, A. F. (2019). Ce Anomaly in I-Type Granitic Soil from Kuantan, Peninsular Malaysia: Retention of Zircon in the Weathering Product. Sains Malaysiana, 48(2), 309-315. doi:10.17576/jsm-2019-4802-06
  8. Hamid, F., Abu Bakar, A. F., Ng, T. F., Ghani, A. A., Zulkifley, M. T. M. (2019). Distribution and contamination assessment of potentially harmful elements (As, Pb, Ni, Cd) in top soil of Penang Island, Malaysia. Environmental Earth Sciences, 78(21), 12. doi: 10.1007/s12665-019-8626-0
  9. Hellmy, M. A. A., Muhammad, R. F., Shuib, M. K., Fatt, N. T., Abdullah, W. H., Abu Bakar, A., Kugler, R. (2019). Rock Slope Stability Analysis based on Terrestrial LiDAR on Karst Hills in Kinta Valley Geopark, Perak, Peninsular Malaysia. Sains Malaysiana, 48(11), 2595-2604. doi: 10.17576/jsm-2019-4811-29
  10. Naeem, M. F. A., Yusoff, I., Ng, T. F., Maity, J. P., Alias, Y., May, R., Alborsh, H. (2019). A study on the impact of anthropogenic and geogenic factors on groundwater salinization and seawater intrusion in Gaza coastal aquifer, C Palestine: An integrated multi-techniques approach. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 156, 75-93. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2019.05.006
  11. Abu-alnaeem, M. F., Yusoff, I., Ng, T. F., Alias, Y., Raksmey, M. (2018). Assessment of groundwater salinity and quality in Gaza coastal aquifer, Gaza Strip, Palestine: An integrated statistical, geostatistical and hydrogeochemical approaches study. Science of the Total Environment, 615, 972-989. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.09.320
  12. Francois, T., Ali, M. A. M., Matenco, L., Willingshofer, E., Ng, T. F., Taib, N. I., Shuib, M. K. (2017). Late Cretaceous extension and exhumation of the Stong and Taku magmatic and metamorphic complexes, NE Peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 143, 296-314.
  13. Ali, M. A. M., Willingshofer, E., Matenco, L., Francois, T., Daanen, T. P., Ng, T. F., Taib, N. I., Shuib, M. K. (2016). Kinematics of post-orogenic extension and exhumation of the Taku Schist, NE Peninsular Malaysia, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 127(63-751367-9120. )
  14. Zulkifley, M. T. M., Fatt, N. T., Konjing, Z., Ashraf, M. A. (2016). Development of Tropical Lowland Peat Forest Phasic Community Zonations in the Kota, Earth Sciences Research Journal. 20(1O1-O10), Article
  15. Endut, Z., Ng, T. H., Aziz, J. H. A., Teh, G. H. (2015). Structural analysis and vein episode of the Penjom Gold Deposit, Malaysia: Implications for gold mineralisation and tectonic history in the Central Belt of Malaysia, Ore Geology Reviews. 69, 157-173
Others
  1. A. Graham Leslie, Marcus R. Dobbs, Ng Tham Fatt, Qalam A zad Rosle, Muhammad Ramzanee Mohd Noh, Thomas J.H. Dodd, Martin R. Gillespie, (2020). The Ukay Perdana Shear Zone in Kuala Lumpur: A crustal-scale marker of early Jurassic orogenic deformation in Peninsular Malaysia, Bulletin of the Geological Society of Malaysia, 69, 135 - 147
  2. Mum-Keng Wong, Paramananthan Selliah, Tham-Fatt Ng, Meor Hakif Amir Hassan, Eric Van Ranst and Kazuyuki Inubushi, (2019) Impact of agricultural land use on the physicochemical properties of soils derived from sedimentary rocks in Malaysia. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, DOI: 10.1080/00380768.2019.1705180
  3. Wong Mum Keng, Paramananthan Selliah, Ng Tham Fatt and Meor Hakif Amir Hassan, (2019) Characterization and genesis of soils derived from sedimentary rocks in the Crocker Formation, Sabah, Malaysia, Bulletin of the Geological Society of Malaysia, 69, 125-134
  4. Abu-alnaeem, M.F., Yusoff, I., Ng, T.F., Alias, Y. & Raksmey, M. (2018) Assessment of groundwater salinity and quality in Gaza coastal aquifer, Gaza Strip, Palestine: An integrated statistical, geostatistical and hydrogeochemical approaches study. Science of the Total Environment, 615, 972 989
  5. Ahmad Faiz Salmanfarsi, Mustaffa Kamal Shuib, Ng, T.F. & Mohamad Tarmizi Mohamad Zulkifley (2018) Kinematics and timing of brittle ductile shearing of Mylonites along the Bok Bak fault, Peninsular Malaysia, Current Science, 114 (5), 1110-1116.
  6. Ng, H.S. & Ng, T.F. (2017) Relationship between joint spacing and bed thickness and distribution of joint spacing in clastic sedimentary rocks in northern Labuan, Malaysia. Warta Geologi, 43(1), 1-7
  7. 3.Nkpadobi, J.I., Raj, J.K. & Ng, T.F., (2016). Classification of cut slopes in weathered meta-sedimentary bedrocks. Earth Science Research Journal, 20(2), J1 - J9.
  8. Ahmad Farid Abu Bakar, Ismail Yusoff, Ng, T.F. and Muhammad Aqeel Ashraf, 2015. Cumulative impacts of dissolved ionic metals on the chemical characteristics of river water affected by alkaline mine drainage from the Kuala Lipis gold mine, Pahang, Malaysia. Chemistry and Ecology, 31(1), 22-33.
  9. Mohamad Tarmizi M. Z., Ng, T.F., Abdullah, W.H. John Kuna Raj, Shuib, M.K., Ghani, A.A., Ahmad Farid, Paramananthan, S., Muhammad Aqeel Ashraf, 2015. Geochemical characteristics of a tropical lowland peat dome in the Kota Samarahan-Asajaya area, West Sarawak, Malaysia. Environmental Earth Sciences, 74(4), 1443-1458.
  10. Zakaria, E., Ng, T.F., Jasmi Hafiz, A. A., Sebastien, M. and Charles, M. (2015), Characterization of Galena and Vein Paragenesis in the Penjom Gold Mine, Malaysia: Trace Elements, Lead Isotope Study and Relationship to Gold Mineralization Episodes. Acta Geologica Sinica, 89: 1914-1925
  11. Ahmad Farid Abu Bakar, Ismail Yusoff, Tham Fatt Ng and Muhammad Aqeel Ashraf (2014) Cumulative impacts of dissolved ionic metals on the chemical characteristics of river water affected by alkaline mine drainage from the Kuala Lipis gold mine, Pahang, Malaysia. Chemistry and Ecology, 2014
  12. Meor H. Amir Hassan, Aye-Ko Aung, R.T. Becker, Noor Atirah Abdul Rahman, Ng, T.F., Azman A. Ghani, Mustaffa Kamal Shuib, 2014. Stratigraphy and palaeoenvironmental evolution of the mid- to upper Palaeozoic succession in Northwest Peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 83, 60 79.
  13. Mohamad Tarmizi M. Z., Ng, T.F., John Kuna Raj, Roslan Hashim, S., Muhammad Aqeel Ashraf, 2014. Effects of Lateral Variation in Vegetation and Basin 'Dome' Shape on Tropical Lowland Peat Stabilisation in the Kota Samarahan-Asajaya Area, West Sarawak, Malaysia. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), 88(3), 894-914.
  14. Zulkifley, M.T.M., Ng, T.F., Raj, J.K. et al 2014. A review of the stabilisation of tropical lowland peats. Bull. Engng. Geol. & Environment, v.73(3), p.733-746.
  15. Abdullah Wan Hasiah, Chai Peng Lee, Patrick Gou, Mustaffa Kamal Shuib, Tham Fatt Ng, Alsharef A. Albaghdady, Mohd Fazdly Mislan, Khairul Azlan Mustapha, (2013). Coal-bearing strata of Labuan: Mode of occurrences, organic petrographic characteristics and stratigraphic associations. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.05.017
  16. Ahmad Farid Abu Bakar, Ismail Yusoff, Ng Tham Fatt, Faridah Othman & Muhammad Aqeel Ashraf, 2013. Arsenic, Zinc, and Aluminium Removal from Gold Mine Wastewater Effluents and Accumulation by Submerged Aquatic Plants (Cabomba piauhyensis, Egeria densa, and Hydrilla verticillata). BioMed Research International, vol. 2013, Article ID 890803, 7 pages, 2013. doi:10.1155/2013/890803.
  17. Aye Ko Aung, Meor Hakif Amir Hassan & Ng Tham Fatt, 2013. Discovery of Late Devonian (Frasnian) conodonts from the Sanai limestone , Guar Jentik, Perlis, Malaysia. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Malaysia, 59,93-99.
  18. Aye Ko Aung, Ng Tham Fatt, Kyaw Kyaw Nyein & Myo Htut Zin (2013) New Late Permian rugose corals from Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia. Alcheringa: An Australian Journal of Palaeontology, 37, 1-13. DOI:10.1080/03115518.2013.770212
  19. Mohamad Tarmizi M. Z., Ng, T.F., John Kuna Raj, Roslan Hashim, Azman Ghani, Mustaffa Kamal Shuib, Muhammad Aqeel Ashraf, 2013. Definitions and engineering classifications of tropical lowland peats. Bull Eng Geol Environ., 72, 547-553.
  20. Ng, T.F., Raj, J.K. & Azman A. Ghani (2013). Potential alkali-reactivity of granite aggregates in the Bukit Lagong area, Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia, Sains Malaysiana, 42(6), 773-781
  21. Zulkifley, MTM; Ng. T.F.; Abdullah, WH; Raj, JK; Param, SP; Hashim, R; Ashraf, MA, (2013). Distribution, classification, petrological and related gochemical (SRA) characteristics of a tropical lowland peat dome in the Kota Samarahan-Asajaya area, West Sarawak, Malaysia. CENTRAL EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES, 5(2), 285-314
  22. Ng, T.F. & Teh, G.H., 2009. Fractal and shape analyses of manganese dendrites on vein quartz. Geological Society of Malaysia Bulletin, 55, 73-79.
  23. Ng, T.F., Vijayan, V.R., Chow, W.S. & Abdullah Sulaiman, 2008. Assessment of oil spill vulnerability of Southwest Pulau Pinang shoreline. Geol. Soc. Malaysia Bull. 54:123-131.
  24. Ng, T.F. & Yeap, E.B., 2007. Potential alkali-silica reaction in aggregate of deformed granite. Geol. Soc. Malaysia Bull. 53:81-88.
  25. Ng, T.F., 2007. Assessment of Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM) elevation data of Lojing and Hulu Langat, Peninsular Malaysia. Warta Geologi, 33(6):250-264.
  26. Pereira, J.J. & Ng, T.F., 2004. Construction aggregates for urban development: Consumption, sterisation and the environment. Geol. Soc. Malaysia Bull., 48:21-24.
Chapter in Books
  1. Pereira, J.J., Ng, T.F., Hunt, J. (2021) Climate Action. In J. C. Gill and M. Smith (eds.), Geosciences and the Sustainable Development Goals. Springer Nature, Switzerland, p. 313-337.
Article in Proceeding
  1. Aye Ko Aung, Ng Tham Fatt & Kyaw Kyaw Nyein, 2012. The first record of the Late Permian waagenophyllid rugose corals from Pahang, Central Peninsular Malaysia. Proceedings, National Geoscience Conference 2012, p. 7-8, ISBN 978-983-99102-9-2
  2. Ling Hwei Chih, Ng Tham Fatt, Ahmad Farid bin Abu Bakar & Joy J. Pereira, 2012. Microstructure of deformed quartz in the mylonite of Selinsing Gold Mine:Implications for the mechanism and condition of deformation. proceedings, National Geoscience Conference 2012, p. 91-92, ISBN 978-983-99102-9-2
  3. Mohamad Tarmizi Mohamad Zulkifley, S. Paramananthan, Ng Tham Fatt, Roslan Hasyim, Wan Hasiah Abdullah & John Kuna Raj, 2012. Classification of tropical lowland peats Proceedings National Geoscience Conference 2012,p. 98- 99. ISBN 978-983-99102-9-2
  4. Mohamad Tarmizi Mohamad Zulkifley, Wan Hasiah Abdullah, Ng Tham Fatt, S. Paramananthan, Roslan Hasyim & John Kuna Raj, 2012. An evaluation of hydrocarbon source potential of tropical lowland peats and organic soils based on the Source Rock Analyzer (SRA) technique. Proceedings National Geoscience Conference 2012, p. 134-135. ISBN 978-983-99102-9-2
  5. Norsafawati bt. Saaid, Ng Tham Fatt & Azman A.Ghani, 2012. Deformation microstructures of mylonites along the Bukit Tinggi Fault Zone, Peninsular Malaysia. Proceedings, National Geoscience Conference 2012, p. 91-92, ISBN 978-983-99102-9-2
  6. Zakaria Endut, Teh Guan Hoe, Ng Tham Fatt & Sharafuddin Mohamed, 2012. Some aspect of vein texture, microstructure and implication to gold mineralization episode in Penjom Gold Mine. Proceedings, National Geoscience Conference 2012, p. 91-92, ISBN 978-983-99102-9-2
  7. Ng Tham Fatt, 2011. Effects of fault deformation on the quality of granite aggregates. Proceedings, National Geoscience Conference 2011, p.140-141.

RESEARCH PROJECT

National
  1. 2020 - 2024, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS)
    Cycling Of Carbon, Sulfur And Toxic Metals In Tropical Peat Swamps ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  2. 2020 - 2023, RU Geran - Fakulti Program
    Characterizing Tropical Peatland Systems In Malaysia Utilizing Geoelectrical Methods ( Co-Researcher)
  3. 2015 - 2018, Bantuan Kecil Penyelidikan (BKP)
    Metal distribution and characteristics in soil at urban catchment area ( Co-Researcher)
  4. 2009 - 2010, Geran Penyelidikan Universiti Malaya (UMRG)
    CHARACTERISATION OF FAULTS AND FAULT-ROCKS OF PENINSULAR MALAYSIA ( Principal Investigator(PI))
International
  1. 2016 - 2021, International Funding
    Disaster Resilient Cities : Forecasting Local Level Climate Extremes And Physical Hazards For Kuala Lumpur ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  2. 2015 - 2016, International Funding
    "future Cities: Science To Action For Building Resilience Of Urban Communities" ( Principal Investigator(PI))