ASSOCIATE PROF. DR. CHENG SIT FOON
Department of Chemistry
Faculty of Science
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Sit Foon Cheng is currently an associate professor at the Department of Chemistry, Universiti Malaya. Prior to joining Universiti Malaya in 2008, she started her career as a research officer at Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) (2003 – 2007) and a lecturer at Sunway University (then Sunway University College) (2007 – 2008).
Palm oil and palm oil industry is always close to her heart. Her exposure and experience in palm oil research dates back to 1999 as a MPOB scholar. Currently, she leads her research group ‘Unit of Research on Lipids (URL)’ where the main focus is laid on human nutrition and high valued oil-based through interdisciplinary research on oils and fats, more particularly on palm oil. URL extends invitation for possible collaborations with scientists on similar research interest and theme through fundamental and applied approaches.
As an educator, she is also involved in designing chemistry-related undergraduate courses. She has been appointed by other Universities as external examiner and assessors for academic programmes. Her administrative experiences in Universiti Malaya until 2020 include serving as the Programme Coordinator of Bachelor of Science (Applied Chemistry) and Head of Organic Chemistry Section, Department of Chemistry, Universiti Malaya, as well as the Faculty Mobility Coordinator of Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya.
While juggling between teaching, administrative duties, research and many more, she hopes to pursue her interest and catch up research gaps by establishing new collaboration network.
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2023
Synthesis, phase transition behaviour and dielectric properties of smectogenic palm-based liquid crystals containing schiff base ester and phenyl ring
2023
Synthesis, characterization and structure-mesomorphic properties relationship of palm-based azo-ester bridged liquid crystals from caprylic acid
2022
PH Responsive Polyurethane for the Advancement of Biomedical and Drug Delivery
2022
Light-responsive polyurethanes: classification of light-responsive moieties, light-responsive reactions, and their applications