Curriculum Vitae

DR. SYAZA NAWWARAH BINTI ZEIN ISMA

Senior Lecturer
  • Institute of Mathematical Sciences
    Faculty of Science
  • syaza.zein
  • 0379674102

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION


  • PhD.ASc, (Sains Aktuari)
    Australian National University
  • M.IBF, (Islamic Banking & Finance)
    International Islamic University Malaysia (iium)
  • B.Sc.ACTFM, (ACTUARIAL)
    Universiti Malaya (um)

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES


  • Programme Coordinator
    19 Sep 2024 - 28 Sep 2025 (Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science)

PUBLICATIONS


Article in Journal
  1. Abduh, M. and Zein Isma, S.N. (2017). Economic and market predictors of solvency of family takaful in Malaysia, Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research. 8(3), 334-344.
  2. Abduh, M. and Zein, S.N. (2016). Dynamic Financial Model of Life Insurance and Family Takaful Companies in Malaysia, Middle East Journal of Management, 3(1), 72-93.
Books
  1. Ismail, R., and Zein, S.N. (2019). Student Loans: The National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN). In Wan, C. D.; Sirat, M.; Razak, D. A. (Eds.), Higher Education in Malaysia: A Critical Review of The Past and Present for The Future (pp. 62-72). Malaysia: Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Article in Proceeding
  1. APA

PAPER PRESENTED


ORAL PRESENTER
  1. Modelling Malaysian graduates income profiles: An attempt to understand repayment burden in PTPTN loan, 10th MALAYSIA STATISTICS CONFERENCE 2023, Department of Statistics Malaysia (National) (26 Sep 2023 - 26 Sep 2023)
  2. The Prospect of Income Contingent Loan in Malaysia Higher Education Financing: Using Deterministic and Stochastic Methods in Modelling Income., 2017 Australian Conference of Economists (ACE), Economic Society of Australia (International) (19 Jul 2017 - 21 Jul 2017)

ACADEMIC/ PROF. SERVICES


Contribution to external organisation
  1. (2025) Shariah Advisory Committee, National, (Auditor)

SUPERVISION


Under Graduate Students
  1. (2024) PENYELIA PEMERIKSA BERSAMA PROJEK SAINS MATEMATIK - SIN3015 DAN SIM3021
  2. (2024) FORECASTING AEROMONAS CASES USING TIME SERIES MODEL: SARIMA MODEL
  3. (2023) Systematic Review of Financial Literacy Literatures and Bankruptcy Among Youth
  4. (2023) First Extensive Analysis on Aeromonas Species Distribution and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile from Clinical Specimens in Malaysia

TEACHING


Bachelor
  1. (2023) SIQ3011 - Business Finance
  2. (2023) SIQ2002 - Macroeconomics
  3. (2023) SIQ2001 - Microeconomics