Ida Idayu Muhamad
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Malaysia
Biography
Ida Idayu Muhamad is a Professor at the Department of Bioprocess Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, and a Fellow of Institute of Food Science and Technology, United Kingdom. Currently she is one of the appointed Scientific Advisors also Head of Biomaterial Cluster for the IJN-UTM Cardiovascular Engineering Centre, for research collaboration between Institut Jantung Negara and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Prior to this present position, she headed the Bioprocess Engineering Department (2010-2013) and management committee of Centre of Fiqh (2011-2013), Science and Technology (CFiRST). She has won numerous awards related to her research projects, both at the international and national levels also the owner of 28 patents filed and 4 granted. Her work has opened up new areas in the production of new compounds and biomaterials through green processes. Those naturally functional, environmentally friendly processes and products are the way forward towards sustainable future.
Research Interest
Food and biomaterial process engineering, particle technology, active-smart packaging and food safety, nutraceuticals and drug delivery system