RESEARCH INTERESTS

Analytical instrumentation      applications

  Edible       oil, biomass, biomedicine

Environmental monitoring

  Hydroelectric       power dam reservoir, freshwater

Water & wastewater treatment

  Peat       water, palm oil mill effluent, heavy metals

Green chemistry

  Cradle       to cradle, zero waste

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

• Bachelor Degree (Resource Chemistry), Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia (2012)

• Ph.D Degree (Analytical Chemistry), Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia (2016)

WORKING EXPERIENCE

• Research Associate, Clinical Research Centre, Perak Branch, Malaysia (2016)

• Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia (2012-2013)

• Intern, Department of Chemistry Malaysia, Perak Branch Laboratory, Malaysia (2011)

HONORS/AWARDS/GRANTS

• 2 silver awards in UNIMAS Research and Development Exposition 2013.

• MyPhD scholarship, Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia (2013 - 2016)

• Dean List Awards (2009 - 2012)

• Bursary Programme scholarship, Public Service Department Malaysia (2008 - 2012)

   

   

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATION

Lee, T. Z. E., Krongchai, C., Mohd Irwan Lu, N. A. L., Kittiwachana, S., & Sim, S. F. (2015). Application of central composite design for optimization of the removal of humic substances using coconut copra. International Journal of Industrial Chemistry, 6(3), 185–191.

Sim, S. F., Mohd Irwan Lu, N. A. L., Lee, T. Z. E., & Mohamed, M. (2015). Removal of dissolved organic carbon from peat swamp runoff using assorted tropical agriculture biomass. Pertanika Journal of Science and Technology, 23(1), 51–59.

Sim, S. F., Ling, T. Y., Nyanti, L., Lee, T. Z. E., Mohd Irwan Lu, N. A. L., & Bakeh, T. (2014). Distribution of major and trace elements in a tropical hydroelectric reservoir in Sarawak, Malaysia. International Scholarly Research Notices, Article ID 870187.

Lee, T. Z. E., Mohd Irwan Lu, N. A. L., Mohd Razak, N. N., Wasli, M. E., Mohamed, M., & Sim, S. F. (2014). Application of rice husk as water treatment agent and soil conditioner. British Journal of Applied Science & Technology, 4(30), 4252–4262.

Sim, S. F., Lee, T. Z. E., Mohd Irwan Lu, N. A. L., & Mohamed, M. (2014). Modified coconut copra residues as a low cost biosorbent for adsorption of humic substances from peat swamp runoff. BioResources, 9(1), 952–968.

Sim, S. F., Lee, T. Z. E., Mohd Irwan Lu, N. A. L., & Samling, B. (2014). Synchronized analysis of FTIR spectra and GCMS chromatograms for evaluation of the thermally degraded vegetable oils. Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry, Article ID 271970.

Ling, T. Y., Lee, T. Z. E., & Nyanti, L. (2013). Phosphorus in Batang Ai Hydroelectric Dam Reservoir, Sarawak, Malaysia. World Applied Sciences Journal, 28(10), 1348–1354.

Sim, S. F., Mohd Irwan Lu, N. A. L., Lee, T. Z. E., & Mohamed, M. (2013). Low cost and sustainable technology for harvesting humic acids. Outreach: UNIMAS Research Bulletin, 7(1), 8.