Marine Biotechnology: Applications in Food, Drugs and Energy

Muhammad Dawood Shah is a senior lecturer at the Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Malaysia. Dr. Dawood earned his MSc and PhD in Biotechnology from the Biotechnology Research Institute, UMS in 2011 and 2016. In 2011, he received the excellence award for his MSc outstanding research work and best postgraduate student. From 2014 to 2022, he received 4 Gold and 3 Silver medals for his research work. In 2021, he was the winner of the Malaysian-Croatia Technology Exchange and Malaysia Technology Expo 2021 awards for his innovation. He has more than 40 peer-reviewed international publications and has delivered oral and poster presentations at numerous international conferences and symposia. Dr. Dawood has filed 2 patent applications and established a research group network both nationally and internationally. Besides, his research work has also been published in the printing media.

Julian Ransangan is an Associate Professor at theBorneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Malaysia. He obtained his MSc and PhD degrees in Marine Biology and Aquaculture from the Borneo Marine Research Institute, UMS in 1999 and 2009, respectively. He has authored more than 55 peer-reviewed articles in international Scopus-indexed journals. He was the Silver Medallist in the De Geneva Salon International Des Inventions in 2009 and the Soul International Invention Fair in 2010. In recognition of his excellence in research and publication, he was awarded the Top 5 Prolific Author by the Universiti Malaysia Sabah in 2018. Currently, Dr. Ransangan is actively conducting research and publishing high-impact articles in the area of mollusc aquaculture.

Balu Alagar Venmathi Maran Ph.D., Associate Professor at Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. He currently works in the field of Aquaculture and Marine Science. He received his Ph.D. in Marine Biology from Hiroshima University, Japan and India as well. He has 25 years of research experience in the field of fish parasites and aquaculture. He specialized on the "Taxonomy of Fish Parasites and Application of Natural Products to Control Fish Parasites in Aquaculture". In addition, he has been intensively studying on the "biodiversity and ecology of jellyfish in Malaysia with a focus on harmful jellyfish, toxins and the application of jellyfish collagen". He received four gold medals in 2019-2022 from UMS for his research and innovation on "A novel approach to control fish parasites in aquaculture using natural products" and "Discovery of a new species of box jellyfish from Kota Kinabalu". Recently, received medals from Malaysia Technology Expo 2021 and Special Merit award from Croatia International Organization for his product on "natural product to control fish parasites".

Muhammad Dawood Shah是馬來西亞沙巴大學（UMS）婆羅洲海洋研究所的高級講師。Dawood博士於2011年和2016年在UMS的生物技術研究所獲得了生物技術的碩士和博士學位。2011年，他因其優秀的碩士研究工作和最佳研究生而獲得卓越獎。從2014年到2022年，他因其研究工作獲得了4枚金牌和3枚銀牌。2021年，他因其創新獲得了馬來西亞-克羅地亞技術交流和馬來西亞技術博覽會2021年獎項。他發表了40多篇同行評審的國際出版物，並在眾多國際會議和研討會上進行了口頭和海報報告。Dawood博士已提交了2項專利申請，並在國內外建立了一個研究團隊網絡。此外，他的研究成果還在印刷媒體上發表。

Julian Ransangan是馬來西亞沙巴大學（UMS）婆羅洲海洋研究所的副教授。他於1999年和2009年分別在UMS的婆羅洲海洋研究所獲得了海洋生物學和水產養殖的碩士和博士學位。他在國際Scopus索引期刊上發表了55多篇同行評審的文章。他曾於2009年在日內瓦國際發明展和2010年的首爾國際發明博覽會上獲得銀牌。為表彰他在研究和出版方面的卓越成就，他於2018年獲得馬來西亞沙巴大學頒發的前五位多產作者獎。目前，Ransangan博士正在積極進行軟體動物養殖領域的研究並發表高影響力的文章。

Balu Alagar Venmathi Maran博士是馬來西亞沙巴大學（UMS）婆羅洲海洋研究所的副教授，目前從事水產養殖和海洋科學領域的研究。他在日本廣島大學和印度獲得了海洋生物學的博士學位。他在魚類寄生蟲和水產養殖領域擁有25年的研究經驗。他專注於“魚類寄生蟲的分類學和應用天然產品控制水產養殖中的魚類寄生蟲”。此外，他還在“馬來西亞水母的生物多樣性和生態學研究中，重點關注有害水母、毒素和水母膠原蛋白的應用”。他在2019年至2022年期間，因其在“使用天然產品控制水產養殖中的魚類寄生蟲的新方法”和“從亞庇發現的新物種盒水母”方面的研究和創新獲得了UMS的四枚金牌。最近，他因其“控制魚類寄生蟲的天然產品”產品獲得了馬來西亞技術博覽會2021年的獎牌和克羅地亞國際組織的特別優秀獎。