m a amalina

M. A. Amalina received the B.Eng. and M.Eng. degrees in polymer science and engineering and the D.Eng. degree in materials and life science Kyoto Institute of Technology (KIT), Kyoto, Japan, in 2000, 2002, and 2010, respectively. She then continued her doctoral study after 5 years working with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University Malaya (UM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She did her post-doctoral research at Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Geesthacht, Germany, in 2014. She is currently working as an Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, UM. Her current research interest is in developing chitosan as materials for various applications, such as biomedical material, membrane for water/wastewater treatment, or electronic material.