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Bacteriology, Biotechnology, Medical Microbiology, Health Sciences, Halal Sciences

Biography

Dr. Mohd Nasir Mohd Desa obtained his first degree in Microbiology from the University of Arizona, USA in late 1997. He completed his postgraduate studies at Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya and was awarded with Master of Medical Science in 2002 and Doctor of Philosophy in 2010 in Medical Microbiology. He joined Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) in 1999 as a tutor, later appointed as a Lecturer in 2003, Senior lecturer in 2010, Associate professor in 2013, and Professor in 2023. His postgraduate research mainly focused on the molecular epidemiology and functional genomics of Streptococcus pneumoniae. He is currently expanding the research at the Department of Biomedical Science, UPM focusing on antimicrobial resistance and genomic of Streptococcus and Staphylococcus spp. He had also served as the head for Laboratory of Halal Science Research, UPM specializing in meat spp. speciation from 2015 till 2018 and 2020, and Director at Halal Products Research Institute, UPM in 2020/2021. He is currently the head for Department of Biomedical Sciences at Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UPM. He is also a registered professional technologist (Ts.) in Biotechnology at Malaysia Board of Technologists.

Activities

Employment (1)

Universiti Putra Malaysia: Serdang, Selangor, MY

Professor (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)
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Mohd Nasir Mohd Desa

Education and qualifications (3)

University of Malaya: Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, MY

2005 to 2009 | PhD (Medical Microbiology)
Education
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Mohd Nasir Mohd Desa

University of Malaya: Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, MY

2000 to 2002 | MMedSc (Medical Microbiology)
Education
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Mohd Nasir Mohd Desa

University of Arizona: Tucson, AZ, US

1995 to 1998 | BSc
Education
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Mohd Nasir Mohd Desa

Peer review (23 reviews for 14 publications/grants)

Review activity for Animal biotechnology. (1)
Review activity for Annals of laboratory medicine. (2)
Review activity for Biologia. (1)
Review activity for BMC complementary and alternative medicine (3)
Review activity for BMC microbiology (1)
Review activity for Cogent food & agriculture. (1)
Review activity for Critical reviews in food science & nutrition. (1)
Review activity for Current microbiology. (1)
Review activity for Current microbiology. (1)
Review activity for Food analytical methods. (1)
Review activity for Genome. (1)
Review activity for International journal of food properties. (1)
Review activity for Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy. (3)
Review activity for Journal of applied microbiology (5)