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Siti Aisyah Alias

Siti Aisyah Alias is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Siti Aisyah Alias rather than just read about it. In short: Siti Aisyah Binti Haji Alias (born 25 March 1966) is a Malaysian marine polar researcher and lecturer. As of August 2016, she is Associate Professor and Director of the National Antarctic Research Centre (NARC) in the Malaysian Antarctic Research Programme (MARP), at the University of Malaya.

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Reference excerpt

Siti Aisyah Binti Haji Alias (born 25 March 1966) is a Malaysian marine polar researcher and lecturer. As of August 2016, she is Associate Professor and Director of the National Antarctic Research Centre (NARC) in the Malaysian Antarctic Research Programme (MARP), at the University of Malaya. Her work focuses on the physiology of marine and polar microbes and fungi.

Early life and education Alias was born on 25 March 1966, in Rembau, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. She studied at Tunku Ampuan Durah from 1981 to 1983. She graduated from the University of Malaya, Malaysia with a BSc in Ecology in 1991. She earned a PhD in marine mycology at the University of Portsmouth in 1996. She returned to Malaysia to work as a lecturer at the Institute of Biological Sciences, UM, and started a research program on marine mycology, later pursuing polar research on fungal diversity and enzymology. In 2015, she was transferred to Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences (IOES).

Career and impact Since 2001, Alias has been the Deputy Director of the National Antarctic Research Centre (NARC) and Malaysian Antarctic Research Programme (MARP). She is a National Delegate member for the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) representing Malaysia, Committee Member for the Asian Forum on Polar Science (AFOPS) and a Task Force Member, Academy of Science Malaysia for the Malaysian Antarctic Program. As a principal investigator for MARP, her scientific research fields include fungal biodiversity and phylobiogeography, antimicrobial activity and cold-adapted enzymes and biochemistry of Antarctic microbes. Her strong commitment to the development of the Malaysian national Antarctic research community, and Malaysia's standing within both SCAR and the Antarctic Treaty System, is illustrated by her establishment of important international collaborations with several national Antarctic Institutes and research communities, including those of Ecuador, Australia, Chile, Poland and the United Kingdom. She also has significant field experience in the Antarctic and Arctic, participating in several polar research expeditions (2000-2010). She is assisting the development of Malaysia's Antarctic policies and practices following the country's recent accession to the Antarctic Treaty, under a grant from Ministry of Higher Education for the development of Science and Policy in Antarctica (2011-2016). She will lead a Higher Institute of Centre of Excellence project on "Latitudinal Differences in Response and Adaptation of Microbes to Atmospheric Changes", at the Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences (IOES), University of Malaya.

Awards and honours Siti Aisyah Alias was awarded Fellow of Science (FSc) by Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) (2018) and the National Young Scientist Award, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environmental, Malaysia (2001), a Science and Technology Research Grant from the Toray Science Foundation (2005), and a Fellowship from the United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan, UNESCO, Paris (2008).

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Siti Aisyah Alias

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Siti Aisyah Alias claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Siti Aisyah Alias before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Siti Aisyah Alias ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Siti Aisyah Alias

In research: Siti Aisyah Alias appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Siti Aisyah Alias in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Siti Aisyah Alias is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1966 births, Alumni of the University of Portsmouth, Antarctic scientists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Siti Aisyah Alias outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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