Faculty of Pharmacy

Staff Directory

Name: HALIZA KATAS

Positions:

  • Academic: Associate Professor
  • Admin: Deputy Dean (Research and Innovation)

Email: haliza.katas@ukm.edu.my

Qualifications:

  • PhD (Pharmaceutics)

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7249-1628

Taught courses:

Undergraduates

  • NFNF1623 Basic Pharmacology and Toxicology
  • NFNF2722 Dosage Form Design and Development III
  • NFNF3722 Pharmaceutical Biotechnology dan Radiopharmaceuticals
  • NFNF1234 Cosmetic Sciences
  • NFNF2345 Drug Design and Development

Postgraduates

  • NFNA6913 Biopharmaceutical Technology
  • NFNA6613 Drug Discovery and Development
  • NFNF3273 Industrial Pharmacy

Ongoing/graduated – Masters/PhD: 

Ongoing: 

  • BABAY ASIH SULIASIH, PhD Graduate Research Assistant (GRA)
  • YU NA, PhD Graduate Research Assistant (GRA)
  • NOORRASYIDAH MOHD SARMIN, PhD Graduate Research Assistant (GRA)
  • NIKE DEWI UTAMI, PhD Graduate Research Assistant (GRA)
  • SYAIFUZAH SAPIAN, PhD Graduate Research Assistant (GRA)
  • MOHAMMAD AQIL M FATHIL, Master Graduate Research Assistant (GRA)
  • FARHA YASMIN FARIS TAUFEQ, Master Graduate Research Assistant (GRA)
  • CHARZEN MAE A. KINOAN, Master Graduate Research Assistant (GRA)
  • AZRI FARHANAH ABD AZIZ, Master Graduate Research Assistant (GRA)
  • NURUL HIDAYAH MOHD ROSEDI, Master Graduate Research Assistant (GRA)

PhD Graduate Researchers :

  • ZAHID HUSSAIN (GOT)
  • MARIA ABDUL GHAFOOR RAJA 
  • ABADI GUMAH MOHAMED ABADI
  • MUHAMMAD ASHFAQ
  • ADEEL MASOOD BUTT
  • MUHAMMAD WAHAB AMJAD
  • MUHAMMAD IRFAN SIDDIQUE (GOT)
  • WAN MAZNAH BINTI WAN ISHAK
  • SUNDOS SULEMAN ISMAIL ABDALLA (GOT)
  • AHMAD YASSER HAMDI NOR AZLAN (GOT)

Master Graduate Researchers :

  • NIK NUR SHAMIHA NIK DZULKEFLI
  • SITI SARAH OMAR ZAKI
  • NG KHEN ENG
  • FATIN HANANI MOHD FADHIL
  • ZUL HADIF ABD AZIZ
  • ABDIN SHAKIRIN MOHAMAD NORPI
  • The Malaysian Local Chapter, Controlled Release Society (MyCRS)

Engagement (Industry/Community)

With her vast experiences in the development of biopolymers-based nanoparticles, she has been awarded recently with a research grant from the Malaysian Rubber Council (MRC) through the MRC Global Funding for Rubber Innovation (MRC GFRI). The project is related to the development of sustainable nanofungicides to control fungal diseases in selected rubber plantations in Malaysia. In collaboration with the Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB) and Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), the developed nanofungicides will be evaluated for their safety, efficacy and sustainability.

In collaboration with Lignas Bio Synergy Plt., she has been awarded the JT Special Award in Tech-Planter Demo Day in Malaysia (2018) for the development of nanoparticles for Lignosus rhinocerus extracts. Recently, nanoparticles have been developed for chronic wound healing.

Research interest/focus (one paragraph, 1 figure to describe) & Research: link to Sarjana UKM (Scopus, linked-in, google scholar, Wos)

She is actively involved in research that explores drug delivery systems for therapeutic proteins and nucleic acids, particularly RNA interfering (RNAi)-based molecules such as small interfering RNA (siRNA) and Dicer-substrate siRNA (DsiRNA). The focus of her research is mainly on the development of nanoparticles based on chitosan and its derivatives as well as other biodegradable polymers.