Principal Associate Fellow

PROF. Ts. DR. FAIZAL K.P. KUNCHI MOHAMED

Line of Expertise: Biophysics, Nanotechnology, Radiation and Nuclear Safety

Qualification:

BSc. (Hons) Sains Nuklear, UKM Malaysia

PhD (Fizik), Exeter, United Kingdom

Current Position:

1. Director of Yayasan Canselor, UKM

2. Course Coordinator

Office No.: 03-8921 5475

Email: faizalm@ukm.edu.my

(i)            Salim, N.A.A., Mostapa, R., Othman, Z., Mat Daud, N., Harun, A.R. & Mohamed, F. 2020. Geographical identification of Oryza sativa MR 220CL from Peninsular Malaysia using elemental and isotopic profiling. Food Control, 110: 106967. doi: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2019.106967. (ISI & Scopus, IF:3.667, Q1)

(ii)           Jamil, M.Z.A.M., Mohamed, F., Rosli, N.R.A.M., Rahman, I.A., Idris, M.I., Bradley, D.A., Md Nor, M. & Mohd Mustafa, S.N. 2019. Effect of gamma irradiation on magnetic gadolinium oxide nanoparticles coated with chitosan (GdNPs-Cs) as contrast agent in magnetic resonance imaging. Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 165:1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2019.108407. (ISI & Scopus, IF: 1.984, Q1)

(iii)          Sulaiman, S.N.A., Mohamed, F., Ab Rahim, A.N., Kassim, M.S. & Hamzah, N.S. 2019.  Source term atmospheric release and core inventory analysis for The PUSPATI TRIGA reactor under severe accident conditions. Sains Malaysiana, 48(10):2277-2284. (ISI & Scopus, IF: 0.565, Q3)

(iv)          Ripin, A., Mohamed, F., Idris, M.I. & Suhaimin, N.S. 2019. Radiation Shielding Integrity of Mullite-Barite Ceramic (MBC) due to Fire Events. Sains Malaysiana, 48(2):443-449. (ISI & Scopus, IF: 0.565, Q3)

(v)           Maskin, M., Hassan, A., Brayon, F. C., Phongsakorn, P. T., Zakaria, M. F., Ramli, Z. & Mohamed, F. 2018. Quantification of initiating event frequencies and component reliability data in level 1 probablistic safety assessment at Puspati TRIGA research reactor. Annals of Nuclear Energy, 121:22-28. doi: 10.1016/j.anucene.2018.07.013 (ISI & Scopus, IF: 1.476, Q1)

(vi)          Muanghorn, W., Konsue, N., Sham, H., Othman, Z., Mohamed, F., Noor, N. M. Othman, N., Akmal, N. S. S. M. N., Fauzi, N. A., Solomen, M. M. P. D. & Razis, A. F. A. 2018. Effects of gamma irradiation on tropomyosin allergen, proximate composition and mineral elements in giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii). Journal of Food Science and Technology, 55(5): 1960–1965. doi: 10.1007/s13197-018-3104-3. (ISI, Scopus, IF:1.797 Q2)

(vii)         Ripin, A., Mohamed, F., Choo, T.F., Yusof, M. R., Hashim, S. & Ghoshal, S. K. 2018. X-ray shielding behaviour of kaolin derived mullite-barites ceramic. Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 144: 63-68. doi: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2017.11.014. (ISI, Scopus, IF: 1.435, Q2)

(viii)        Napia, L. M. A., Rahman, I. A., Hamzah, M. Y., Mohamed, F., Mohd, H. M. K., Bastamam, I. S. A. & Sharin, S. 2018. Effect of Gamma Irradiation on the Physical Stability of DPPC Liposomes. Sains Malaysiana, 47(6):1235-1240. doi: 10.17576/jsm-2018-4706-19. (ISI, Scopus, IF: 0.565, Q2)

(ix)          Hassan, A., Maskin, M., Tom, P. P., Brayon, F., Hlavac, P. & Mohamed, F. 2017. Operator response modeling and human error probability in TRIGA Mark II research reactor probabilistic safety assessment. Annals of Nuclear Energy. 102: 179-189. doi: 10.1016/j.anucene.2016.12.024

(ISI & Scopus, IF: 1.476, Q1)

(x)           Jamil, M. Z. A. M., Mohamed, F., Rosli, N. R. A. M. & Rahman, I. A. 2017. Encapsulation of gadolinium nanoparticles in amino acid based vesicles.  Malaysian Journal of Analytical Sciences, 21(6): 1235-1242. doi: 10.17576/mjas-2017-2106-04

(Scopus, IF:0.035, Q4)

SELECTED RESEARCH GRANTS (PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR)

 

  1. Novel Synthesis of Vesicle-Hydrogen Peroxide Nanoemulsion as Radiosensitizer in Radiation Therapy and Oxygen Enhancer in Tissue Biomimetics 2017 – 2020
  2. Synthesis of Gadolinium Nanoparticle for Theranostic Magnetic Resonanace Imaging (MRI)-Radiosensitization 2016 – 2018
  3. Rare Earth Metal (Gadolinium) Based Nanoparticles as Radiosensitizer in Radiation Therapy 2014 – 2016
  4. Amino Acid Based Vesicle as Radiosensitizer 2013 – 2015
  5. Synthesis Of Assembled Amino Acid Based Biosurfactant Vesicle 2010 – 2013
  6. Synthesis of [F-18] Fluorocholine as a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Radiotracer for Cancer Imaging 2010 – 2012
  7. Self Assembled Amino Acid Based Surfactant Vesicle: A Novel Carrier for Drug Delivery 2010 – 2012

 

SELECTED RESEARCH GRANTS (CO-INVESTIGATOR)

  1. Unmanned Radiation Monitoring System via the Internet of Drone 2019-2021
  2. Radiation-induced synthesis of Polymer-grafted Gold nanoparticle: a Novel Approach for Producing Stable The Radiosensitizer for Radiotherapy Treatment                2019-2021
  3. Biophysical and Biochemical Degradation Mechanism Causing Systemic Chronic Joint Pain in Radiation Treated Cancer Patients                2019-2020
  4. Effect of Ionising Radiation on Lubricin Degradation and its Contribution Towards Joint Loss of Lubrication Due to Post Radiation Cancer Treatment                2018-2020
  5. Application of Non-Transferred Arc Plasma Technology to immobilize Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) in the Oil Sludge                2018-2020
  6. Clay as a radionuclides adsorbent of water leach purification (WLP) waste 2017-2020
  7. Radiation Induced Grafting of Smart Polymer for Implant in Soft-Tissue Injury 2017-2020