FOO HOOI LING
BSc (Hons) (UPM), Post Grad Diploma in Edu (UM), DPhil (London University, UK)
		Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
		hlfoo@upm.edu.my

Education and work history

Professor Dr Foo Hooi Ling has broad research interests. However, her primary research interest is in the field of Industrial Biotechnology, which encompasses: A) Production, characterisation and optimisation of various preparations of probiotics, postbiotic/metabolites and paraprobiotics derived from Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and their applications as health supplements, B) Production, optimisation and characterisations of various preparations of postbiotic/metabolites produced by LAB and their applications in cancer prevention and treatments, C) Production, optimisation, purification, characterisation and applications of extracellular hydrolytic enzymes produced by LAB, D) Applications of bacterial cultures as a biotransformation agent, E) Bio-transformation of agro wastes and value-added products mediated by bacterial cultures, F) Optimisation of culture condition for the production of bioactive peptides, enzymes and valuable biological compounds. She has produced 5 book chapters and more than 110 articles in reviewed journals with her research team. Moreover, 20 patents from 33 patents have been filed as a project leader, whereby 10 patents were granted by Malaysia, Australia, Singapore, China, Japan, the USA, and Korea. Currently, she serves as an editor for Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, an official journal of the International Society of Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology (ISBAB). She is also active in various scientific societies and she is the newly elected President of the Malaysian Society for Lactic Acid Bacteria (MSLAB, 2021-2022). She was also the Honorary Treasurer for the MSLAB from 2014-2018 and as an Executive Committee of MSLAB for 2018-2020. She is also the elected Vice President of the Asian Federation of Societies for Lactic Acid Bacteria (AFSLAB, 2019-2023). In addition, she has a long contribution record for the Malaysian Society for Microbiology (MSM). She was the Honorary Secretary from 2004-2006, Honorary Treasurer from 2006-2015, Vice President from 2015-2017 and Honorary Auditor for 2017-2019.

Orchid ID	:	orcid.org/0000-0002-5309-0965
Scopus ID	:	57024850600
Google Scholar ID	:	Hooi-Ling Foo

Updated:: 01/08/2023 [farahdeena]