History

Environmental Biotechnology Research Group (EB Group) is a research group under the Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences (FBSB), focusing mainly on conversion of sustainable and renewable bioresources into value-added green products. EB Group was founded and led by Professor Dato’Dr.Mohd Ali Hassan in 2004 with the tagline of “Waste to Wealth through Biotechnology”. 

EB Group has collaborated with several international research partners including from Japan, South Korea,Thailand and Indonesia. EB Group particularly, has a very close relationship with Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech), Japan whereby it started back in 1998 when Prof. Dato’ Dr. Mohd Ali Hassan initiated the collaboration with Prof.Dr. Yoshihito Shirai of Kyutech.This duo was entrusted by FELDA in 2002 to lead a big project on the utilisation of oil palm biomass for value-added products.The big amount of grant obtained through the project has contributed to the growth of the research and the establishment of EB Group. 

 Profesor Dato' Dr Mohd Ali Hassan (left) with Profesor Dr Yoshihito Shirai (right) 

Since then, EB Group has succeeded in securing several big RDCI grants from local and international sources, namely MOSTI top-down TechnoFund, MTDC-CRDF grant and SATREPS. EB Group has also actively involved in local and international consultancy projects such as with World wide Landfill, Indah Water Konsortium Sdn.Bhd., YPJ Holdings, Nextgreen Pulp & Paper Sdn.Bhd., AMPM Sdn.Bhd., CJ Bio Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., Novozymes Malaysia., Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Japan), Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST Japan) and Ajinomoto Company Inc (Japan).

Updated:: 13/08/2024 [athiyah]