INTRODUCTION TO IRS

The Purpose

INOCEM Research Station (IRS) is a research station formally established to concentrate on integrated research activities related to sustainable exploitations of natural resources. Our main area is on aquatic resources with strong emphasize on river, estuary and marine resources.

The Research

IRS welcomes researchers from other departments in IIUM to join us in achieving the aspiration of the station to perform an integrated research for the natural resources to be sustainably exploited for the future. We are also looking forward any request for collaboration, contract, extension and consultation research activities from other research institutions and industry community. The existing research activities include:

1.     Hatchery Technology

2.     Fish Behaviour Study

3.     Broodstock Management Study

4.     Live Feed Production

5.     Selective Breeding and Molecular Database

6.     Marine Ecosystem Health

7.     Horseshoe Crab Flagship Project

The Team

The station comprises of different group of people who work together as a team. This includes the researchers, administrative officers and technical team.

Our main research team:

Associate Prof Dr. Zaleha Kassim

Aquatic Biology, Marine Ecology
drzack@iium.edu.my

Assistant Prof. Dr. Akbar John
Marine Biotechnology

akbarjohn@iium.edu.my

Associate member:

Prof. Dr. K.C.A. Jalal Khan
Associate Prof. Dr. Y. Mukai
Assistant Prof. Dr. Ahmad Asfar

Science officer:
Br. Khairul anwar Rusli