User:Shabdin

My career as a lecturer started in 1986 at University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Sabah Campus (UKMS), upon my graduation with a MSc from Heriot-Watt University, Scotland. Here, I was immediately assigned to teach Marine Science courses for the undergraduate students until I was offered a position in Unimas.

In April 1994, I joined Unimas as a member of the pioneer team in the Faculty of Resource Science and Technology. During the early days, apart from my role as a lecturer, I was actively involved in planning and improving the curriculum for the Aquatic Resource Science and Management Programme as well as equipping and upgrading the laboratories. In the year 1999 I was conferred a Ph.D degree from Universiti Kabangsaan Malaysia. In teaching and learning activities, I have taught 14 different courses under the Resource Science and Management Programme either as the sole lecturer or co-lecturer. Apart from formal teaching, I supervised students in their final year projects as well as postgraduate students conducting their research. As of date, I have supervised a total of 71 B.Sc students as main supervisor and co-supervisor. I am currently supervising 1 PhD, 2 MSc and co-supervising 1 MSc candidates in Department of Aquatic Science, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology.

I derived great pleasure from conducting research and upon my appointment as lecturer in UKM, I applied for funding in research projects from UKM and was successful in conducting 3 fundamental research projects. At Unimas, I managed to complete 5 projects of fundamental research grant and 1 IRPA project. My research has since become more focused and in the last 3 years, I have concentrated on the aquaculture especially on the use of free-living nematodes as food for fishes and crabs during their larval stage. Based on my research findings, I have now published a total of 62 articles consisting of 18 international journal/book chapters, 6 national journals/book chapters, 10 international technical papers, 13 national technical papers and 15 others. At the Faculty, I served as the Deputy Director for matriculation centre for Unimas with my first appointment in April 1998. I also served as Head of Core Group, Aquatic Resource Biology (2000-2002), Deputy Dean (Undergraduate & Student Development)(2001-2003), Head of Research and Management Unit (2003-2004) and Dean of Faculty of Resource Science and Technology (2004-2006 and 2008-2012). I also served on several other committees at the Faculty and University levels. I strongly convinced myself that networking with other people in similar line of work is very important, hence I have taken the initiative to join the International Association of Meiobenthologist and Malaysian Marine Science Association. My knowledge in the field of Meiobenthology has given me the opportunity to participate in 15 consultancy works. Public service is another area that I am actively involved in as I believed we should give something back to the society. I have been involved in giving motivational talks for student at few schools. After serving as a lecturer for almost 25 years, I have served with full dedication and contributed greatly in aspects of teaching, research, service and management. University Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) has recognized my numerous contributions and I was awarded the Excellent Service Award (3 times) for the year 2001, 2005 and 2010. I look forward to continue this challenging career in which I can greatly contribute to the expansion and full usage of knowledge and development for the good of Unimas and Malaysia.