WCMB 2023

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Scientific Committee

PROFESSOR DATO’ DR. AILEEN TAN SHAU HWAI
Committee Chair
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)

MALAYSIA

Aileen Tan is currently the Director of Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies (CEMACS) in USM and also the
Executive Director of the Asia-Pacific University-Community Engagement Network (APUCEN). She has been
elected as the first woman president of the 56-years old UNITAS Malacologica, which is based in Belgium, from 2013-2016, where she has organised the World Congress of Malacology in Penang, Malaysia in 2016. She was also the Scientific Chair of the World Seafood Congress 2019, held in Penang, Malaysia. She has
convened over 20 international conferences, workshops and symposia, mostly in Malaysia and the ASEAN
egion. Through her involvement in international networks and her active involvement in IOC Sub-Commission
for the Western Pacific (IOC-WESTPAC), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), World Oyster
Society and UNDP, she has an extensive network of contacts to promote attendance, especially in the ASEAN
region where the Biodiversity Hotspot is located. She has many research collaborations with scientists from
Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, Vietnam, Philippines, China, Australia, USA, UK and Denmark. She is also an
active player in Women’s Academic Leadership: Experiences of a Research University in USM and she is also involved in Regional Gender Workshop on Gender Strategies Implementation in the SEAFDEC/USAID Oceans and Fisheries Partnership in Thailand.

Prof. Dr. Zulfigar Yasin

Advisor, Centre For Marine & Coastal Studies (CEMACS), Universiti Sains Malaysia

MALAYSIA

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Dr. Abe Woo Sau Pinn

Centre For Marine & Coastal Studies (CEMACS), Universiti Sains Malaysia

MALAYSIA

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Dr. Iswandy Idris

Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu

MALAYSIA

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Dr. Venmathi Maran

Centre Borneo Marine Research Institute, University Malaysia Sabah

MALAYSIA

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Dr. Mahadi Mohamed

School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia

MALAYSIA

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Dr. SM Sharifuzzaman

Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Chittagong

BANGLADESH

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Dr. Yoshihira Shirayama

Executive Director, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)

JAPAN

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Prof. Dr. Hiroshi Miyake

School of Marine Biosciences, Kitasato University

JAPAN

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Dr. Toshihiko Fujita

National Museum of Nature and Science Japan

JAPAN

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Prof. Dr Gray A. Williams

Director, The Swire Institute of Marine Science, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong

HONGKONG

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Dr. Kustiariyah Tarman

Aquatic Product Technology Department, Bogor Agricultural University

INDONESIA

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Prof. Ocky Karna Radjasa

Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, Diponegoro University

INDONESIA

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Dr. Emelia Santamaria

Remote Envenomation Consultancy Services (RECS) Philippines

PHILIPPINES

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Prof. Dr. Miguel D. Fortes

National Engineering Center (NEC) University of the Philippines

PHILIPPINES

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Dr. Patrick Joseph Tiglao

Philippine College of Emergency Medicine

PHILIPPINES

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Dr. Iffah Iesa

Curator of Cnidarian, Echinodermata and Microscope Slide Collections, Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum

SINGAPORE

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Prof. Dr. Suchana Apple Chavanich

Sustainable Ocean Ambassador of UN/FAO-AFMA Annex, Reef Biology Research Group, Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University

THAILAND

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Dr. Makamas Suttacheep

Head, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ramkanhaeng University

SINGAPORE

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Dr. Voranop Viyakarn

Head, Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University Deputy Director, The Island and Sea Natural History Museum

SINGAPORE

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Prof. Dr. Thamasak Yeemin

Vice President for Research & Academic Affairs, Faculty of Science, Ramkanhaeng University President of Marine Association of Thailand

SINGAPORE

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Dr. Eknarin Rodcharoen

Department of Aquatic Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources, Prince of Songkla University

THAILAND

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Dr. Pornpimon Chuaduangpui

Head, Department of Aquatic Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources, Prince of Songkla University

THAILAND

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Prof. Dr. Benoit Dayrat

Pennsylvania State University

USA

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Prof. Dr. Martin H. Posey

Professor, Department of Biology and Marine Biology University of North Carolina-Wilmington

USA

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Dao Viet Hay

Director, Institute of Oceanography, Vietnam Acade- my of Science & Technology

VIETNAM

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Doan Nhu Hai

Head of Marine Plankton Department, Institute of Oceanography, Vietnam Academy of Science & Technology

VIETNAM

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