Prof. Dato´ Dr. Mazlin Bin Mokhtar, FASc, FMIC

Director & Principal Fellow

Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI)

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)

h-index 18 (Citations 1142 by May 2019)

Paduka Mahkota Perak (PMP) Award by His Royal

Highness The Sultan of Perak (2002) and Dato' Setia

DiRaja Kedah (DSDK) Award with title Dato' by His

Royal Highness The Sultan of Kedah (2014).

Langkawi Award for 2017/2018 endorsed by His

Royal Highness The Yang DiPertuan Agong (King of

Malaysia) via the office of The Honorable Minister of

MESTECC, Malaysia.

Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation

Affairs) of UKM (16/01/2014–15/01/2017).

Director of LESTARI, UKM (2005-2013) and again as

Director of LESTARI (March 2019 to Feb 2022).

Founding Director of PUSPA (Centre for Public and

International Relations) of UKM (2001-2004).

Chairman of Executive Committee that evaluated the

performance of Lynas Rare Earth Processing Plant.

Deputy Chairman of Executive Committee to develop

SOP for Bauxite Mining and Exportation.

Chairman of the fifteenth session of Environmental

Quality Council of Malaysia (2015-2018).

Deputy Head, Cluster on Natural Resources and

Environment, National Council of Professors (MPN).

Fellow of Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) and

Institute of Chemistry Malaysia (IKM).

Member of Sustainable Development Solutions Network

(SDSN) Malaysia Chapter Leadership Council.

Member of Board of Trustees of World Wide Fund for

Nature (WWF), Malaysia (2014-30/07/2018).

Elected Member of the UKM Senate (2017 - 2020).

Member of the Malaysia-Thailand Joint Authority

(MTJA) Research Cess Fund Committee.

Member of the prestigious Nomination Committee for

Environment category of the coveted Merdeka Award,

for the years of 2014, 2015 and 2016 worth of

RM500,000.00 cash for each winner.

Founding member of ICC, i.e. international

coordinating committee of UNCECAR.

Founding member of Malaysian Water Partnership

(established in the 1990s).

Expert in Environmental Analytical Chemistry and

Environmental Management.

Ongoing Research includes Sustainability Science

and Governance for Sustainability; Education and

Capacity Building for Sustainable Development.

Member of the United Nations Development

Programme (UNDP)- Small Grants Programme

(SGP)– Global Environment Facility (GEF),

Malaysia (2000 - 06/2018, i.e. the longest serving).

Board Member of International Research and

Development Institute (IRDI), and International

Medical University (IMU).

Elected Vice Chairman (in charge) of MyCapNet

(Malaysia Capacity Building Network for IWRM)

country manager in the early 2000.

Founder of MyNICHE (2005); & Environmental

Risk Management (2012-2015) Leader by JSPS.