Dr. Chee Kong YAP is an academician for more than 14 years in UPM and 19 years as a researcher, He has supervised more than 71 undergraduates and 30 postgraduate students (as a Chairman and Member of Supervisory Committee) in the fields of ecotoxicology, environmental biology, environmental sciences, water quality and ecotoxicological genetics. His research area is mainly focused on biomonitoring and monitoring of inorganic pollutants (heavy metals) in the aquatic environment using mollusks and sediments. He has published more than 253 published in refereed academic journals, 2 books, 10 book chapters. Until May 2017, 178 of them have now been indexed in Elsevier’s Scopus with an H-index of 21 (>1621 citations). He has also been invited in honorary as Editorial Board members for more than 20 international academic journals (Scopus) since 2010. In recognition of his scientific achievement and research outputs, his biography has been selected for inclusion in the Marquis Who’s Who in the World.

Dr. Chee Kong YAP research Interest of interest includes ecotoxicology, environmental biology, environmental sciences, water quality and ecotoxicological genetics.