Sarani Zakaria (Prof. Dr.)
Ph.D., MSc., (UMIST 1994),
B.Sc. (Bishop’s University),
Tel. No. : 03-89213261
Room no. : 0132 (K)
e-mail : sarani@ukm.my
Research Interests:
Pulp and paper technology, bio-composites, bio-adhesive, bio-plastic, and bio-fuel
from lignocellulose materials, chemical modification and regenerated cellulose,
magnetic cellulose.
Involvement in Communities/Learned Societies/Journals:
Technical committee member for Pulp and Paper Board Malaysia- SIRIM
Member Ad-Hoc Committee for the degree evaluation of BSc(Hons) in
Technology of Bio-Composites - Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
Malaysian Brain Gain Fellowship (2009-2010)
Visiting Fellow at University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences,
Vienna (2009-2010) - Brain Gain Fellowship; University of Manchester Institute
of Science and Technology, UK (2002-2003) - ACU Fellowship; Kyoto University,
Kyoto, Japan (2003)- JSPS Fellowship
Member of Australian Pulp and Paper Industry Technical Association (APPITA)
Member of Malaysian Society for Engineering and Technology (MSet)
Selected Publications
- Chia, C.H., Zakaria, S., Yusoff, M., Goh, S.C., Haw, C.Y., Ahmadi, S., Huang,
N.M. & Lim, H.N. Size and crystallinity-dependent magnetic properties of
CoFe2O4 nanocrystals. 2010. Ceramics International 36: 605-609.
- Ahmadzadeh, A. & Zakaria, S. Liquefaction of oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB)
into phenol and characterization of Phenolated EFB resin. 2009. Industrial
Crops and Products 30(1): 54-58.
- Chai, L.L., Zakaria, S., Chia, C.H., Nabihah, S. & Rasid, R. 2009. Physicomechanical
properties of PF composites board from EFB fibres using
liquefaction technique. Iranian Polymer Journal 18(11): 1-7.
- Chia, C.H., Zakaria, S., Nguyen, K.L., Dang, V.Q. & Duong, T.D. 2009.
Characterisation of magnetic paper using Fourier transform infrared
spectroscopy. Materials Chemistry and Physics 113: 768-772.
