Dr. Sharipah Nadzirah Syed Ahmad Ayob

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E-mail: sharipahnadzirah@ukm.edu.my

Research Areas

  • Micro/Nanoelectronics
  • Electronic Biosensors
  • Semiconductor Process, Semiconductor Devices, Semiconductor Device Design
  • Metal Oxide (TiO2/ZnO nanostructures)

Sharipah Nadzirah is a Lecturer/Research Fellow at the Institute of Microengineering and Nanoelectronics (IMEN), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). She holds a PhD in Nanoelectronic Engineering (UniMAP) and a Bachelor of Science (Hons.) in Industrial Physics (UiTM). Her expertise is in nanoelectronic engineering and advanced biosensor fabrication. Her research covers nano/microelectronics, semiconductor device fabrication, device physics, and electronic biosensors, particularly field-effect transistor (FET) sensors, interdigitated electrode platforms, and metal oxide nanomaterials. She develops semiconductor-based biosensors for detecting Escherichia coli DNA, Human Serum Albumin, COVID-19 RNA, and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) DNA. With 64 indexed publications (H-index: 13; 607citations), she holds a Malaysian patent (MY209513A) on FET biosensor technology and actively promotes academia–industry collaborations for healthcare and industrial diagnostics.

  • BSC (Honours) Industrial Physics, Universiti Teknologi MARA, June 2011

  • PhD Nanoelectronics Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, October 2016

  1. Lecturer DS13 (Contract), Institute of Microengineering and Nanoelectronics (IMEN), UKM. 2026 – Recent.
  2. GIG Akademik (Part-time Lecturer), IMEN, UKM, Malaysia. 2024 – 2026
  3. Co-Research fellow, Institute of Nano Electronic Engineering (INEE), Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP). 2023 – 2026
  4. Research Assistant, IMEN, UKM, Malaysia. 2021 – 2024
  5. Postdoctoral Researcher, IMEN, UKM, Malaysia. 2019 – 2021
  6. Part time Lecturer, Fakulti Kejuruteraan dan Alam Bina (FKAB), Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM), Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Feb 2019 – July 2019 (1 semester)
  7. Product Test Engineer, Infineon Technology, Kulim, Kedah, Malaysia. 2018 – 2019
  8. Senior Engineer, Mimos Berhad, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2017 – 2018
  1. Subject: RRR 6012 / 8012 Nanoelectronics / Advanced Nanoelectronics. IMEN, UKM (Postgraduate). Sept 2025 – Recent
  2. Subject: Safety Talk (Gases). IMEN UKM (Postgraduate). 1 Oct 2025 – Recent
  3. Subject 1: FET Sensors. Subject 2: Resistive and Capacitive Sensors. Program International Summer Course on Smart Sensor 2025 with Zhejiang Normal University, China (Undergraduate). 6 – 11 Aug 2025
  4. Subject: Engineering Mathematics II. FKAB, USIM (Undergraduate, Semester 2). Feb 2019 – Jul 2019