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MOHD TALIB LATIF

I am a professor of atmospheric chemistry and air pollution at the Department of Earth Sciences and Environment, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, and a fellow of the Malaysian Academy of Science (FASc). I completed my BSc in Chemistry and MSc in Environmental Chemistry (Air Pollution) at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and my PhD at the School of Environmental Science, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom. Currently, I serve as the Chairman of the Department of Earth Sciences and Environment at the Faculty of Science and Technology, UKM, and as the President of the Malaysian Association for Aerosol and Air Quality Research (MAAQR). I was a Chairman of Sustainable Resources, Environment, and Smart Living, IDEA Centre UKM (2020-2023); deputy dean (postgraduate) at the Faculty of Science and Technology (2018-2020), Deputy Director at the Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI, UKM) (2015-2018), Head of the Centre for the Tropical Climate Change System (IKLIM), Institute for Climate Change (2013-2014) and Head of the Environmental Science Programme (2010-2013). In 2014, I did my sabbatical leave at the Centre for Atmospheric Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge. My main research work involves the composition of atmospheric aerosols from various sources, including the sea surface microlayer (SML). I also work on the composition of gases, primarily focusing on surface ozone and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the atmosphere. My research group collaborates closely with government agencies in Malaysia, including the Malaysian Department of Environment (DOE) and the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia). At the international level, I am actively involved with the research community within the Asian continent through the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry-Monsoon Asia (IGAC-MANGO) project. From 2018 to 2023, I was appointed to one of the scientific steering committees for the Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS). I am now a member of the Task Force Bureau (TFB) on the National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI), the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In 2018, I received the Top Research Scientist Award from the Academy of Sciences Malaysia for my research and publications.