Centre for Research
Research Specialisation
Currently, there are more than 200 staff/researchers who are engaged in research and consultancy at Taylor's. Taylor's welcomes any form of research collaborations with any parties who wish to contribute to the body of knowledge and support the Government's call to the higher education sector to be more innovative.

The research experts at Taylor's classified according to the various Schools are as follows: 
 
SCHOOL NAME RESEARCH EXPERTISE
School of
Architecture,
Building & Design

Tony Liew
Dean
School of Architecture, Building and Design
Curriculum Design and Development
Phenomenology in Architecture
Architecture History
Dr Veronica Ng
Associate Dean
(Teaching & Learning)
Stream Coordinator
(Design & Design Studies)
Senior Lecturer
Concept of place & Sense of place
Design methods & techniques
Architectural history & heritage
Ms M TamilSalvi Mari
Stream Co-ordinator
(Environmental Studies)
Teaching & Learning in Architecture
Ecological literacy in Architectural Studies
Sustainability in Architecture and Built Environment
Thermal Comfort & Building Envelope
Ms Nor Hayati Hussain
Senior Lecturer
Architecture History and Theory
Architecture Design and Application
Mr Woon Wai Cheong
Lecturer
(Mechanical Engineering)
The impact of the UNESCO World Heritage award on the conservation of heritage architecture in Malaysia
Adaptation of literary texts to film.
Language shift in the Kadazandusun communities in Sabah.
Student ability to cope and adapt to architectural studies in college
 
SCHOOL NAME RESEARCH EXPERTISE
School of
Biosciences

Dr Anthony Ho Siong Hock
Acting Dean
Research & Development

Isolation and characterization of bioactive compounds from natural sources
Investigating mechanisms of cell death induced by natural compounds
Development of assays in drug discovery
Dr Phelim Yong Voon Chen
Associate Dean
(Research & Development)/Lecturer
Elucidation of host response towards fungal infection via proteomics and transcriptomics
Expression of recombinant proteins as diagnostic markers and immunotherapeutic agents
Evaluation of natural compounds for antifungal activity
Metabolic approaches toward understanding of host-pathogen interaction in Cryptococcus.
Dr Adeline Chia Yoke Yin
Teaching & Learning Coordinator / Lecturer
Nutritional biochemistry / molecular biology/endocrinology in health and diseases
Effect of compounds e.g: glycyrrhizic acid on lipid and carbohydrate metabolism
Current research: Female reproductive system (diseases and disorders)/Molecular modeling (bioinformatics approaches)
Dr Kailasapathy Kasipathy
Professor
Improving human gut health through incorporation of probiotics and prebiotics in novel functional foods and nutraceuticals
Isolation and evaluation of bioactive compounds in foods
Encapsulation and controlled release of bioactive molecules
Dr Stacey Yong Foong Yee
Associate Professor
Molecular Microbiology
Epidemiological study of Legionella penumophila
Water quality assessment using viral indicators
Dr Rebecca Wong Shin Yee
Senior Lecturer
Stem cell research
Leukemia research
Medical education research
Chee Kah Leong
Lecturer
Surface and colloids study
Thermo-responsive polymer for drug carrier
Nanocomposites as an antimicrobial agent
Chew Lye Yee
Lecturer
Nutritional Composition and Antioxidant Properties of Underutilized Fruits/Food Porcessing by Products
Dr Jee Jap Meng
Lecturer
Natural product for antitumour and antimicrobial
Dr Kambiz Shamsi
Lecturer
Emerging processing technologies (pulsed electric field, high pressure), dairy and oil.
Dr Lai How Yee
Lecturer
Elucidating bioactive compounds from medicinal plants, with emphasis on antioxidant, tyrosinase inhibition, antibacterial and anticancer properties.
Lee Khai Wooi (Jason)
Lecturer
Drugs and gene delivery
Genetic engineering and molecular virology
Protein expression, purificationa and caracterization
Lee Lai Kuan
Lecturer
Geriatric and clinical nutrition
Human nutrition
Neurocognition
Nutrigenomic
Nutritional biochemistry
Luqman Hakim Bin Musa
Lecturer
Bayesian Statistics
Extreme Values
Ng Jeck Fei
Lecturer
Biocatalysis, immobilization of biocatalyst, and modification of biomaterials
Tham Sheh May
Lecturer
Evolutionary Genetics
Plant Biotechnology
Dr Wong Ching Lee
Lecturer
Diversity and systematics studies of marine seaweeds
Isolation and natural products from marine seaweeds
Application of marine seaweeds in bioremediation
 
SCHOOL NAME RESEARCH EXPERTISE
Taylor's Business School
Sheela Devi D. Sundarasen
Associate Dean (R&D) / Senior Lecturer
Malaysian Equity Market
Initial Public Offerings (IPO)
Cheryll Lim Tsu-May
Programme Director
Management Accounting
Performance Management System
Theory of Constraints
SMEs
Dr Khong Kok Wei
Professor, Programme Director
Behavioral Science
Services Marketing
Norhanim binti Dewa
Programme Director – BA Applied Finance, UniSA
Corporate Finance: Pecking Order Theory, Financing Choice, Asymmetric Information, Financial Performance
Stock Market Anomalies
Islamic Banking
Quality in Education
Ms Oh Yoke Moi
Programme Director
(UniSA Bachelor of Management (Marketing))
Marketing Communications
Consumer Behavior
Branding
Professor Dr Ong Fon Sim
Professor / Head of Marketing Department
Older Consumers
Ageing
Consumer Behavior
Dr Ali Saeedi Velashani
Senior Lecturer
Market Based Accounting Research
Financial Reporting
Corporate Governance
Accounting Information Systems
Dr Brian C. Imrie
Senior Lecturer
Services Marketing
Consumer Behavior
International Marketing
Dr Ernest Lim Kok Seng
Senior Lecturer
Business Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics Education and Sustainable development in Economics
Dr John Stanley A/L Stephen Murugesu
Senior Lecturer
Financial Reporting
Risk Disclosure Practices of Initial Public Offerings and Public Listed Companies in Malaysia
Lim Lek Chai
Senior Lecturer
Management Accounting in SMI
Management Performance Skill in SMI
Management Skills in Higher Education
Lisa Yong Hen Lin
Senior Lecturer
Instability of beta in Asia Pacific Countries
Issues on credit card usage
Ong Pooi Fong
Senior Lecturer
Power and politics in organisation
Organisational learning
Environmental impact on organisational change
Dr Ravindra Narayanan
Senior Lecturer
Corporate Reporting (current area: CSR and green accounting)
Personal Finance (current area: ageing & retirement planning, debt management & investment planning)
Knowledge management (current area: knowledge sharing) and tax (comparative tax)
Ms Tang Siew Fun
Senior Lecturer
Management, in the area of Quality Assurance
Academic Leadership
Mathematics and Statistical Analysis
Dr Usha Rajagopalan
Senior Lecturer
Accounting
Finance
Alice Cheah Wai Kuan
Lecturer
Packaging & CR
Labelling
Chen Chee Hoong
Lecturer
American Literature
Action Research
Grounded Theory Research
Communication Skills in Medical Education
Ms Choo Siew Ming
Lecturer
Change Management
Strategic Management
Consumer Research
Daphne Lim Wee Ling
Lecturer
Human Capital
Work Life Balance
Career in Women
Teaching and Learning
Nakiran Rajangam
Lecturer
Stock Market
Accounting Issues
Ms Neliza Hilmy Nasrijal
Lecturer
Cross Cultural Consumer Behaviour
Relationship Marketing
Service Quality
Learning Style
Dr Smitha Geetha
Lecturer
Poverty related studies
Development economics
 
SCHOOL NAME RESEARCH EXPERTISE
School of Communication
Ms R. Usha Devi
Associate Dean
(Teaching & Learning)
Politics Race Relations
International Relations
Women and Power
Justin Gerard Victor
Programme Director
(Bachelor of Journalism)
Ethics
Media analysis
Mary Josephine Morais
Programme Director
(Mary Josephine Morais Foundation in Communication)
ESL & EFL acquisition especially in the writing skill
Writing Skill among adult learners of English
Project- based learning of the English language
Pedagogy
Dr. Lokasundari Vijaya Sankar
Senior Lecturer and Head, SEARCH
Language and Politics
Language and Gender
Language and Human Rights
Dr Benedict P. Agulto
Lecturer
New media and society
Media culture
Media policy and governance
Social media and gaming
Jenny Heng Gek Koon
Lecturer
Journalism
Publishing & Visual Communication
Prasana Rosaline Fernandez
Lecturer
Marketing & Advertising
Dr Ramachandran Ponnan
Lecturer
Local Broadcasting
Communication
Dr Stacey Yong Foon Yee
Lecturer
Media and Race
 
SCHOOL NAME RESEARCH EXPERTISE
School of Computing & IT
Ms Banumathy Devi
Dean
Web Development Technologies
Technology in Tourism & Hospitality
e-Service quality
Web service quality
First year experience
Dr Goh Wei Wei
Senior Lecturer
Web 2.0 Technologies, E-Learning Technology
Learning Theories and Critical Thinking Skills
Dr Abdolreza Hajmoosaei
Lecturer
Semantic Web
Semantic Web Data Integration
Ontology
Query based Web Data System
Ms Futeri Jazeilya Md Fadzil
Lecturer
Finance and Mathematics
Finance and Computing
Hong Jer Lang
Lecturer
Database
Data Mining
Information Extraction
Search Engines
Deep Web
Ontology
Semantic Web
Classification
Image Segmentation/Retriecal/Indexing
Nowshath K Bathca
Lecturer
Text Summarization
Mr Sanath Sukumaran
Lecturer
Knowledge Management
Sumathi Balakrishnan
Lecturer
Human Computer Interaction
User Centered Designs
Lim Eng Lye
Associate Lecturer
Computer Games
Computer Assisted Learning
Computer Assisted Learning
Human Computation
 
SCHOOL NAME RESEARCH EXPERTISE
School of Education
Prof. Dr. Malachi Edwin Vethamani
Dean
Teacher Education, Teacher Professional Development, e-learning, computer-mediated applications in education, Teaching English as a Second Language, Teaching Literature in English, Malaysian Literature in English and Malaysian English
Dr Lim Chong Hin
Senior Lecturer
Teacher education, mathematics educations, educational assessment, curriculum policy
 
SCHOOL NAME RESEARCH EXPERTISE
School of Engineering

Assoc. Prof. Dr Mushtak Al-Atabi
Dean
(School of Engineering)
Thermofluids
Renewable Engineering
Biomechanical Engineering
Engineering Education
Academic Leadership
Dr Edwin Chung Chin Yau
Associate Dean, Enterprise
Asynchronous Circuit Design
Assoc. Prof. Dr Marwan M. Shamel
Associate Dean
(Research & Development)
Oil hydrolysis using immobilised enzyme
Cleaning in place for the foul membrane
Membrane separation
Enzyme adsorption on membrane surfaces
Removal of mercury and lead pollution from fresh water
Porosity measurement
Engineering Education
Dr Satesh Namasivayam
Deputy Dean (Academic & Student Affairs) Senior Lecturer
Condensation Heat Transfer
Engineering Education
Energy Efficiency and Conservation
Energy Efficiency and Conservation
Safety, Health and Environment
TRIZ
Dr Chong Chien Hwa
Programme Director (Chemical Engineering)
Driving Technology
 
  - Internittent Drying:
 
i Heat pump
ii Hot air cum cold air
  - Two Stage Drying
 
i Convective cum microwave vacuum
ii Heat pump cum microwave vacuum
Food processing
 
  - Fruit Juice
  - Fruit Powder
Sonication and Esterification Study
 
  - Palm Fatty acid distillate (PFAD)
  - Palm Oil
Drying of liquid droplets
Dr Florence Chong Chiao Mei
Program Director
(Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
Senior Lecturer
Artificial Intelligence
Digital System Design/Implementation using VHDL/ Verilog/FPGA
VLSI Design
Dr Mohammad Hosseini Fouladi
Program Director (Mechanical Engineering)
Machine Condition Monitoring
Noise and Vibration Control
Dr Paul Ratnamahilan Hoole
Professor
Computer Intelligence based on Mammal Intelligence
Electromagnetic Signal/Image Processing
Electric Storm Engineering and of Climate Change
Medical Engineering and Brain Science
Dr Abdulkareem Shafiq Mahdi Al-Obaidi
Senior Lecturer
Aeronautics
Aerodynamics
Computational Fluid Mechanics (CFD)
Panel Method
Kandasamy Pirapaharan
Senior Lecturer
Adaptive/Smart Antennas
Computational Electromagnetics
Propagation of waves in inhomogeneous medium
Alexander Chee Hon Cheong
Lecturer
Mechanical Design
CAD / CAE
Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
Dr. Salim Mohamed Salim
Lecturer
Atmospheric Boundary Layer Flow Interaction with Buildings, Tree Canopies & City Canyons
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) & Large Eddy Simulation (LES)
Turbulence Flow
Urban Airflow & Pollutant Dispersion Modelling
Tham Chan Seng
Lecturer
Neural Networks
Artificial Intelligence
Robotics
Dr TVN Padmesh
Lecturer
Chemical Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Environmental Biotechnology
 
SCHOOL NAME RESEARCH EXPERTISE
School of Hospitality, Tourism & Culinary Arts
Mr Frederic Bouchon
Deputy Dean
(Tourism, Events & Recreation Management)
Destination Branding
Special Interest Tourism
Place Branding & Marketing
Urban Tourism Management
Socio-Anthropology of Tourism & Leisure
Ms Hema Subramonian
Deputy Dean
(Graduate School)
Knowledge Management
E-Commerce
Application of ICT in Hospitality & Tourism
Bhuvanes Veerakumaran
Stream Coordinator
Hospitality Law
Service Marketing
Industrial Economics (SMEs)
Dr Kashif Hussain
Programme Director
(Masters in International Hospitality Management)
Services Marketing
Service Quality
Customer Satisfaction
Job Satisfaction
Perceived Justice
Stress Roles
Organizational Commitment
Sustainable Developments
Product Developments
Higher Education Services
Lisa Tung Pei Pei
Programme Director
(Bachelor of International Tourism Management)
Relationship Marketing
Customer Behaviour
Tourists/Customer Motivation
Tourists/Customer Satisfaction
Loyalty Behaviour
Destination Marketing
Destination Awareness/Image
Mr Toney K. Thomas
Programme Director / Senior Lecturer
Destination Benchmarking
Destination Development
Sustainable Tourism Development
Tourism impact studies
Dr Muhamad Muda
Professor
"Kajian Prestasi Pelajar-Pelajar Bumiputra di- IPTA," Ishak Harun, Muhamad Muda et al, 1999/2000, Kementerian Pendidikan.
"Kajian Kualiti Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran Pelajar di UiTM," Muhamad Muda, Ishak Kassim dan Hasnah Wee, 2000, Universiti Teknologi MARA.
Opportunities for Employment and Training in South East Asia Dive Tourism: A Comparative Study, Ian Chaplin, Alfred Ogle and Muhamad Muda, 1999/2000, Macau Institute of Tourism Education.
"Establishing The Malaysian National Dish."
"The Impact of 2007 Visit Malaysia Year Promotion: Analysing The Choice of Malaysia as a Tourist Destination."
"Food Habits and Preferences of Penangites: An Anthropology Account"
Dr Catheryn Khoo-Lattimore
Associate Professor
Consumer Behaviour
Tourist & Guest Behaviour
Services Marketing
Qualitative Research Methods
Real Estate
Dr Vikneswaran Nair
Associate Professor
Sustainable & responsible tourism
Environmental management
Ecotourism rating and certification
Poverty alleviation via tourism
Dr Paolo Mura
Senior Lecturer
Tourist behavior
Socio-cultural impacts of tourism
The philosophy of tourism/leisure/recreation
Research methodologies and methods
Philip Wong Pong Weng
Senior Lecturer
Destination Branding
Destination Competitiveness
Urban Destination Marketing
Dr. Sushila Devi Rajaratnam
Senior Lecturer, School of Hospitality Management
Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour
S.Vijayan Subramaniam
Senior Lecturer
Information System In Hospitality Environment
Wong Heng San
Senior Lecturer
Corporate Finance, Equity Market
Azuralisda bt Mohd Ghazali
Lecturer
Molecular Gastronomy
HACCP
Green Hospitality
Bernard Lew Shian Loong
Lecturer
Spatial-economic methodologies for destination systems
Evolutionary economics and agent-based simulations
Boey Tuck Sai
Lecturer
User Experience Airline Websites
Domestic Tourist Behaviour
Tourist Experience
Kartina Abu Bakar
Lecturer
"A Survey on Std Wage Determinants & Satisfaction – A Study on Hotel Industry in Klang Valley" Taylor's Research Synopsis Vol.1 issue 2, 4 th September 2009
Lim Tau Sian
Lecturer
Atmospherics and Servicescape
Destination Personality
Youth Tourism
Cultural Heritage Tourism
Nancy Vathsala
Lecturer
Food Microbiology
Food safety
Nutrition and Eating Habits
Dr Smitha Geetha
Lecturer
Poverty related studies
Development economics
Uma Thevi Munikrishanan
Lecturer
Industrial Economics (SMEs)
Economic Impact Analysis
Development Economics (Poverty alleviation)
 
SCHOOL NAME RESEARCH EXPERTISE
Law School
Dr Markus Aurel Petsche
Senior Lecturer
Comparative Law
International Business Transactions
Conflict of Laws
International Commercial Arbitration and Litigation
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Dr. Jerry I-H Hsiao
Lecturer
The legal history of science, innovation and patent
The interface between traditional Chinese medicine knowledge and patent
Innovation and technology policy in biopharmaceutical industry
Health policy and intellectual property related issues to public health
 
SCHOOL NAME RESEARCH EXPERTISE
School of Medicine
Dr Abd Rahman Bin H Mohd Noor
Dean
Medical Education
Paediatrics
Rational Use of Drugs
Ong King Kok
Deputy Dean
Insulin action
Ascorbate oxidase
Dr Shajan Koshy
Associate Professor
Anatomical variations
Human pineal gland age changes
Immunocompetent dendritic cells
Bony markers
Dr Nalamolu Koteswara Rao
Senior Lecturer
Diabetes
Diabetic nephropathy
Ethanopharmacology
Controlled release drug delivery systems
Enhancement of dissolution for poorly soluble drugs
Dr Gul Muhammad Baloch
Senior Lecturer
Medical Sociology
Health Psychology
Gender and Health
Qualitative Research
Adolescent Health
Dr Mohit Shahi
Lecturer
Diabetic microangiopathy
Fine needle aspiration cytology
Molecular pathology
Stem cell research
Medical Education
Narendiran Krishnasamy
Lecturer
Working on Comprehensive Learning module on usage of High-fidelity Simulators in Undergraduate Medical Education.
Dr Umesh Bindal
Lecturer
Dermatoglyphics
Morphometry of Skeleton
Histopathological studies of Various tissues of body
Histopathological analysis of Various drugs on tissues
Dr Wong Eng Hwa
Lecturer
Antibiotic Resistance in Gram-negative bacteria
 
SCHOOL NAME RESEARCH EXPERTISE
School of Pharmacy
Prof. Dr. Hajjah Salmiah Mohd Ali
Dean
Social and behavioural pharmacy
Organizational & administrative pharmacy
Hospital and community pharmacy
Legislative and regulatory pharmacy and others
Using quantitative and qualitative research
Computer Aided Qualitative Data Analysis (CAQDAS) approaches
Dr. Kan Mun Seng
Acting Dean
Pharmaceutical biotechnology
Drug discovery
Dr. Loganathan Veerappan
Senior Lecturer
Preformulation studies
Formulation and Evaluation of Gastro Retentive system
Lyna Irawati
Senior Lecturer
Clinical pharmacy, pharmacy practice and pharmacy education
Dr. Narendra Babu Shivanagere Nagojappa
Senior Lecturer
Small molecule drugs (New chemical entities)
Synthetic chemistry of drugs and multistep drug synthesis
Assay development for Enzyme inhibitors and drug discovery
Computational medicinal chemistry
Peptides drug discovery
Natural products lead discovery
Dr. Selvakumar Duraipandi
Senior Lecturer
Synthesis and Evaluation of Small chemical entities as Anti-diabetic and Anti-HIV agents.
Natural Products Chemistry and Herbal Formulations
Sreenivas Patro Sisinthy
Senior Lecturer
Development and Optimization of Oral Controlled Release and Mouth Fast Release Drug Delivery Systems
Development of bio-analytical methods by HPLC
Dr. Syed Atif Abbas
Senior Lecturer
Cardiovascular and Renal Pharmacology/Physiology
Antihypertensive and hypoglycaemic effects of herbal extracts
Yee Siew Mei
Lecturer
Medication errors, Adverse Drug Reaction

Based on our current manpower skills and programmes being offered and future directions of Taylor’s, we will be focusing on a number of core areas of research namely: 
  • Hospitality, tourism & culinary
  • ICT & computing
  • Architecture, building & design
  • Communications & humanities
  • Engineering
  • Clinical, life & behavioural sciences
  • Business