Prof. YAP Chee Kong

Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

Prof. Yap has been working as a full professor at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) since 2021. Prof. Yap has been an academician for more than 22 years at UPM and 27 years as a researcher. Prof Yap has su-pervised more than 90 undergraduates and 35 postgraduate students in the fields of ecotoxicology, envi-ronmental biology, environmental sciences, water quality and ecotoxicological genetics. Prof. Yap has published more than 400 papers in refereed academic journals, 5 books (three published in NOVA Science Publishers, USA) and 37 book chapters. Until November 2024, 268 of them have been indexed in Elsevier’s Scopus with an H-index of 37 (>4246 citations). Prof Yap has also been invited as an honorary Editorial Board member for more than 50 international academic journals. Prof Yap has been an invited visiting researcher at National lnstitute of Environmental Studies, Tsukuba (Japan). Nationally, Prof Yap has been officially appointed as an Adjunct Professor at the INTI International University Malaysia. Internationally, Prof. Yap has been officially appointed as a Visiting Professor at Kobe University until 2024 (Japan). Now, he has been appointed as a Research Fellow at Kobe University starting April 2024.