Gaanty Pragas Maniam
Universiti Malaysia Pahang,Malaysia
Biography
Maniam, G.P. earned PhD (Chemistry) in research related to biodiesel and heterogeneous catalyst from Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2011. His research focused on biofuel from waste sources and utilization of solid catalysts. He has authored more than 40 publications with nearly 500 citations and presented his findings at both international and national conferences. Currently he is supervising 15 postgraduates as the main and co-supervisor. Dr. Maniam is an Associate of Malaysia Institute of Chemistry and an Editorial Board Member of International Journal of the Institute of Materials, Malaysia. He has been a reviewer for numerous journals related to his field. He has been the recipient of: Tan Sri Datuk Ong Kee Hui Postgraduate Chemistry Award from the Malaysia Institute of Chemistry for his PhD work, Top Cited Papers Award from Elsevier, Gold Award at INPEX 2014 USA for his research product and several awards locally. Currently he is heading a centralized facility laboratory in his university as a Director.