Separation Processes Chemical Process Optimization
Biography
Dr. Yoke-Leng Sim obtained her Ph.D. in Physical Organic Chemistry with distinction in May 2007, thereafter she was actively involved in research activities locally and internationally. Her research area in search of fundamental knowledge in Physical and Organic Chemistry includes inter- and intramolecular catalysis in organic reactions, enzymatic actions and mechanisms on biological systems, and extended to electrokinetics, computational chemistry and adsorption kinetics and mechanisms of biomaterials. Since 2012, she has also gone beyond and ventured into renewable energy and biofuel related research, in which she handles multiple waste streams such as municipal solid wastes, organic waste water, leachate, palm waste, agricultural waste and greases.
In terms of professional experience, Dr. Yoke-Leng Sim is frequently being invited as speaker in international conferences as well as invited professor in short courses. In Year 2016, she shared about Nanoporous Biomaterials in Uremic Toxin Adsorption in CC3DMR South Korea, which has broadened new insights to the solution for kidney patients. She was also invited for a sharing session related to Current Challenges and Solutions in the Waste Management Sector in Malaysia in Vietnam, 2016. Other than conferences, she never limits herself to participate in Joint-Research and Training Programs especially related to Environmental Issues and Green Technology. She was a participant in the 2014 Environmental Protection and Green Technology (EPGT) Workshop at National Tsing Hua University. Three years after that, she participated in the 2017 SEA International Joint-Research and Training Program on Low Carbon Green Energy and Environmental Sustainability at National Chiau Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. In 2018, she was invited to be one of the international speakers for the WAFERS Summer Course on Global Perspective in Bioresource Technology for Water-Food-Energy Sustainability held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. These research training and networking programs have helped to widen her research network internationally. Other than being an active researcher, she is also a good and experienced mentor and supervisor to many undergraduate research students as well as postgraduate students. She is also actively inviting and training foreign students on their research skills as well as problem solving skills.
