Brief Biodata
Prof. Dr. Zulkifli Bin Yusop
Zulkifli Yusop is a Professor of Environmental Hydrology and currently serves as Dean of Resource Sustainability Research Alliance at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. He was also the Dean of Water Research Alliance (Mac 2009-Jan 2015) and Director of Institute of Environmental and Water Resources Management (IPASA) (Sep 2006-Feb 2009). He is one of the editors of Water Science and Technology (WST), a journal published by International Water Association. His major involvements include as Chairman of Public Awareness Committee of the Malaysian International Hydrological Program (MIHP), council member of Malaysian Water Association (MWA), group leader (Hydrology and Climate Change) of Asia Core Program under the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Secretary of the IWA’s Specialist Group on Appropriate Technologies for Developing Countries, and Co-Secretary of IWA’s Specialist group on Integrated Water Management. His present positions include as board member of Selangor Water Management Council (LUAS), Special Topic Group Leader for Asian Network for Climate Change Science and Technology (ANCST), Chairman of the Working Group Committee on Flood and Sustainable Building for CREAM/CIDB, and panels of various research funds under the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia (MoHEM) and Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI). He received Eco-Frontier Fellowship Awards from the Ministry of Environment, Japan for three consecutive years (2003, 2004 and 2005). In 2012 Zulkifli was conferred Fellow Academy of Science Malaysia. In 2015 he was appointed as consultant to UNESCO to assess climate change adaptation study in the South Pacific Islands. In 2015, he was appointed by MoHEM to lead a RM 20 million research grant on integrated flood study following the flood disaster in 2014. His current research focusses on non-point source pollution control, forest and plantation hydrology and climate change impact on water resources.
