Committees

IUPAC 2025 International Advisory Board (IAB)

Chair	:	Professor Ehud Keinan International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry
Co-Chair:	:	Datuk ChM Dr Ting Kueh Soon Institut Kimia Malaysia
Board Members:	:	Professor Peter Atkins University of Oxford
	:	Professor Jung-Il Jin Korea University
	:	Professor Mary Garson University of Queensland
	:	Professor Andy Tzi Sum Hor Agency for Science, Technology & Research Singapore
	:	Professor Zhigang Shuai Tsinghua University
	:	Professor Mei-Hung Chiu National Taiwan National University
	:	Professor Ernesto Joselevich Weizmann Institute of Science
	:	Professor Javier Gracia-Martinez University of Alicante
	:	Professor Francesca Kerton Memorial University of Newfoundland
	:	Professor Marietjie Potgieter University of Pretoria
	:	Professor Tamotsu Takahashi Foundation for Interaction between Science & Technology

IUPAC 2025 National Organising Committee (NOC)

Honorary Advisor	:	YM Academician Datuk Dr Tengku Mohd Azzman Shariffadeen Academy of Sciences Malaysia
Organising Chair and Promotion & Marketing	:	Datuk ChM Dr Ting Kueh Soon Institut Kimia Malaysia
Deputy Organising Chair and Promotion & Marketing:	:	Professor ChM Dr Noorsaadah Abd Rahman Academy of Sciences Malaysia
Vice Chair – 53rd IUPAC General Assembly	:	ChM Dr Yang Farina Abdul Aziz Institut Kimia Malaysia
Vice Chair – 50WCC – Pure & Applied Chemistry	:	Professor ChM Dr Edward Joon Ching Juan Institut Kimia Malaysia / Universiti Malaya
Vice Chair – 50WCC – Chemistry & SDGs	:	Academician ChM Dr Chee Cheong Ho Institut Kimia Malaysia
Vice Chair – 50WCC – Thematic Sessions	:	ChM Hon Fong Chang Institut Kimia Malaysia
Vice Chair – Finance & Logistics	:	ChM Dr Malarvili Ramalingam Institut Kimia Malaysia / Jabatan Kimia Malaysia
Vice Chair – Communications, Social Media & IYCN	:	Asst. Prof. ChM Dr Yvonne Shuen Lann Choo Institut Kimia Malaysia / Xiamen University Malaysia
Committee	:	Assoc. Prof. Dato’ ChM Dr Chong Hooi Yew Institut Kimia Malaysia
	:	Assoc. Prof. ChM Dr Fatimah Salim Institut Kimia Malaysia / Universiti Teknologi MARA
	:	Assoc. Prof. ChM Dr Hooi Ling Lee Universiti Sains Malaysia
	:	ChM Dr Hui Ling Li Institut Kimia Malaysia / Jabatan Kimia Malaysia
	:	ChM Dr Jeyanny Vijayanathan Forest Research Institute Malaysia
	:	ChM Marhayani Md Saad Institut Kimia Malaysia / Jabatan Kimia Malaysia
	:	ChM Dr Nurul Huda Abd Karim Institut Kimia Malaysia / Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
	:	Professor ChM Dr Rusli Daik Institut Kimia Malaysia / Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
	:	Professor ChM Dr Siong Fong Sim Institut Kimia Malaysia / Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
	:	Assoc. Prof. ChM Dr Siu Yee New University of Nottingham Malaysia
	:	Professor ChM Dr Sook Wai Phang Institut Kimia Malaysia / Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology
	:	ChM Dr Yook Heng Lee Institut Kimia Malaysia
	:	Datin ChM Dr Zuriati Zakaria Institut Kimia Malaysia
	:	ChM Dr Aqeel Saravanan Institut Kimia Malaysia
IUPAC 2025 Secretariat	:	Conference Partners Sdn Bhd

IUPAC 2025 SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE – 50TH WORLD CHEMISTRY CONGRESS (50WCC)

Scientific Committee Chair	:	Professor ChM Dr Edward Joon Ching Juan Institut Kimia Malaysia / Universiti Malaya

Cluster I: Pure & Applied Chemistry

Physical & Biophysical	:	Professor Frances Separovic University of Melbourne
	:	Professor ChM Dr Kwok Feng Chong Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah
Inorganic & Bioinorganic	:	Professor Lidia Armelao National Research Council (CNR) and University of Padova, Italy
	:	ChM Dr Yang Farina Abdul Aziz Institut Kimia Malaysia
Organic & Biomolecular	:	Professor Einar Uggerud University of Oslo
	:	Datin ChM Dr Zuriati Zakaria Institut Kimia Malaysia
Polymer & Materials	:	Professor Igor Lacik Polymer Institute SAS Bratislava
	:	Professor ChM Dr Rusli Daik Institut Kimia Malaysia / Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Analytical & Forensic	:	Dr Derek Craston Analytical Chemistry Division, IUPAC
	:	ChM Dr Malarvili Ramalingam Institut Kimia Malaysia / Jabatan Kimia Malaysia
Environmental	:	Professor Annemieke Farenhorst University of Manitoba
	:	Professor ChM Dr Edward Joon Ching Juan Institut Kimia Malaysia / Universiti Malaya
Human Health & Well Being	:	Dr Vladimir Gubala University of Kent and Vital Signs Solutions Ltd.
	:	Assoc Prof ChM Dr Awis Sukarni Mohmad Sabere Institut Kimia Malaysia / International Islamic University Malaysia
Green Chemistry	:	Professor Buxing Han University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
	:	Academician ChM Dr Chee Cheong Ho Institut Kimia Malaysia
Education & Public Understanding	:	Professor Marietjie Potgieter University of Pretoria
	:	ChM Dr Kah Heng Chua Universiti Malaya
Cheminformatics	:	Ms Leah McEwen Cornell University
	:	Professor ChM Dr Siong Fong Sim Institut Kimia Malaysia / Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

53RD IUPAC GENERAL ASSEMBLY (53GA) COMMITTEE

Chairperson	:	ChM Dr Yang Farina Abdul Aziz Institut Kimia Malaysia
Committee	:	Assoc. Prof. ChM Dr Awis Sukarni Mohmad Sabere Institut Kimia Malaysia / International Islamic University Malaysia
	:	Assoc. Prof. ChM Dr Collin G. Joseph Universiti Malaysia Sabah
	:	Professor ChM Dr Edward Joon Ching Juan Institut Kimia Malaysia / Universiti Malaya
	:	Dr Fabienne Meyers IUPAC
	:	ChM Fei Ching Yap Institut Kimia Malaysia
	:	Dr Greta Heydenrych IUPAC
	:	Asst. Prof. ChM Dr Lai Peng Wong Institut Kimia Malaysia / Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
	:	ChM Dr Nurul Huda Abd Karim Institut Kimia Malaysia / Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
	:	Assoc. Prof. ChM Dr Siu Yee New University of Nottingham Malaysia
	:	Professor ChM Dr Sook Wai Phang Institut Kimia Malaysia / Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology
	:	Asst. Prof. ChM Dr Yvonne Shuen Lann Choo Institut Kimia Malaysia / Xiamen University Malaysia
	:	Datin ChM Dr Zuriati Zakaria Institut Kimia Malaysia