ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR. SOM CIT A/P SI NANG

Deputy Dean
(Academic And International),
Faculty Of Science And Mathematics

somcit
@fsmt.upsi.edu.my

015-48797399

RESEARCHER ID

EXPERTISE

Biologi
Aquatic ecology

Research
(Principal Investigator)

7

RM395,534

Publication

55

Supervision

5

PhD

13

Master
Consultation

RM343,034

Biography

A lecturer from the Faculty Of Science And Mathematics , Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Tanjung Malim, Perak, Malaysia. Specializes in Aquatic ecology.











1 MODULE DEVELOPMENT OF ‘NATURE EDUCATIONAL WALK’

FOREST HOUSE SDN. BHD.

2024 Member Completed
2 Pemprosesan Sisa Industri Makanan Berasaskan Perikanan Kepada Produk Hiliran Makanan Berkonsepkan “Waste To Wealth”

Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia

2014 Member In Progress
3 Pengurusan Sisa Pepejal Domestik Secara Lestari di Kalangan Komuniti di Tanjung Malim, Perak

Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia

2012 Member In Progress
1 Internship program with Hita High School Japan 2018

Hita High School Japan

2018 Member Completed
2 Internship program with Hita High School Japan

Hita High School Japan

2017 Member Completed
3 Perunding kualiti air UPSI

Universiti pendidikan sultan idris

2021 Member In Progress
4 Perunding kualiti udara UPSI

Universiti pendidikan sultan idris

2021 Member In Progress
5 Perunding kualiti air UPSI

Universiti pendidikan sultan idris

2021 Member In Progress
6 Perunding kualiti udara UPSI

Universiti pendidikan sultan idris

2021 Member In Progress
7 Perunding kualiti air UPSI

Universiti pendidikan sultan Idris

2020 Member In Progress
1 Influence Of Rainfall, Air Temperature, Physical And Chemical Water Profiles On Cyanobacteria Biovolume In Slim River Lake, Perak, Peninsular Malaysia

2022 PhD International Supervisor Completed

2 Evaluation Of Habitat Quality And Allergenic Characterization Of Mud Crab (Scylla Olivacea) From Sungai Merbok, Kedah

2021 PhD International Co-Supervisor Completed

3 Response Of Cyanobacteria And Macrophytes Communities On Selected Nutrients In Slim River Lake Ecosystem

2021 PhD National Supervisor Completed

4 Influence Of Temperature And Rainfall On Cyanobacteria Abundance And Microcystins Persistence In The Selected Public Water Supply

2025 PhD National Supervisor Completed

5 Pembangunan Dan Keberkesanan Modul Bioblock Terhadap KBAT, Penglibatan Dan Kemahiran Berinovasi Murid Biologi Tingkatan Empat

2026 PhD National Co-Supervisor In Progress

6 Perbandingan Tahap Pengetahuan, Kesedaran , Amalan Dan Cabaran Penjimatan Tenaga Elektrik Dikalangan Pelajar Aliran Sains Dan Bukan Aliran Sains.

2014 Master National Supervisor Completed

7 Kesan Aktiviti Kokurikulum Terhadap Motivasi Pembelajaran Dan Pencapaian Akademik Pelajar Ijazah Sarjana Muda Pendidikan (Biologi) Di Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris

2016 Master National Supervisor Completed

8 Belum Dinyatakan

2018 Master National Supervisor Completed

9 Pengetahuan, Kemahiran, Sikap Dan Kesediaan Guru Dalam Pelaksanaan Pendekatan Pembelajaran Berasaskan Masalah (PBM) Di Sekolah Rendah Daerah Tapah

2016 Master National Supervisor Completed

10 Analysis Of Toxic Cyanobacterial Abundance In Selected Aquaculture Systems And Its Effect On Oreochromis Spp.

2016 Master National Supervisor Completed

11 Pembangunan Permainan Bio4 Bagi Topik Komposisi Kimia Dalam Sel Biologi Tingkatan Empat

2021 Master National Supervisor Completed

12 Tidak Dinyatakan

2014 Master National Supervisor Completed

13 Tahap Keprihatinan Dan Komitmen Pelajar Aliran Sains Dan Bukan Sains SMK Sri Muda Terhadap Program 3R (Reduce-Reuse-Recycle)

2014 Master National Supervisor Completed

14 Keberkesanan Kaedah POGIL (Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning) Dalam Meningkatkan Pencapaian Dan Kemahiran Berfikir Aras Tinggi Pelajar Prauniversiti

2016 Master National Supervisor Completed

15 Development Of Prozyme Board Game For Teaching And Learning Enzyme Topic In Biology Form 4

2016 Master National Supervisor Completed

16 PENERAPAN KEMAHIRAN BERFIKIR ARAS TINGGI (KBAT) OLEH PENSYARAH DALAM PENGAJARAN BIOLOGI DARI PERSPEKTIF PELAJAR

2017 Master National Supervisor Completed

17 Tinjauan Miskonsepsi Pelajar Biologi Dalam Pembelajaran Tema Fisiologi Manusia Dan Haiwan

2026 Master National Supervisor Waiting for Viva

18 INNOVATIONS IN TEACHING BIOLOGY IN CLASSROOM AND EFFECTIVENESS

2026 Master National Supervisor In Progress

1 Properties of Oil Sobrent Material Produces From Kenaf Fiber

2015 International

2 Spatial and Temporal Variability In The Relationship Between Cyanobacterial Biomass and Microcystins

2013 International

3 Toxic Cyanobacterial Blooms: A Potential Challenge for Malaysian Water Safety

2012 International

4 Toxic Cyanobacterial Blooms: A Potenital Challenge for Malaysian Water Safety

2012 National

5 Sarjana Pendidikan Sains: Inovasi Akademik Pascasiswazah Berasaskan Nilai, Fleksibiliti, Stackable Yang Berimpak Tinggi Dan Berteraskan Kompetensi

2025

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1 Cyanobacteria and microcystins contamination in drinking water sources: A review of occurrence, exposure, and mitigation measures
Toxicology and Environmental Health Sciences

2024SCOPUSCo-AuthorCorrespondence Author
2 Response of algal biomass and macrophyte communities to internal or external nutrient loading
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

2022SCOPUSCorrespondence Author
3 DETECTION OF CYANOBACTERIAL TOXIN MICROCYSTINS IN TREATED DRINKING WATER: A PRELIMINARY STUDY IN SELANGOR, MALAYSIA
Pollution Research

2021SCOPUSFirst and Correspondence Author
4 Role of Internal and External Nutrients Loading in Regulating In-lake Nutrient Concentrations in a Eutrophic Shallow Lake
EnvironmentAsia

2021SCOPUSCorrespondence Author
5 Potential growth inhibition of freshwater algae by herbaceous plant extracts
Acta Ecologica Sinica

2019Web of ScienceFirst Author
6 Preliminary Assessment of Cyanobacteria Diversity and Toxic Potential in Ten Freshwater Lakes in Selangor, Malaysia
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

2015SCOPUSFirst Author
7 Comparison of water level and eutrophication indicators during the wet and dry period in a eutrophic urban lake
Acta Ecologica Sinica

2020Excellent Research Australia (ERA)Correspondence Author
8 Spatial and temporal variability in the relationship between cyanobacterial biomass and microcystins
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

2013SCOPUSFirst Author
9 Toxic Cyanobacterial Blooms: A Potential Challenge for Malaysian Water Safety
Jurnal Sains dan Matematik

2012Malaysian Citation IndexFirst Author
10 Could the presence of larger fractions of non-cyanobacterial species be used as a predictor of microcystin production under variable nutrient regimes?
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

2015SCOPUSFirst Author
11 Local nutrient regimes determine site-specific environmental triggers of cyanobacterial and microcystin variability in urban lakes
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

2015Excellent Research Australia (ERA)First Author
12 Sarjana Pendidikan Sains: Inovasi Akademik Pascasiswazah Berasaskan Nilai, Fleksibiliti, Stackable Yang Berimpak Tinggi Dan Berteraskan Kompetensi
EDUCATUM Journal of Social Sciences

2025Malaysian Citation IndexCo-Author
13 Molecular detection and symptomatology of Lasiodiplodia theobromae (Ascomycota) infecting rose apples (Syzygium samarangense) in Malaysia
Ukrainian Botanical Journal

2025SCOPUSCo-Author
14 Using Phycocyanin as Cyanobacterial Biomass Indicator to Determine Potentially-Toxic Bloom: An Example from a Malaysia Reservoir
EnvironmentAsia

2024SCOPUSCo-AuthorCorrespondence Author
15 Using Phycocyanin as Cyanobacterial Biomass Indicator to Determine Potentially- Toxic Bloom: An Example from a Malaysia Reservoir
EnvironmentAsia

2024SCOPUSCo-AuthorCorrespondence Author
16 ANALYSIS OF Pseudomonas sp. POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS DEGRADATION PROTEINS BY LC-MS/MS
Malaysian Journal of Microscopy

2022SCOPUSCo-Author
17 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Characteristics and Its Degradation by Biocatalysis Remediation
Malaysian Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

2020SCOPUSCo-Author
18 Optimal Preservation and Storage Regimes of Total RNAs from Different Fish Tissues
Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science

2019SCOPUSCo-Author
19 Optimal Preservation and Storage Regimes of Total RNAs from Different Fish Tissues
Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science

2019SCOPUSCo-Author
20 Characterization and expression of Xiphophorus maculatus microsatellite Msb069 full sequence in subgenus Poecilia
Journal of Genetics

2018SCOPUSCo-Author
21 Evaluation of water pollution and source identification in Merbok River Kedah, Northwest Malaysia
Malaysian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences(MJFAS)

2020Web of ScienceCo-Author
22 INFLUENCE OF SEASONAL RAINFALL TO THE WATER QUALITY OF SLIM RIVER LAKE IN PERAK, MALAYSIA
Plant Archives

2020SCOPUSCo-Author
23 Presence and Abundance of Cyanobacteria in Selected Aquaculture Ponds in Perak, Malaysia and the Relationships with Selected Physicochemical Parameters of Water
Jurnal Teknologi (Sciences and Engineering)

2015SCOPUSCo-Author
24 Development of Toxicological Risk Assessment Models for Acute and Chronic Exposure to Pollutants
Toxins

2016SCOPUSCo-Author
25 Cyanobacteria in aquaculture systems: linking the occurrence, abundance and toxicity with rising temperatures
International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

2016SCOPUSCo-Author
26 Development of a new risk-based framework to guide investment in water quality monitoring
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

2014SCOPUSCo-Author
1 PROPERTIES OF OIL SORBENT MATERIAL PRODUCED FROM KENAF FIBER

2014 International

2 Presence and Abundance of Cyanobacteria in Selected Aquaculture Ponds in Perak, Malaysia and the Relationships with Physicocchemical Paramaters of Water

2014 International

3 Toxic Cyanobacterial Bloom : What Should Malaysian Know?

2012 International

4 THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW) MANAGEMENT TRAINING PROGRAMME AMONG LOCAL COMMUNITY IN TANJONG MALIM PERAK

2014 National

5 SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW) AMONG LOCAL COMMUNITY IN TANJNG MALIM, PERAK

2013 National

1 TESSA IN THE FOREST SPINE CASE STUDY

2023 Report International

2 Bab 3: Metrologi dalam Makmal

2016 Chapter in Book International

3 Bab 2: Peraturan dan Keselamatan dalam Makmal Bioteknologi

2016 Chapter in Book International

4 GLOBAL WARMING, CLIMATE PATTERNS AND TOXIC CYANOBACTERIA

2015 Chapter in Book International

5 Revolutionizing Biology Education: Universitas Negeri Padang Delegation Explores Heubrid Model and Cutting-Edge Tech at UPSI

2024 Popwrit National

6 FSM Mobility Students and Staff Embark on Exciting Academic Exchange Journey in Indonesia: Exploring Nature, Culture and New Learning Opportunities

2024 Popwrit National

7 Evaluating Ecosystem Service Climate Regulation in CFS Ecological Network A-PL2 In HS Padang Chong, HS Sungai Kuak, HS Lapang Ninering

2023 Poster National

8 Garis Panduan Projek Penyelidikan Tahun Akhir Ijazah Sarjana Muda, FSM, Edisi V – 2022

2022 Modul National

9 In Vitro callogenesis and Preliminary phytochemical screening of Solanum sp

2017 Report National

10 Potential for Controlling Excessive Freshwater Algae Growth Using Local Herbaceous Plants

2016 Report National

11 PENGURUSAN KUALITI MAKMAL SAINS

2015 Monograf National

12 The Study of Ag@TiO2 Nano Composites as Photocatalyst in the Visible Ligh Region

2015 Report National

13 THE ABUNDANCE, DIVERSITY AND TOXICITY OF CYANOBACTERIA IN MALAYSIA FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM

2015 Report National

14 PENAMBAHBAIKAN PROSES

2015 Chapter in Book National

15 The Abundance, Diversity And Toxicity Of Cyanobacteria In Malaysia Freshwater Ecosystems

2015 Report National

16 MODUL KURSUS PENGANTAR SAINS ALAM SEKITAR

2013 Modul National

17 TRS3013 Pengenalan Sains Alam Sekitar

2013 Modul National

18 Occurrence Of Toxic Cyanobacteria In Malaysian Freshwater Lakes

2012 Proposal National

19 Modul TBR3013 Pengantar Biologi

2012 Modul National

20 Lost In The Royal Belum

2012 Modul National

21 Solid Waste Earthopology

2012 Modul National

22 Pengantar Biologi

2012 Modul National

23 Modul PJJ Pengantar Biologi (Unit Pelajaran 4&5)

2012 Modul National

24 Integrity Champions Challenge 2012 Master Trainers Course Module

2012 Modul National

1 Influence Of Temperature And Rainfall On Cyanobacteria Abundance And Microcystins Persistence In The Public Water Supply System

2021 Leader Completed

2 DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION OF HEPATOTOXIN MICROCYSTINS IN TREATED DRINKING WATER DERIVED FROM SELECTED SELANGOR DAMS

2019 Leader Completed

3 Interactions Of In-lake Phosphorus, Algae And Macrophyte With Different Phosphorus Inputs Into Shallow Lake Ecosystem

2017 Leader Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi Completed

4 The Abundance, Diversity And Toxicity Of Cyanobacteria In Malaysia Freshwater Systems

2013 Leader Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi Completed

5 Potential For Controlling Excessive Freshwater Algae Growth Using Local Herbaceous Plants

2015 Leader Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris Completed

6 Occurrence Of Toxic Cyannobacteria In Malaysian Freshwater Lakes

2012 Leader Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris Completed

7 DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION OF HEPATOTOXIN MICROCYSTINS IN TREATED DRINKING WATER DERIVED FROM SELECTED SELANGOR DAMS

2019 Leader Mutinasional/Asing In Progress

8 PENGURUSAN SISA PEPEJAL DOMESTIK SECARA LESTARI DI KALANGAN KOMUNITI TANJUNG MALIM, PERAK

2003 Member Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris Completed

9 Development Of Biocatalytic Interactome Model For Hydrocarbon Containing-River Wastewater Treatment In Malaysia

2020 Member Kurita Water And Environment Foundation Completed

10 Penilaian Inovasi STEM Dalam Kalangan Pelajar Sekolah Menengah Negeri Perak

2017 Member Swasta Tempatan Completed

11 A Comparative Study Of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Recycling Practices In Kitakyushu Japan And Putrajaya

2015 Member Mutinasional/Asing Completed

12 Genetic Analysis On Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) Of Dorsal Fin Length Between Male And Female Poecillia Spp.

2014 Member Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi Completed

13 Penghasilan Metabolit Sekunder Melalui Sistem In Vitro Tumbuhan Herba Yang Berpotensi Sebagai Pengawet Semulajadi

2016 Member Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris Completed

14 The Study Of Ag@TiO2 Nano Composites As Photocatalyst In The Visible Ligh Region

2013 Member Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris Completed

15 Conversion Of Waste Cooking Oil In Tg. Malim Municipality To Produce Biodiesel: Process Optimization

2011 Member Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris Completed

16 Assessing The Microbiological And Physicochemical Quality Of Drinking Water In Orang Asli Schools Of Perak, Malaysia

2025 Member Kurita Water And Environment Foundation (kwef) In Progress

17 A Novel Approach Using Next Genome Sequencing (NGS) To Characterize Level Of Sulfury-Volatile Compounds And Ethylene Genes Expression On Six Varieties Of Durian.

2020 Member Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi In Progress

18 Visualization Model Of Biocatalysis Remediation By Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons-degrading Enzymes Through Functional And Structural Characterization

2019 Member Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi In Progress

19 Recycling @ U-UPSI

2017 Member Universiti Putra Malaysia In Progress

20 Pembinaan Model Karbon Biru Malaysia (My-BCM) Bagi Meningkatkan Kelestarian Ekosistem Paya Bakau Di Malaysia

2020 Member Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris In Progress

1

Green Fish Meal

2022MEMBER
1 Carbon Fighter: Aplikasi Digital Pendidikan Jejak Karbon Untuk Kanak-kanak

ICTE24 Digital Innovation Competition

2024 International Gold
2 Green Adsorbent Prototype Produced From Kenaf Bast Fiber For Removal Of Heavy Metals And Dyes From Wastewater Effluent

Persidangan Dan Ekspo Ciptaan Institusi Pengajian Tinggi Antarabangsa 2015 (PECIPTA 2015)

2015 International Bronze
3 Anugerah Penyelidikan

The University of Western Australia

2012 International
4 Anugerah Perkhidmatan Cemerlang 2016

Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris

2017 University

Research
(Principal Investigator)

7

RM395,534

Publication

55

Supervision

5

PhD

13

Master
Consultation

RM343,034