AHMAD ISMAIL, Associate Professor

B.Sc. (1980) Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

PhD. (1986) University of Essex, England

Tel. no.: 03 8946 6617

RESEARCH INTEREST:

Research area is effect of hazardous chemicals in the environment. Focus of research includes the distribution and toxicity of heavy metals (Cu, Pb, Zn, Cd, and Hg), endocrine disruptor such as estrogen and tributyl tin in the aquatic environment (fresh water lakes and rivers and coastal ecosystems). Among the activities is identification of specific intertidal molluscs/crustaceans as a monitoring agent for heavy metals, effect of those hazardous chemicals on the gonad development, reproduction and histology of fish java medaka (Oryzias javanicus) and tilapia (Oreochromis sp.), sex changes in Thais, and the quality of feeding habitat for migratory shore birds and other coastal wildlife.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

1. Ismail, A. (2006). The use of intertidal molluscs in the monitoring of heavy metals and organotin compounds in the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Coastal Marine Science 30(1):401-406.

2. Yap, C.K., Ismail, A., W.H. Cheng and Tan, S.G. (2006). Crystalline style and tissue redistribution in Perna viridis as indicators of Cu and Pb bioavailabities and contamination in coastal waters. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 63:413-423.

3. Tetsuro Agusa, Takashi Kunito, Genta Yasunaga, Hisato Iwata, Anamalai Subramanian, Ahmad Ismail and Shinsuke Tanabe (2005). Concentration of trace elements in marine fish and its risk assessment in Malaysia. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 51:896-911.

4. Katayon Saed, A. Ismail, H. Omar and M. Kusnan (2004). Heavy metal depuration in flat tree oyster Isognomon alatus under field and laboratory conditions. Toxicol. And Environ. Chem. 86 (1-4): 169-177.

5. Riak, K., A. Ismail, A. Arshad and A.R. Ismail (2003). Species composition and use mudflat of Kapar, West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia by migratory shorebirds. The Stilt, 44:44-49.