Prof. Ir. Dr. Fatimah Ibrahim

Biography

Name: PROF IR DR FATIMAH IBRAHIM

Affiliation: HEAD, CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN MEDICAL ENGINEERING, FAC. OF ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITI MALAYA

Email Address: fatimah@um.edu.my

Nationality: MALAYSIA

Education:

2005 Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia.

1994 MScEE Medical Systems, University of Herfordshire, UK.

1989 BScEE (Hons) Electrical Engineering, Marquette University, USA.

Present Positions:

• PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITI MALAYA

• HEAD, CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN MEDICAL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITI MALAYA

Research Interests:

• Detection and monitoring of infectious diseases and foodborne pathogens, carbon MEMS/NEMS biosensing, diagnostics, bioinstrumentation, artificial intelligence and Internet of Things (IoT) integration in medicine as well as physiological measurement and modelling.

Achievements (latest):

• World’s Top 2% Scientist 2022

• 2nd Place, Selangor R&D and Innovation Expo 2022.

• IFMBE Laura Bassi 2022 Award by The International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering

• Gold Award and Special Prize Award by Korea Institute of Patent Information in Korea International Women’s Invention Exposition 2021 (KIWIE)

• EMBS Academic Achievement Award, IEEE-EMBS Malaysia Chapter, 2020, (National) (2020)

• Top Research Scientist Malaysia (TRSM) from the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (2019)

Short Biography:

Professor Ir. Dr. Fatimah Ibrahim received her B.Sc.E.E. from Marquette University, USA in 1989. She obtained her M.Sc. Electronics (Medical Systems) from University of Hertfordshire, UK in 1994 and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia in 2005. She is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering, UM, the head of Centre for Innovation in Medical Engineering (CIME), and advisor for the Center of Printable Electronics, UM. She is the senior member of IEEE, fellow of Institute of Engineer Malaysia (IEM), and fellow of Academy Science Malaysia (ASM). She is a Professional Engineer with Practising Certificate (PEPC) registered under Board of Engineer Malaysia. Her research interests are in physiological measurement and modeling, biosensors, BioMEMS, bioinstrumentation, and artificial intelligence in medicine. She owned 16 patents including 3 commercialised patents. In recognition of her research innovations, she has received 9 top awards (Gold medal/best award/special award), 3 Silver Medals, and 2 bronze medals at various international and national invention exhibitions. She has been awarded the Top Research Scientist Malaysia (TRSM 2019) by the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) and the world’s top 2% scientist in 2022 reported by Stanford University. She received the IFMBE Laura Bassi Award 2022, an award attributed to a female biomedical engineer for her outstanding research contributions in the field of medical and biological engineering by the International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE), USA.