UTM young scientist bags award

Top spot: Liew says she is honoured by the win. — Photo courtesy of Academy of Sciences Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia’s (UTM) scientist Liew Wen Ching has won the 2022 Young Scientists Network-Academy of Sciences Malaysia (YSN-ASM) Chrysalis Award Final Pitch for her team’s research into the “waste-to-wealth” concept for the improvement of food security.

The proposed waste-to-wealth concept by Liew, together with fellow researchers Muhammad Luqman Nordin from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and Shahidah Md Nor from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), converts agricultural waste into nutritional food with an immune booster vaccine and advanced packaging.