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Academician Professor Emerita Datuk Dr Asma binti Ismail, FASc | |
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| 5th Director-General of Higher Education | |
| In office 1 June 2014 –3 October 2016 | |
| Monarch | Abdul Halim |
| Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
| Minister | Idris Jusoh |
| Preceded by | Morshidi Sirat |
| Succeeded by | Siti Hamisah Tapsir |
| Vice-Chancellor and CEO of the IMU University | |
| In office 1 August 2024 –Present | |
| Chancellor | Abu Bakar Suleiman |
| Preceded by | Abdul Aziz Baba |
| Vice-Chancellor of the University of Science Malaysia | |
| In office 4 October 2016 –2 October 2019 | |
| Chancellor | Sirajuddin of Perlis |
| Preceded by | Omar Osman |
| Succeeded by | Faisal Rafiq Mahamd Adikan |
| Vice-Chancellor of the Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia | |
| In office 1 December 2012 –31 May 2014 | |
| Chancellor | Tuanku Aishah Rohani |
| Preceded by | Muhamad Muda |
| Succeeded by | Musa Ahmad |
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| Born | Asma binti Ismail 15 June 1958 Jitra,Kedah,Malaysia |
| Alma mater | University of Nevada (BSc) Indiana University (MSc) University of Nevada (PhD) |
Dr. Asma binti Ismail is a Malaysian academic and molecular biologist. She holds the Emerita Datuk title and is the first female vice-chancellor (VC) of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM),appointed in 2016, [1] as well as and the first female VC of Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM).
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- Education
- Career
- University of Science Malaysia
- Ministry of Higher Education and Beyond
- Research
- Awards
- Honours of Malaysia
- References
Asma is also the first female in Malaysia to hold several positions:Director-General of Higher Education;President of Academy of Sciences Malaysia (2016-2019);Chairperson of the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) (2019-2021); [2] National Science Advisor to the Prime Minister. Additionally,she has been elected to the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (2003),the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (2010),the Islamic World Academy of Sciences (2016),and the Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences (2017).
She has been appointed as the vice-chancellor and CEO of IMU University,as of 1 August 2024. [3]
