Dr Chia Shir Reen

Dr Chia Shir Reen

  • Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
  • School of Engineering
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
SDGs Focus

Biography

Dr Chia Shir Reen is a research fellow at the School of Engineering, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ University. She holds a PhD and an MEng. (Hons) in Chemical Engineering from the University of Nottingham Malaysia, and an MSc. from the University of Malaya. Dr Chia research interests include microalgae, bioenergy, biorefinery and bioprocessing technologies. She is a Graduate Engineer registered in Board of Engineering Malaysia (BEM) and listed as Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List since 2023. She has published extensively in high-impact journals and actively contributes to biotechnology, resource recovery, sustainability and bioproduct development.

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • PhD - Chemical Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Malaysia (2021)
  • MSc - Engineering Science, University of Malaya, Malaysia (2019)
  • MEng - Chemical Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Malaysia (2016)

Research Interests

  • Microalgae
  • Biomass conversion
  • Biorefinery
  • Renewable Energy
  • Bioprocessing Technologies

Notable Publications

  1. 2023 - Chia, S. R., Ling, J., Chia, W. Y., Nomanbhay, S., Kurniawan, T. A., & Chew, K. W. (2023). Future bioenergy source by microalgae–bacteria consortia: a circular economy approach. Green Chemistry, 25(22), 8935-8949
  2. 2022 - Chia, S. R., Nomanbhay, S., Ong, M. Y., Shamsuddin, A. H. B., Chew, K. W., & Show, P. L. (2022). Renewable diesel as fossil fuel substitution in Malaysia: A review. Fuel, 314, 123137. 
  3. 2022 - Chia, S. R., Nomanbhay, S. B. H. M., Chew, K. W., Munawaroh, H. S. H., Shamsuddin, A. H., & Show, P. L. (2022). Algae as potential feedstock for various bioenergy production. Chemosphere, 287, 131944.
  4. 2021 - Chew, K. W., Chia, S. R., Chia, W. Y., Cheah, W. Y., Munawaroh, H. S. H., & Ong, W. J. (2021). Abatement of hazardous materials and biomass waste via pyrolysis and co-pyrolysis for environmental sustainability and circular economy. Environmental Pollution, 278, 116836. SDG 13 *WoS highly cited paper
  5. 2021 - Leong, H. Y., Chang, C. K., Khoo, K. S., Chew, K. W., Chia, S. R., Lim, J. W., ... & Show, P. L. (2021). Waste biorefinery towards a sustainable circular bioeconomy: a solution to global issues. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 14(1), 87. 
  6. 2021 - Chia, S. R., Chew, K. W., Leong, H. Y., Ho, S. H., Munawaroh, H. S. H., & Show, P. L. (2021). CO2 mitigation and phycoremediation of industrial flue gas and wastewater via microalgae-bacteria consortium: possibilities and challenges. Chemical Engineering Journal, 425, 131436.
  7. 2020 - Chia, S. R., Chew, K. W., Leong, H. Y., Manickam, S., Show, P. L., & Nguyen, T. H. P. (2020). Sonoprocessing-assisted solvent extraction for the recovery of pigment-protein complex from Spirulina platensis. Chemical Engineering Journal, 398, 125613. 
  8. 2019 - Chia, S. R., Chew, K. W., Show, P. L., Xia, A., Ho, S. H., & Lim, J. W. (2019). Spirulina platensis based biorefinery for the production of value-added products for food and pharmaceutical applications. Bioresource Technology, 289, 121727.
  9. 2018 - Chia, S. R., Chew, K. W., Show, P. L., Yap, Y. J., Ong, H. C., Ling, T. C., & Chang, J. S. (2018). Analysis of economic and environmental aspects of microalgae biorefinery for biofuels production: a review. Biotechnology journal, 13(6), 1700618.
  10. 2018 - Chia, S. R., Ong, H. C., Chew, K. W., Show, P. L., Phang, S. M., Ling, T. C., ... & Chang, J. S. (2018). Sustainable approaches for algae utilisation in bioenergy production. Renewable energy, 129, 838-852.

Achievements & Accolades

  1. Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List 2023-2025
  2. IChemE Malaysia Young Researcher Award Finalist 2022
  3. Vice-Chancellor's Medal, University of Nottingham 2020

Professional Associations

  1. Graduate Engineer, Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM)