Profesor Madya Dr. Berhaman Bin Ahmad

Profesor Madya Dr. Berhaman Bin Ahmad

Fakulti Perhutanan Tropika, UMS

Berhaman B. Ahmad is a distinguished forestry expert with a career spanning over three decades. He earned his PhD in Forestry from the University of Aberdeen, UK, in 2011, and was honored with the "Ahli Setia Darjah Kinabalu" by the Tuan Yang Terutama Negeri Sabah in 2016.
His professional journey began in 1992 as a forest botanist at the Sabah Forestry Department's Forest Research Centre. Since 1997, he has been a dedicated lecturer at Universiti Malaysia Sabah's (UMS) Faculty of Tropical Forestry. In June 2021, he was appointed to the prestigious Academic Chair, Professor of Forestry, Datuk Kelvin Tan Forestry Chair. He has held leadership roles, including Director of the UMS Ecocampus Centre (2019-2021) and Deputy Dean of the School of International Tropical Forestry. Notably, he has been instrumental in UMS's environmental and sustainability initiatives. As Director of the EcoCampus Management Centre, he led the university to a global ranking of 58th in the UI GreenMetric World University Rankings in 2019, highlighting UMS's commitment to eco-friendly practices.
Under his leadership, the UMS Landscape achieved significant success, culminating in UMS being recognized as Malaysia's most beautiful campus in the 2005 Landscape Competition. Berhaman is actively involved in NGOs, serving as a committee member of the Sabah Wetland Society and an Associate Fellow of the Academy of Science Malaysia. He has also represented Sabah on the Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC).
In 2020, Berhaman spearheaded a project leading to a Memorandum of Agreement with Sime Darby Plantation Berhad. Subsequently, in 2022, a RM2 million research grant was secured from the Sime Darby Foundation. His research focuses on international collaborations in biodiversity conservation and reforestation plantation genetics. In 2018, he secured MOSTI grant for the "Ayam Penelor Ginseng" community development project (RM300,000.00). To date, his research grants exceed RM2.5 million.
In 2024, Berhaman is involved in three significant consultancy projects: 1). Advising on Hospital Universiti Malaysia Sabah's landscape development: This consultancy, valued at RM60,000.00, involves providing expert advice on the design and implementation of the hospital's landscape; 2) Leading an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study for a trans-border road connecting Kalabakan, Sabah, to Simanggaris, Kalimantan, Indonesia. Worth RM45,000.00, entails conducting a comprehensive environmental assessment to identify potential impacts and mitigation measures for the proposed road, and 3) Botanist for the project upgrading Taman Tun Fuad at Bukit Padang, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah: As a botanist, Berhaman will contribute his expertise to the project, focusing on the botanical aspects of the park's upgrade (RM 40,000.00).

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Contact Information

Email

bahaman@ums.edu.my

Academic Department

Fakulti Perhutanan Tropika, UMS

Appointed Department

Fakulti Perhutanan Tropika, UMS

Education

Sarjana Sains (sistematik Tumbuhan)i

Universiti Malaya

1998

Study Of Angiosperm Morphology And Scanning Electron Microscope, University Of Mainz, Germany

Maine University, Machias, Maine

1995

Certificate For Postgraduate Course In Taxonomy For Plant Conservation, University Of Reading U.k.

Reading University, Reading, UK

1993

Sarjana Muda Sains Dengan Kepujian

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

1991

Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia

Sekolah Menengah Bantuan Penuh Kerajaan

1985

Sijil Rendah Pelajaran

Sekolah Menengah Bantuan Penuh Kerajaan

1983

Phd-forestry

Aberdeen University, Scotland

2011

International Course In Plant Taxonomic Methods At The University Of Aarhus, Denmark

Universiti Malaysia Sabah

2000

Research Collaborators

Research

Projects

26

Active

13

Grants

RM 5,142,015.77

Research Interests & Expertise

No expertise areas available

Publications

Total Publications by Year

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Scopus Profile

Documents

12

H-Index

5

Citations

222

Affiliation

Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Research listing

Current Research Projects

Evaluation of age-dependent variations in the properties of fast-growing species woods for plywood production

Member

2025 - 2028

Evaluation of species composition, biodiversity, and aboveground biomass in the kota kinabalu wetland mangrove forest

Member

2025 - 2027

Assessing the current population status of eusideroxylon zwageri teijsm. & binn. in sepilok and tawai forest reserve, sabah.

Member

2024 - 2026

Assessing tree growth and survival rates in sapong sabah : a comparative study

Member

2024 - 2025

Vegetation mapping and assessment of flora biodiversity at forest restoration project in sapong estate, tenom sabah

Member

2024 - 2026

Forestry living lab sfera@ums

Member

2023 - 2026

Forestry living lab: jawala

Leader

2023 - 2026

Combustion reactivity and s-index of bamboo biochar-coal blend

Member

2022 - 2026

Restoration of forest biodiversity, carbon sequestration and enhancement of ecosystem services within the coservation set asides of the sandakan bay estates

Leader

2022 - 2027

Modular water treatment system for removal of heavy metals integrated with open platform communication (opc) online monitoring

Member

2019 - 2022

Ayam penelor ginseng, daerah sipitang sabah

Leader

2018 - 2019

Biodiversity conservation in multiple use forest landscape in sabah, malaysia (fssa)

Leader

2017 - 2024

Genetic processes affecting recruitment of dipterocarps in restoration plantings

Leader

2016 - 2025

Publications listing

NOTE: PUBLICATION DATA FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS WILL BE DISPLAYED

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Berhaman Bin Ahmad , Zaleha Binti A. Aziz , Normah Awang Besar @ Raffie (2025), Population Size Of The Endangered Narrow-range Endemic Tree Semecarpus Calcicola Kochummen (anacardiaceae), Mantanani Island, Malaysia

2.

Berhaman Bin Ahmad (2024), Additional New Records Of Host Plant For Clethrogyna Turbata (erebidae)

3.

Berhaman Bin Ahmad , Maria Lourdes T. Lardizabal , Charles Santhanaraju A/l Vairappan (2024), Lessons Learned From 25 Years Of Operational Large-scale Restoration: The Sow-a-seed Project, Sabah, Borneo