Professor Madya Dr. Zarinah Waheed

Professor Madya Dr. Zarinah Waheed

Institut Marin Borneo, UMS

Zarinah Waheed is a senior lecturer and currently serves as the Deputy Director (Academic & International) at the Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah. Her research interests focus on corals species richness and reproduction, as well as recruitment on artificial reefs. She is also interested in coral reef connectivity and exploring reefs in murky waters where interesting corals can be found. She is leading the Sustaining Kota Kinabalu’s Marine Heritage project, a citizen science and marine conservation initiative in collaboration with Sutera Harbour Resort, co-funded by Jebsen & Jessen (SEA). Zarinah is a species assessor for hard corals on the Global IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, and she represents Malaysia in the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) - East Asia. She serves as an Executive Sub-Committee (Node) for Sabah in the Malaysian Society of Marine Sciences (MSMS), and is a member of the Scientific Research Committee of the Board of Trustees of Sabah Parks. She is a certified PADI Advanced Open Water Diver with over 2,000 dives.

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Contact Information

Email

zarinah@ums.edu.my

Academic Department

Institut Marin Borneo, UMS

Appointed Department

Institut Marin Borneo, UMS

Education

Ijazah Doktor Falsafah

Lain-lain

2016

Ijazah Sarjana Sains (biologi Marin)

Universiti Malaysia Sabah

2003

Ijazah Sarjana Muda Sains (sains Laut)

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

2000

Research Collaborators

Research

Projects

8

Active

8

Grants

RM 4,288,544.11

Research Interests & Expertise

Marine Sciences - Marine Biodiversity, Conservation and Management

Publications

Total Publications by Year

NOTE: N/A = Data not available, 0 = Data not completed

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Scopus Profile

Documents

35

H-Index

16

Citations

985

Affiliation

Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Research listing

Current Research Projects

Program pembangunan rangka kerja/ pelan tindakan karang antarabangasa

Leader

2025 - 2026

The live reef fish trade impact on the population of napoleon wrasse in semporna, sabah.

Member

2025 - 2027

Seagrass mapping and community based program in sabah and federal territory of labuan

No Data

2024 - 2026

Sustainable blue economy and coastal communities: exploring sustainable livelihood, social and environmental well-being among fishing communities on the coastal areas of sabah

Member

2024 - 2025

Socio-economy – evaluate the impact of the aquaculture technology transfer to the community

Member

2024 - 2026

Studies on taxonomy of marine biodiversity and genetic resources in sabah, malaysia

Member

2020 - 2026

Sumber semulajadi dan potensi pembagunan strategik ekonomi luar pantai malaysia: pulau layang-layang

Member

2020 - 2025

Sustaining kota kinabalu's marine heritage citizen science and marine conservation project

Leader

2018 - 2026

Publications listing

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

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Zarinah Waheed (2024) , Contrasting Patterns Of Population Genomic Structure Between Broadcast-spawning And Brooding Corals In Southeast Asia

12.

Zarinah Waheed , Phua Mui How (2024) , Three-decade Changes Of Reef Cover In Pulau Layang-layang, Malaysia Using Multitemporal Landsat Images

13.

Zarinah Waheed (2023) , Decadal Stability In Coral Cover Could Mask Hidden Changes On Reefs In The East Asian Seas

14.

Zarinah Waheed , Muhammad Ali Bin Syed Hussein (2023) , Turbid Reefs Experience Lower Coral Bleaching Effects In Ne Borneo (sabah, Malaysia)

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