Category: 2020 Delegate

Kamilla Trubicki is Head of International Office at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, School of Engineering. She is responsible for the implementation of the internationalization strategy and coordinates cooperation with international partners as well as student and staff mobility. She is involved in the development and improvement of international programs at the university as well as international marketing and student recruitment. She received her diploma degree in Business Economics with a major in International Management at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria. Her interests are in the fields of international management, intercultural relations as well as the development and management of international study and cooperation programmes.

Assoc Prof Dr Mohd Ismid is the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International) of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. As a senior member of the University’s Executive Team, his duties include providing advice and leadership in international matters towards achieving the university’s strategic goals. He is responsible for internationalisation and for the continuing strategic development of international activities and engagement on behalf of the university. He is also actively involved in many international networks. He is currently the Director of the Executive Committee for the Asia Technological University Network (ATU-Net), Chair of ATU-Net Steering Committee, Deputy Chair of the Operational Board of the World Technological Universities Network (WTUN) and Executive Director of the Board of Management of the Swiss-ASEAN Learning and Teaching (SALT) Network. Aside from his duties as Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Assoc Prof Dr Mohd Ismid is also a member of Impact and Restoration of Water Bodies Research Group and specialised in the field of water quality management and biological assessment of water bodies.

Professor Ahmad Fauzi Ismail is the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research & Innovation), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. He is the Founding Director of Advanced Membrane Technology Research Center (AMTEC), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). Prof. Fauzi graduated with a B.Eng. (Petroleum Engineering) and M.Sc. in (Chemical Engineering) from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), before pursuing his Ph.D. in Chemical and Process Engineering at University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, specializing in Membrane Manufacturing Technology. He is currently focusing on the development of polymeric, inorganic and mixed matrix membranes for various application. He is the author of over 900 papers in refereed journals with current Scopus h-index of 79 and citations of 28,663, and over 50 book chapters. He has authored or co-authored 6 books and edited or co-edited 11 books, 9 Patents granted and 21 Patents pending. Prof. Fauzi served as the Chief Editor (Water Treatment and Desalination), Emergent Materials, among others. He received more than 130 awards both at National and International level. The most notable ones being The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Prize in Engineering Sciences for 2019, Merdeka Award for the Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Category, ASEAN Young Scientist Award, and the National Academic Award (Innovation and Product Commercialization Category). He has also been named as one of Most Cited Researchers in the world by Shanghai Ranking’s Global Ranking of Academic in Chemical Engineering 2016.

Natalie Smith joined Coventry University as CSR Manager in 2019 and is currently responsible for cohering CSR activity from across the Group under three key themes: Enterprise, Health & Wellbeing, and Education. Alongside this, she works on developing the University’s Social Impact and Community Engagement narratives. Natalie’s previous experience has focussed on tackling food and fuel poverty through managing CSR programmes, community funds and launching a corporate foundation.