Meet the Volume Editors

Mohd Nazip Suratman is a Professor of Forestry at the Faculty of Applied Sciences and a principal fellow of the Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia. He earned an MS from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA, and a PhD from the University of British Columbia, Canada. His research interests cover several aspects of forestry, mainly forest resources management, forest modelling,

and biodiversity. Altogether, he has published 15 books and more than 200 research publications. He served as the deputy vice-chancellor (Research and Innovation) of UiTM from 2018 to 2021. He received UiTM's Best Researcher and Top Talent Awards in 2015 and 2021, respectively.

Engku Azlin Rahayu Engku Ariff is currently a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Applied Sciences, University Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Pahang Branch, Malaysia, and an associate fellow of the Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainable Development (IBSD), UiTM. She received an undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences from the Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) with first-class honors. She was awarded a graduate fellowship by UiTM to pursue

a Ph.D. program in forest modeling. Specifically, she developed carbon stocks predictive models in rubber trees. She has participated in many conferences and delivered presentations on topics relevant to her area of expertise. Her areas of interest include sustainable development, climate change, environmental issues, biodiversity, and plant physiology.

Seca Gandaseca is currently an associate professor in the Faculty of Applied Sciences, University Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Shah Alam, Malaysia, and an associate fellow of the Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainable Development (IBSD), UiTM. He received an undergraduate degree in Forestry Sciences from the IPB University, Bogor Indonesia. He earned an MAgr and PhD from Kyoto University, Japan. His research interests cover several aspects across

forestry and environmental sciences, mainly forest engineering, forest ergonomics, and the environmental impact of forest harvesting on soil, water, and biodiversity. Altogether, he has published five books and more than eighty-two research publications. He is active in the International Union Forest Research Organization (IUFRO) and he was assigned as coordinator of the IUFRO RG 3.07 Forest Operations in the Tropics from 2000 to 2019.

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