prof. dr. salmah binti yaakop

pensyarah universiti

jabatan sains biologi & bioteknologi

 salmah78@ukm.edu.my



   Kluster Kepakaran/ Cluster of Expertise :
  • Sumber Lestari, Alam Sekitar dan Kehidupan Pintar,



  •    Biografi/ Biography :

  • SALMAH YAAKOP, PhD., is a Prof. at Department of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology (FST), UKM. She received her Bachelor and Master of Science degree from the National University of Malaysia (UKM) and Ph.D. degree from State University of Groningen, The Netherlands in Evolutionary Biology. Her expertise is on Molecular Systematics and Taxonomy and Diversity of insect species. She is a very active entomologist in conducting DNA barcoding research, species interaction and coevolution, and systematics and taxonomy of insects especially on pests and parasitoids of Malaysian crops, storage products etc. Not limited to insects only, she also working on molecular systematics of wildlife species for conservation purposes. Currently, she also conducts research on impact of climate change on insect species. She is an Editor of Serangga Journal (indexed in Scopus) (2018-2021) and also President of Entomological Society of Malaysia (ENTOMA) for 2019-2020.

  • wee suk ling, ong jun jie, raja muhammad zuha raja kamal bashah, izfa riza hazmi & salmah yaakop .  (2025).  diversity of diptera insects in taman rimba alam putrajaya.  - seminar saintifik biodiversiti: taman rimba alam, presint 15, putrajaya tahun 2025. 

     

    warre van caenegem, aicha merzoug, piotr ceryngier, nadia nisha musa, annemieke verbeken, salmah yaakop, amir biranvand, malika boualem, danny haelewaters.  (2025).  two new species of ectoparasitic microfungi within the hesperomyces virescens complex from algeria, italy, and malaysia.  - mycological progress.  1 - 13. 

     

    salmah yaakop, yahutazi chik, jimbun anak ali.  (2025).  lelamas serangga eksotik: dari lensa biologi, ekonomi dan budaya.  - majalah kosmik dbp. 

     

    siti norsyuhada kamaluddin, wan mohd. razi idris, salmah yaakop, zulfahmi ali rahman tukimat lihan, badrul munir md-zain.  (2025).  status kualiti tanah di pulau orang utan bukit merah, perak, semenanjung malaysia.  - sains malaysiana.  425 - 435. 

     

    m a f rosli, s n syed jaafar, k a azizan, s yaakop and w m aizat.  (2025).  whitefly bio-insecticide from kesum (persicaria minor) essential oil: a proof of concept study.  - 2nd food security symposium. 

     

    moïse pierre exélis, rosli ramli, roslinazairimah zakaria, azarae hj idris, zubaidah ya’cob, rabha w. ibrahim, salmah yaakop, nurul wahida othman.  (2025).  the social organization of the asian weaver ant colonies: a natural enemy novel sub-castes worker’s functional activity findings.  - plos one.  1 - 29. 

     

    fahimee jaapar, aqilah sakinah badrulisham, mohd sani zulidzham, nurul farisa reward, nizar muzammil, rosliza jajuli, salmah yaakop.  (2025).  inconsistent changes on infuscation and length of the forewing of heterotrigona itama populations supported by coi phylogeny.  - journal of apicultural research.  722 - 731. 

     

    naim mustafa, salmah yaakop, farah shafawati mohd-taib.  (2025).  dna metabarcoding confirms copsychus saularis, the common insectivorous species in oil palm plantations as biological control of ground-dwelling insect pests.  - scientific report.  1 - 13. 

     

    jaapar fahimee, mohd sani zulidzham, nurul farisa reward, nizar muzammil, rosliza jaluli, maimon abdullah, salmah yaakop.  (2024).  development of heterotrigona itama cockerell, 1918 queens by in vitro culture for conservation purposes.  - journal of apicultural research.  153-161. 

     

    nadia nisha musa, siti khairiyah mohd hatta, salmah yaakop.  (2024).  diversity and assemblage patterns of ladybirds (coccinellidae) in different crop management practices in peninsular malaysia.  - arthropod-plant interactions.  723 - 740. 

     

    siti norsyuhada kamaluddin, wan mohd. razi idris, salmah yaakop, zulfahmi ali rahman tukimat lihan, badrul munir md-zain.  (2025).  status kualiti tanah di pulau orang utan bukit merah, perak, semenanjung malaysia.  - sains malaysiana.  425 - 435. 

     

    ameyra aman-zuki, muhamad azmi mohammed, aqilah sakinah badrulisham, muhammad ikhwan idris, mohd fuat salbi, salmah yaakop.  (2025).  evolutionary history of microgastrine wasps (hymenoptera: braconidae: microgastrinae) in sundaland: insights from peninsular malaysia.  - international journal of tropical insect science.  1369 - 1373. 

     

    fairuz khalid, che nor f. che-ismail, abd-ghani idris, ismail rakibe, muhamad azmi mohammed, salmah yaakop.  (2025).  selected monocots and eudicots as alternative host plants for promoting arthropod populations in paddy cultivation area.  - spanish journal of agricultural research.  1 - 17. 

     

    marthiuz ghany buang, ameyra aman-zuki, nur azura adam, dewi sartiami, patricia jie hung king, salmah yaakop, muhamad azmi mohammed.  (2025).  elucidating insect-virus associations in black pepper: mealybug and tending ant influences on viral incidence in east malaysia, borneo.  - journal of asia-pacific entomology.  1 - 18. 

     

    warre van caenegem, aicha merzoug, piotr ceryngier, nadia nisha musa, annemieke verbeken, salmah yaakop, amir biranvand, malika boualem, danny haelewaters.  (2025).  two new species of ectoparasitic microfungi within the hesperomyces virescens complex from algeria, italy, and malaysia.  - mycological progress.  1 - 13. 

     

    naim mustafa, salmah yaakop, farah shafawati mohd-taib.  (2025).  dna metabarcoding confirms copsychus saularis, the common insectivorous species in oil palm plantations as biological control of ground-dwelling insect pests.  - scientific report.  1 - 13. 

     

    muhamad ikhwan idris, suhainah pejalis, aqilah sakinah badrulisham, fahimee jaapar, salmah yaakop.  (2025).  species composition of bee and non-bee hymenoptera as effective and less effective pollinators in the tengku hassanal wildlife reserve forest, pahang, malaysia, with new insights from dna barcoding.  - pertanika journal of tropical agricultural science.  2007 - 2032. 

     

    salmah yaakop, muhammad afiq senen, anang setyo budi, abdullah muhaimin mohammad din, audi jamaluddin, syari jamian, aqilah sakinah badrulisham.  (2025).  updating knowledge on species richness of the tortoise beetles (coleoptera: cassidinae) from peninsular malaysia through their dna barcoding.  - journal of tropical agricultural science.  1769 - 1784. 

     

    muhammad aqil fitri rosli, sharifah nabihah syed jaafar, kamalrul azlan azizan, salmah yaakop, wan mohd aizat.  (2025).  mass spectrometry data on volatile compounds of polygonum minus huds. leaf essential oil.  - data in brief.  1 - 5. 

     

    siti norsyuhada kamaluddin, wan mohd. razi idris, salmah yaakop, zulfahmi ali rahman tukimat lihan, badrul munir md-zain.  (2025).  status kualiti tanah di pulau orang utan bukit merah, perak, semenanjung malaysia.  - sains malaysiana.  425 - 435. 

     

    nursyuhada othman, hidayah haris, mohd faudzir najmuddin, nur hartini sariyati, farah farhana ramli, suliadi firdaus sufahani, badrul munir md-zain, salmah yaakop, abd rahman mohd-ridwan, nor rahman aifat, ibnu maryanto, muhammad abu bakar abd latiff.  (2024).  application of next-generation sequencing technology in southeast asia: a practical framework for advancing wildlife conservation.  - the 8th international conference on biological sciences leveraging biodiversity to support green economy and climate resilience (icbs 2023) bio web of conference.  01004. 

     

    nur hartini sariyati, hidayah haris, farah farhana ramli, suliadi firdaus sufahani badrul munir md-zain, salmah yaakop, abd rahman mohd-ridwan, nor rahman aifat, mohd sanusi mohamed, ibnu maryanto, muhammad abu bakar abdul-latiff.  (2024).  comparison of metabarcoding techniques for dietary assessment in herbivores and omnivores.  - the 8th international conference on biological sciences leveraging biodiversity to support green economy and climate resilience (icbs 2023) bio web of conference.  01002. 

     

    hidayah haris, nur hartini sariyati, farah farhana ramli, nurfatiha akmal fawwazah abdullah-fauzi, suliadi firdaus sufahani, badrul munir md-zain, salmah yaakop, abd rahman mohd-ridwan, nor rahman aifat, ibnu maryanto, muhammad abu bakar abd-latiff.  (2024).  assessing methodological variability in gut microbiome studies: lessons from southeast asian for effective conservation strategies.  - the 8th international conference on biological sciences leveraging biodiversity to support green economy and climate resilience (icbs 2023) bio web of conferences.  01005. 

     

    syarifah zulaikha syed ahmad, salmah yaakop.  (2019).  infestation of rice-feeding secondary pests in klang, selangor warehouses.  - aip conference proceedings 2111, 060023 (2019).  1-5. 

     

    madihah halim, syarifah zulaikha syed ahmad, abdullah muhaimin mohammad din, salmah yaakop.  (2019).  the diversity and abundance of potential hymenopteran parasitoids assemblage associated with metisa plana (lepidoptera: psychidae) in three infested oil palm plantations in peninsular malaysia.  - the 2018 ukm fst postgraduate colloquium, aip conference proceedings.  1-6. 

     

    kalaivani nadarajah, salmah yaakop, noraziyah abd aziz shamsudin, nurul wahida othman, mohd ikmal asmuni.  (2025).  pertanian bandar dalam agenda pembangunan mampan.  - 13 - 26. 

     

    nurul wahida othman, salmah yaakop.  (2022).  mengapa perlu tanam pokok? pokok merubah iklim kehidupan.  - 47-60. 

     

    noraziyah abd aziz shamsudin, izfa riza hazmi, salmah yaakop.  (2021).  kepelbagaian mikroorganisma di kawasan penanaman padi.  - 104-111. 

     

    salmah yaakop, izfa riza hazmi.  (2021).  kepelbagaian invertebrata di kawasan penanaman padi.  - 80-89. 

     

    salmah yaakop, izfa riza hazmi, noraziyah abd aziz shamsudin.  (2021).  pendahuluan.  - 13-17. 

     

    kalaivani k nadarajah, salmah yaakop, noraziyah abd aziz shamsudin, nurul wahida othman, mohd ikmal asmuni.  (2025).  pertanian bandar untuk kelestarian dan keterjaminan makanan.  - tiada. 

     

    salmah yaakop, yahutazi chik, jimbun anak ali.  (2025).  lelamas serangga eksotik: dari lensa biologi, ekonomi dan budaya.  - majalah kosmik dbp. 

     

    siti norsyuhada kamaluddin, wan mohd. razi idris, salmah yaakop, zulfahmi ali rahman tukimat lihan, badrul munir md-zain.  (2025).  status kualiti tanah di pulau orang utan bukit merah, perak, semenanjung malaysia.  - sains malaysiana.  425 - 435. 

     

    izfa riza hazmi, salmah yaakop, muhammad afiq senen, nurul wahida othman, wee suk ling, johari jalinas, azman sulaiman, siti sarah aina mohd nirwan & ng yong foo .  (2025).  a survey of beetle (coleoptera) diversity in taman rimba alam, putrajaya.  - seminar saintifik biodiversiti: taman rimba alam, presint 15, putrajaya tahun 2025. 

     

    salmah yaakop, muhammad afiq senen, nur alya adila rosli.  (2025).  ulat bungkus plaster, perosak yang sering diabaikan.  - entomologi majalah kosmik. 

     

    muhammad afiq senen, nurul wahida othman, johari jalinas & salmah yaakop.  (2025).  species richness and phylogenetic insights of cassidinae (chrysomelidae).  - international symposium on insects 2025. 

     

    izfa riza hazmil, johari jalinas, ng yong foo, salmah yaakop, nurul wahida othman, wee suk ling, azman sulaiman, idris abd ghani, nur iwani shahrol, siti sarah aina mohd nirwan, nurasyiqin mohamad asnu, muhammad afiq senen, ahmad. r. norhisham, syari jamian, azlina zakaria.  (2025).  biodiversity monitoring in certified oil palm plantation: coleopteran diversity in sd guthrie plantation, sarawak.  - international symposium on insects. 

     

    izfa riza hazmi, salmah yaakop, muhammad afiq senen, nurul wahida othman, wee suk ling, johari jalinas, azman sulaiman, siti sarah aina mohd nirwan & ng yong foo .  (2025).  a survey of beetle (coleoptera) diversity in taman rimba alam, putrajaya.  - seminar saintifik biodiversiti: taman rimba alam, presint 15, putrajaya tahun 2025. 

     

    salmah yaakop, muhammad afiq senen, nur alya adila rosli.  (2025).  ulat bungkus plaster, perosak yang sering diabaikan.  - entomologi majalah kosmik. 

     

    wee suk ling, ong jun jie, raja muhammad zuha raja kamal bashah, izfa riza hazmi & salmah yaakop .  (2025).  diversity of diptera insects in taman rimba alam putrajaya.  - seminar saintifik biodiversiti: taman rimba alam, presint 15, putrajaya tahun 2025. 

     

    ENVIRONMENT :ARTS AND APPLIED ARTS
    Molecular Systematic, Insects Taxonomy and Biogeography
    Pengalaman / Experience : tahun/years(s)

    BIODIVERSITY :NATURAL DAN CULTURAL HERITAGE
    Molecular Systematics; Taxonomy and Diversity of Insects
    Pengalaman / Experience : 13 tahun/years(s)

    BIODIVERSITY :NATURAL DAN CULTURAL HERITAGE
    Molecular Systematics; Taxonomy and Diversity of Insects
    Pengalaman / Experience : 13 tahun/years(s)