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.

  • 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. 

     

    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. 

     

    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. 

     

    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. 

     

    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. 

     

    muhammad aqil fitri rosli, sharifah nabihah syed jaafar, kamalrul azlan azizan, salmah yaakop, wan mohd aizat.  (2024).  omics approaches to unravel insecticide resistance mechanism in bemisia tabaci (gennadius) (hemiptera: aleyrodidae).  - peerj.  1 - 24. 

     

    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. 

     

    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. 

     

    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. 

     

    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. 

     

    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. 

     

    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. 

     

    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. 

     

    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. 

     

    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. 

     

    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. 

     

    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. 

     

    amd muhaimin, m halim, s s syarifah zulaikha, salmah yaakop.  (2019).  habitat preferences of leaf beetles (coleoptera: chrysomelidae) based on abiotic factors: a study from fraser hill, pahang, malaysia.  - iop conf. series: earth and environmental science.  1-6. 

     

    suhana yusof, ahmad zainuri, salmah yaakop.  (2019).  abnormality and mortality of irradiated immature stages of the oriental fruit fly, bactrocera dorsalis (hendel) (diptera: tephritidae) by gamma irradiation.  - the 2018 ukm fst postgraduate colloquium, aip conference proceedings.  1-6. 

     

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

     

    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. 

     

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

     

    salmah yaakop, izfa riza hazmi, maimon abdullah.  (2020).  the implementation of dna barcoding for solving biodiversity issues.  - 97-102. 

     

    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. 

     

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

     

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

     

    kalaivani nadarajah, salmah yaakop, noraziyah abd aziz shamsudin, mohd ikmal asmuni, nurul wahida othman.  (2024).  buku latihan pertanian bandar.  - tiada. 

     

    salmah yaakop, abdullah muhaimin mohammad din, muhammad afiq senen & anang setyo budi.  (2024).  kura-kura terbang, spesies kumbang cantik namun tidak dikenali.  - majalah kosmik.  36-39. 

     

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

     

    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. 

     

    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. 

     

    salmah yaakop , muhamad azmi mohammed , muhammad afiq senen , nur alya adila rosli.  (2025).  revealing the microbial composition of the plaster bagworm (phereoeca sp.): potential links to inflammation and human health.  - simposium perubatan tropika. 

     

    nur iwani shahrol , nurul wahida othman, ng yong foo, johari jalinas , salmah yaakop, izfa riza hazmi, wee suk ling, azman sulaiman, idris abd ghani, siti sarah aina mohd nirwan, nurasyiqin mohamad asnu muhammad afiq senen, ahmad. r. norhisham, syari jamian & azlina zakaria .  (2025).  preliminary checklist of orthoptera in sd guthrie oil palm plantation at bintulu, sarawak. .  - 6th international symposium on insects (isoi) 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)