pensyarah universiti
jabatan sains biologi & bioteknologi
salmah78@ukm.edu.my
Sumber Lestari, Alam Sekitar dan Kehidupan Pintar,
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.
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.
mohd fahimee jaapar, salmah yaakop. (2025). kenali lebah kelulut dan pengkomersialannya dalam industri meliponikultur. - . .
salmah yaakop, muhamad ikhwan idris, mohd fahimee jaapar, suhainah pejalis . (2025). hymenopteran pollinators of tengku hassanal wildlife reserve, pahang malaysia . - . .
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, nurul wahida othman. (2025). perosak dan penyakit tanaman pertanian bandar. - . 103 - 135.
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.
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.
danny haelewaters, salmah yaakop. (2024). ladybirds and their biotic interactions. - arthropod-plant interactions. 613 - 615.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
salmah yaakop, nurul wahida othman. (2025). perosak dan penyakit tanaman pertanian bandar. - . 103 - 135.
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.
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.
mohd fahimee jaapar, salmah yaakop. (2025). kenali lebah kelulut dan pengkomersialannya dalam industri meliponikultur. - . .
salmah yaakop, muhammad afiq senen, nur alya adila rosli. (2025). ulat bungkus plaster, perosak yang sering diabaikan. - entomologi majalah kosmik. .
salmah yaakop, nurul wahida othman. (2025). perosak dan penyakit tanaman pertanian bandar. - . 103 - 135.
kalaivani nadarajah, salmah yaakop, noraziyah abd aziz shamsudin, nurul wahida othman, mohd ikmal asmuni. (2025). pertanian bandar dalam agenda pembangunan mampan. - . 13 - 26.
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. .
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. .
nurul wahida othman, nurul hidayah fakhruraji, norefrina shafinaz md nor, salmah yaakop, nazlina haiza mohd yasin, ang wei lun, nur ain syauqina noor azman. (2025). preliminary study on probiotics and its effect on black soldier fly, hermetia illucens larvae body weight, length, growth performance and total lipid content. . - 6th international symposium on insects (isoi) 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. .
johari jalinas, nurul wahida othman , ng yong foo , salmah yaakop , izfa riza hazmi , 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). exploring hemiptera diversity: a preliminary checklist from sd guthrie oil palm plantation, bintulu, sarawak. - 6 international symposium on insects (isoi 2025). .
| Geran / Grant | Kolaborator / Collaborator | Status |
|---|---|---|
| OIL PALM PLANTATION LANDSCAPE AS WILDLIFE REFUGE: A WAY FORWARD FOR WILDLIFE-FRIENDLY PLANTATION | felda global ventures holdings bhd | 91.5% (2022-11-01 sehingga 2026-03-31) |
| OIL PALM PLANTATION LANDSCAPE AS WILDLIFE REFUGE: A WAY FORWARD FOR WILDLIFE-FRIENDLY PLANTATION | malaysian palm oil green conservation foundation | 91.5% (2022-11-01 sehingga 2026-03-31) |
| RESILIENCE AND EMPOWERMENT OF VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES IN CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECTED AREAS IN KEDAH | e-idaman sdn. bhd. | 98.1% (2023-09-01 sehingga 2025-12-31) |
| INSECTS DIVERSITY STUDY IN BORNEAN SIME DARBY PLANTATION FOR CONSERVATION STUDY (SARAWAK) | sime darby plantantion research sdn bhd | 83% (2024-04-19 sehingga 2026-04-18) |
| INSECTS DIVERSITY STUDY IN BORNEAN SIME DARBY PLANTATION FOR CONSERVATION STUDY (SABAH) | sime darby plantantion research sdn bhd | 83% (2024-04-19 sehingga 2026-04-18) |
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)