Mohd Talib Latif is a professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Pollution at the Department of Earth Sciences and Environment, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. His main research work include the composition of atmospheric aerosols from various backgrounds including sea surface microlayer (SML). He also works on the composition of gases particularly surface ozone and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the atmosphere. His research group has been working closely with government agencies in Malaysia such as Malaysian Department of Environment (DOE) and Malaysian Meteorological Department (Met Malaysia). At the international level, he actively involves with research community within Asian continent trough International Global on Atmospheric Chemistry- Monsoon Asia (IGAC-Mango) project. In 2018 he has been appointed as one of the scientific steering committees for Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS). In 2018 he received the Top Research Scientist Malaysian (TRSM) Award from Academy Science Malaysia for for my research and publication.
Research Interests:
Composition of atmospheric aerosols
Atmospheric surfactants
Source apportionment of atmospheric pollutants
Surface ozone and volatile organic carbons (VOCs)
Aerosols and VOCs from sea-surface microlayer
Award:
UKM Bitara Award 2019
Academy of Science Malaysia Top Research Scientist Malaysia (TRSM) Award 2018
Publication Award for Q1 and Q2 Journal Articles, Faculty of Science and Technology, UKM 2016
Publication Award for Articles with the Highest Comulative Impact Factor, 2017, Faculty of Science and Technology, UKM 2017
Best Poster Award, JSPS-ACP Conference 2016, Kyoto University, Japan
Excellent Service Award, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia , 2009, 2013
Gold Medal in International Engineering Invention & Innovation Exhibition (i-ENVEX) and Malaysian International Young Inventors Alympiad (MIYIO) 2012 (Supervisor)