Dr Magaret Sivapragasam

  • PhD Bioprocess Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia
  • Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
  • Currently- Head of School and Senior Lecturer and at QUEST International University
  • Science Finder Future Leader Award (2017) by the American Chemical Society (ACS), USA.
  • Featured on the Periodic Table of Younger Chemists by IUPAC (Element, Ytterbium).
  • Founder of the Facebook group “Sembang Science”
  • Super Female by FEMALE Magazine; selected as the top 45 women in Malaysia.
  • Recipient of the KOTEX She Can Award.
  • Teaching and Research Excellence Award (2022), QUEST International University
  • Affiliate member of YSN-ASM
  • Member of The Network for the Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST Network)
  • Co-author, YSN-ASM Training-of-Trainers Module (Science Communication in Practice: A Malaysian Perspective with Global Relevance)