Biography

Date/Place of Birth	:	May 26, 1961, Kg Rampayan Menggatal, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Citizenship	:	Malaysian
Postal Address	:	Level 6, South Block, Chancellery Building, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Telephone	:	+6088-320203 ext 200114
Fax	:	+6088-320217
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Field of Expertise	:	Economic Development; Labor Economics; Poverty; Human Resource Development, Rural 7 and Urban Development, Labor Productivity, Micro and Macro Economics

Institution	Degree	Year
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA	(Ph.D) Economics	2000-12-20
Indiana State University, Terra Haute, Indiana USA	(MSc) Economics	1985-05-15
Indiana State University, Terra Haute, Indiana, USA	(BSc) Buss. Admin	1984-05-01

Institution	Qualification	Year
SMK Menggatal Kota Kinabalu Sabah Sabah College, Kota Kinabalu Sabah SK Rampayan Menggatal	a) Sijil TINGGI PELAJARAN MALAYSIA (STPM) b) LCE & MCE c) Primary 6 certificate (Darjah Enam)	1978-1979 1971-1977 1965-1970

Vice Chancellor, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (Since 30^rd October 2022)
President of Malaysian University Sport Council (MASUM) (2011-2014)
Adjunct Lecturer - Upper Iowa University, USA (2 semester 1999)
Part time Economic lecturer – Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (1998-1999)
Teaching assistant at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (1998- 2000)
Wakil UMS ke Malaysia APEC Study Center, 13 Julai 2001
HeBei Normal University. China. Since 2005 – present. Topic: Malaysian Economy
University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Beijing. April 2005 – present
Public lecture at Petro-Chemical Institute Beijing, April 2012. Topic: Malaysian Economy
Public lecture at Beihang University Beijing, China. April 2012. Topic: Malaysian Economy
University Fellow - Guizhou University, Guiyang, China – (2016 for 3 years)
University Fellow - Wako University, Tokyo, Japan, Since 2004 – Present
University Fellow at Palawan State University, Palawan, The Philippine
Fellow, Pusat Pembangunan Ekonomi dan Dasar, Universiti Malaysia Sabah
Associate Fellow – Pusat Pengajian Pembangunan Ungku Aziz (Centre of Poverty and Development study (CPDS)) Universiti Malaya (2017-2020)
Associate Editor on The Borneo Review Editorial Board, Institute of Development Study Sabah (IDS)
Deputy Chairman, National Professor Council (MPN) UMS Chapter – in charge of Socioeconomic Development cluster
Adviser of Association of China-ASEAN Education and Training Centers (2016 - 2021), Guizhou University, Guizhou, China
Head of Sepanggar Consultative Council, Kota Kinabalu Sabah.
Appointed by Ministry Education Malaysia as internal auditor, Malaysia Research Assessmnet (MyRA), UMS, 1 January 2019 – 31 Oct 2020
Internal auditor, Malaysia Research Assessment (MyRA), UMS
Ahli Jawatankuasa Teknikal Pembangunan Modal Insan Berasaskan Sains, Teknologi dan Inovasi negrei Sabah (1 Okt 2021 – 30 Sept 2023)
Timbalan Pengerusi Majlis Dekan-dekan Universiti Awam fakulti Ekonomi (2005-2009)
Ahli Majlis Dekan Pengurusan, dan Perniagaan (MDPP) Universiti Awam, Malaysia (2020-2021)
Chairman, Koperasi UMS (2017- 2020)

Guest periods and visiting appointments at Universities

2016 – Present, twice a year April and November @ 8-10 days	Visiting professor at The National Institute of Development Administration NIDA, Bangkok, Thailand

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