Rate My Professor Dayang Hajah Zohrah binti Haji Sulaiman

Professor Sulaiman's research specializations encompass biodiversity, aquaculture, molecular phylogeny, and biogeography of fishes. Key contributions include the discovery of three new Gastromyzon fishes—Gastromyzon aeroides, Gastromyzon cranbrooki, and Gastromyzon venustus—in Brunei's Temburong River in 2006, in collaboration with researchers from the National University of Singapore; identification of a new freshwater mussel species in Borneo in 2021; and co-ownership of two patents for biodiesel production from local paddy variety “Laila” with a PhD student. She has received numerous accolades, including the ASAIHL Fellow in 1996, Meritorious Service Medal of ASEAN Science and Technology in 2008, Honorary Fellow by the ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisation in 2021, and five state honorary medals from His Majesty the Sultan of Brunei Darussalam: PIKB (2001), Bintang PSB (2006), Bintang SMB (2011), Bintang SNB (2017), and Bintang DPMB (2022). Professionally, she chaired the ASEAN-COST Sub-Committee on Biotechnology from 2011 to 2014, served as national focal point from 2002 to 2014, and is a founding member of the Asian Society of Ichthyologists since 2014, alongside memberships in various national committees such as the Brunei Research Council and Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry.