The Research and Postgraduate Centre congratulates Loh Chee Yan, a postgraduate student from the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Malaysia for receiving the Science & Technology Research Grant (STRG) 2025 awarded by the Malaysia Toray Science Foundation (MTSF), as one of the only 11 recipients in Malaysia.

The STRG is a national grant that supports promising young researchers in Malaysia to pursue innovative scientific and technological research, providing funding of up to RM60,000.

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Loh Chee Yan receiving STRG 2025 from YBrs. Puan Norsham Abdul Latip, Deputy Secretary-General from Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, and YBhg. Tan Sri Dr Omar Abdul Rahman, Chairman of MTSF

Her funded project, titled "Sustainable Ammonia Production via Electrochemical Nitrate Conversion Coupled with Biomass Upcycling Using a Bifunctional Mbene Electrocatalysts", explores a cleaner and more sustainable electrocatalytic pathway for ammonia production. The research focuses on converting nitrate and organic waste into valuable chemicals, presenting a sustainable alternative to the conventional Haber-Bosch process, which is known to be energy-intensive and carbon-emitting.

The research is conducted under the supervision of Dr. Ng Boon Junn from the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering. 

Previously, two other postgraduate students from XMUM have also been awarded the MTSF’s Science and Technology Research Grant: Adrian Chan Wen-Jie (2023) from China-ASEAN College of Marine Science, and Tey Ker Yee (2022) from the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering.