Aidilla Mubarak
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia
Biography
Aidilla Mubarak is a lecturer at the School of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, a university on the East Coast of Malaysia. Her educational background includes BSc in Molecular Bioscience from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and MSc and Doctorate in Nutrition from The University of Western Australia. Passionate about phytochemicals, she preceded her career with research that revolves around polyphenols. Her research has largely been driven towards exploring composition of these compounds in various crops. The knowledge in nutrition also guided her research towards understanding pharmacological benefits from polyphenols from edible crops particularly on cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. Aidilla have published several high impact articles on the area of polyphenols, and was recognized with awards that mark her achievement in studies that explored the bioactive compounds from plant sources. Aidilla is also avid about sharing her familiarity for polyphenols with fellow scientists to sustain the interest for this super-compound