Amelia Najwa Ahmad Hairi (she/her/hers)

Scientist
Sime Darby Plantation Research Sdn Bhd
Pulau Carey, Selangor, United States

Amelia Najwa Ahmad Hairi, B.A.
Scientist, Sime Darby Plantation Research Sdn Bhd

Amelia started her journey in Sime Darby Plantation Research and Development in August 2018 under the company's trainee program. She was then offered a position as a Scientist in the Oils and Fats department after 9 months in the said program. At the moment she is entrusted to focus primarily on new product development where her area of research emphasizes on finding fat solutions in improving plant-based dairy and meat products. Previously, she had also analyzed the properties of lipid oxidation where the different volatile compounds emitted are corelated with the stabilty properties of the oils.

Amelia holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biochemistry from the University of Colorado Boulder, United States of America. During her university years, she did a research project on using lemongrass essential oil to inhibit the growth of cancer cells by using fruit flies larvae as the model organism. It has been her interest to pursue in R&D field as it will give her opportunities and challenge herself to explore new discoveries in related areas

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Presentation(s):

• Effects of palm shortening of different melting profiles on the quality of plant based burger patties

  Tuesday, May 2, 2023
  4:30 PM – 6:00 PM MDT