Rate My Professor Faddrine Jang

Dr. Faddrine Jang serves as a Lecturer in the School of Science at Monash University Malaysia. He holds a Bachelor of Aquatic Resource Science and Management (Honours) from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, awarded on 13 October 2012, with his honours project focusing on the water quality of Batang Lupar Estuary, Sarawak. He obtained his Master of Science in Aquatic Science from the same institution on 14 November 2015, investigating environmental parameters of coastal waters in three national parks of southern Sarawak. Jang completed his Doctor of Philosophy in Aquatic and Environmental Science at Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak on 18 January 2021, with a thesis titled 'Interaction of Microplastics with Trace Metals and Bacteria, and Potential Impacts on Fish'. In his current position, he teaches and coordinates undergraduate units including BIO3800 Tropical Environmental Management, ENV1800 Environmental Science: A Southeast Asian Perspective, and BIO2810 Introduction to Ecological Applications.

Faddrine Jang's research interests include aquatic biogeochemistry encompassing hydrology and oceanography, environmental monitoring and assessments, environmental pollution such as trace metals, microplastics, and emerging pollutants, ecotoxicology, and climate change. His key publications comprise 'Increased transfer of trace metals and Vibrio sp. from biodegradable microplastics to catfish Clarias gariepinus' (Environmental Pollution, 2022), 'Distribution and behaviour of dissolved selenium in tropical peatland-draining rivers and estuaries of Malaysia' (Biogeosciences, 2020), 'Handbook on Guarding Our Water Together' (2024), 'Monitoring of Heavy Metal Concentration and Microplastics Presence in Tasik Taman Aman' (2024), and 'A spatiotemporal study of a recreational freshwater lake: Ultraperformance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry profiling of cyanotoxins and the dermal toxicity assessment' (Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2025). He has earned a Silver Award for 'Bringing the Environment to the Classroom: Immersive Fieldwork as a Tool for Undergraduate Learning' (2025) and a team Bronze Award for Best Presentation at the 2nd Research Officer National Symposium (ReONS) 2024. Dr. Jang accepts PhD students for projects on emerging pollutants and public health, and climate change impacts on environments, biodiversity, and community livelihoods. He contributes to public outreach for environmental awareness and sustainability, including the Climate Change Science Hub event in 2025 and water quality monitoring at Tasik Taman Aman.