Endophytes of the Tropics (PDF)

Adeline Su Yien Ting holds a PhD in plant

pathology from Universiti Putra Malaysia.

Her work highlighted the significant value of

endophytes as biocontrol agents to suppress

Fusarium wilt development in banana plants.

Upon graduation, she continued her research

on endophytes, diversifying into expounding

the potential of endophytes in many areas; for

metabolite production, biofungicide application,

bioremediation treatment, and biosynthesis

of metal-nanoparticles. She leads her

applied microbiology research team, and they

pursue this interest together. In recent years,

she has blended the omics technologies, physical approaches, and instrumentation

techniques, such as metagenomics, next-generation sequencing, electron

microscopy, Fourier-transformed infrared microscopy, into her research.

Adeline is now with Monash University Malaysia, and is the head of the

discipline (Biological Science). She has been awarded 12 external grants, published

over 50 journal articles, 10 invited book chapters, and more than 60

conference papers. She has hosted international interns from the RISE-DAAD

program and from SupBiotech Paris. The numerous awards conferred have

recognized her excellent research work. This includes the prestigious National

Outstanding Researcher Award (Biological Science) (2018), Gold Medal for the

International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition (ITEX) (2018),

ProVice Chancellor Award (Research Excellence) for Postgraduate Research

Supervision (2019), and ProVice Chancellor Award (Research Excellence) for

Early Career Researcher (2013).