Professor Agamutu Pariatamby

Agamutu Pariatamby

Professor Agamutu Pariatamby

  • Professor Special Studies Division

Biography

Dr Agamutu FASc, is a Senior Professor (with 49 years of experience in Waste Management) in the Jeffrey Sachs Center on Sustainable Development at 红杏视频 University (SU). He is a Global top 2% Scientist in Environmental Sciences by Stanford University. He was also the Associate Dean (Research and Postgraduate Studies) at the School of Interdisciplinary Sciences, SU.

He is a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences, Malaysia since 2014. He is appointed as the High-Level End Foreign Expert for the Ministry of Science and Technology, China and is also a Visiting Professor for Zhejiang University of Technology in Hangzhou, China. He is the Chairman of the International Consultant Committee on Waste to Energy (ICCWtE), based in Zhejiang University.

He was an Associate Editor/ Senior Editor in Chief of Waste Management and Research (WM&R) for 20 years, and is currently an International Advisory Board member for WM&R. He is on the editorial boards of several journals such as Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management and Journal of Safety and Environment. He is the Vice-President of the Society of Solid Waste Management Experts in Asia and Pacific Islands (SWAPI). He is the Founder Head of the Center for Research in Waste Management and the Founder President of the Malaysian Society of Waste Management and Environment. Currently he is the Chairman for the Organization for Climate Change (OFCC), Malaysia. He is an Honorary life member of International Solid Waste Association (ISWA). He has published 22 books, 34 chapters in books and authored over 480 peer-reviewed articles, proceedings and invited papers. He has done over 75 consultancy projects and supervised over 200 Master鈥檚 Degree students and 45 doctoral students. His research interest includes Solid Waste Management, Plastic and Microplastics, Marine Debris, Landfills and Biomass/Waste to Energy, ESG, to name a few. He has international networking and collaboration in several countries such as the UK, China, Austria, Japan, Korea, India, Norway, Finland, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, to name a few.

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • PhD, University of Malaya (UM)
  • MSc, University of Malaya (UM)
  • BSC(Hons), University of Malaya (UM)

Research Interests

  • Solid Waste Management
  • Plastic Biodegradation
  • Sustainable Environmental Management
  • Life Cycle Analysis
  • Hazardous Wastes
  • Solid Substrate Technology
  • Greenhouse Gas Reduction
  • MFA and POPs
  • Circular Economy
  • Extended Producer Responsibility

Notable Publications

Books:

  1. Sadhan Kumar Ghosh, Ramakrishna Sen, H N Chanakya and Agamuthu P. (2020). Bioresource Utilization and Bioprocess. Springer Nature Singapore. ISBN 978 981 15 1606 1. Pp283.
  2. Agamuthu P, Fauziah Shahul Hamid and Mehran Sanam Bhatti (2020). . (pp.586). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
  3. Fauziah Shahul Hamid, Siti Suhaila Harith, Japareng Lalung, Auwalu Hassan and Agamuthu P. (2019). Technical Report: Abundance and Distribution of Marine Debris on Selected Beaches of Marine Park Islands. Department of Fisheries Malaysia. Pp 48. ISBN 978-967-0633-53-4.
  4. Agamuthu P (Ed). (2018). Proceedings of the ISWA World Congress 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Pp592. ISBN 978-967-16527
  5. Prasad Modak, Jeffrey Seadon and Agamuthu P. (2017). Asia Waste Management Outlook (AWMO). United Nations Environment. Pp 234.

Book chapter:

  1. Agamuthu P, Mehran Sanam Bhatti, Fauziah Shahul Hamid (2020). Waste Management in Developing Countries: An Overview, In: (Ed) Sustainable Waste Management Challenges in Developing Countries. IGI Global publishers, USA. Pp 494-519.
  2. Agamuthu P, and Mehran Sanam Bhatti, (2020). Waste Management Challenges in Malaysia. In: (Ed.)
  3. Agamuthu P, Mehran S B. and Fauziah S H. . IGI Global publishers, USA. Pp 186-222.
  4. Agamuthu P, and Mehran Sanam Bhatt. (2020). Circular Economy in Malaysia. In: (Ed). Sadhan K Ghosh. Circular Economy: Global Perspective. Springer Nature publishers. Pp 241-268. ISBN 978-981-15-1051-9.
  5. Agamuthu P, and Mehran Sanam Bhatt. (2019). Sustainable Solid Waste Management: Global and Asian Perspective. In (Ed). Rajeev Pratap Singh, Vishal Prasad, and Barkha Vaish. Recent Advances and Global Challenges in Waste Management. Taylor and Francis Group/CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-138-39042-3.

Proceeding papers:

  1. Agamuthu P. Waste Management and in Asia: Challenges and the Way Forward. Keynote. International Conference on Solid Waste 2019, Hangzhou, China. Nov 13-16, 2019. Pp 34-35.
  2. Agamuthu P. Aziz A and Fauziah S H. (2019). Natural Coagulants from Dillenia Indica Seeds for Removal of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Landfill Leachate. In (Ed Sadhan Kumar Ghosh) Proc. of the 9th International Conference on Solid Waste Management. Bhubaneswar, India. Pg 316.
  3. Agamuthu P., Nithiya A. and Shimaoka, T. (2019). Waste to Energy: Current Technologies. In (Ed Sadhan Kumar Ghosh) Proc. of the 9th   International Conference on Solid Waste Management. Plenary paper. Bhubaneswar, India. Pp 181-185.
  4. Priya M. Agamuthu P. and Fauziah S H. (2019). Fungal Biodegradation of Polyethylene Tetraphthalate Plastics from Landfill. International Young Scientists Symposium on Waste Management and Disposal Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China. Pp. 72-75.
  5. Michael Devadoss, P S., Agamuthu, P. Chenayah, S. and Fauziah, S H. (2019). Impact of Solid Waste Management on Climate Change in Malaysia. International Young Scientists Symposium on Waste Management and Disposal Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China. Pp. 68-71.
  6. P. (2019). Status of Microplastic Pollution in Aquatic Ecosystem. Expert Workshop on Microplastics in the Water Environment. 19-21 August 2019, Koh Samui, Thailand. Book of abstracts. Pg 15.
  7. Agamuthu P. (2018). Invited Keynote Lecture. Solid waste Management Impact on Sustainable Development. 2018 3rd Intl. Conf. on Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Development (CEESD 2018). 30th Nov to 2 Dec 2018.
  8. Agamuthu P. (2018). Invited Keynote Lecture. Waste Management dynamics and challenges in Asia. Proc. Intl. Conf. on Advances and Challenges for Sustainable Ecosystem (ICACSE 2018). National Institute of Technology (NIT), Thrichy, India. 6th -8th Dec 2018. Pp4.
  9. Agamuthu P. (2018). Issues and Challenges of Waste Management and Recycling in Asia. Proc. RECYCLE 2018. Int. Conf. on Waste Management, pp vii. Indian Institute of India (IIT) Guwahati, India.

Articles in academic indexed journals:

  1. Auwalu H., Agamuthu P., Ossai. I C., Aziz A., Mohd Afzanizam M., Jayanthi B., and Fauziah S.H. (2022). . Applied Soil Ecology 170 (2022) 104307. IF 4.046 Q2.
  2. Ragossnig AM, Agamuthu P. . Waste Management & Research. 2021;39(5):629-630. doi:10.1177/0734242X211013428
  3. Agamuthu P. (2021).  Waste Monitor 4(1): 47-48. National Solid Waste association of India.
  4. Aziz, A., Agamuthu P., A Hassan., Auta H.S. and Fauziah S.H. (2021). . Environmental Technology & Innovation. 24, Nov 2021, 102061. . IF 5.263 Q1
  5. Jayanthy, B. Hassan Auwalu, Agamuthu P., Fauziah S H., and Emenike C. U. (2021). . Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29, 22069鈥22081 (2022). .
  6. Chanrakant B K., Ramasamy R., Raman V., Raju R. and Agamuthu P. (2021). . Waste Management and Research, 39 (11): 1427-1436. DOI 10.1177/0734242X211029159
  7. Auwalu Hassan and Agamuthu P. (2021). . Intl. J. of Environmental Science and Technology. (accepted). Q2
  8. Auwalu Hassan, Agamuthu P.* and Fauziah Shahul Hamid (2021). Open access journal of Waste Management & Xenobiotics. 4 (2).:000165. DOI: 10.2.3880/oajwx-16000165.
  9. Alberto Bezama and Agamuthu, P. (2021). . Waste Management and Research. 39 (6) (June 2021) Open Access. Supplementary issue 1. (pp1-2).
  10. Michel Devadoss, P. S., Agamuthu P., Bhatti, M. S., Chenayah, S., & Shahul Hamid, F. (2021). . Waste Management & Research, 0734242X20983927.
  11. Michel Devadoss, P.Agamuthu, S.B.Mehran, C. Santha , S.H.Fauziah, 鈥溾 Waste Management, Volume 119, 1 January 2021, Pages 135-144.
  12. Agamuthu P., Fauziah Shahul Hamid, Mehran Sanam Bhatti, Norkhairah Anuar, and Norkhairiyah Anuar, (2020). 鈥樷, J. Eng. Technol Sci., 52.2.
  13. Agamuthu P. and Jayanthi Barasarathi, (2020). 鈥樷, Waste Management & Research (September 2020).
  14. Dwi Hantoko, Xiaodong Li, Agamuthu P., Kunio Yoshikawa, Mika Horttanainen, and Mi Yan, (2020). 鈥樷, Journal of Environmental Management, 286 .
  15. Agamuthu, P., & Barasarathi, J. (2020).  Waste Management & Research (Sept 2020).
  16. Sadhan K Ghosh and Agamuthu P. (2019).  Waste Management and Research. 37 (11): 1061-1062.
  17. Auwalu Hassan, Agamuthu P, Aziz Ahmed, Ossai Innocent and Fauziah Shahul Hamid. (2019). . Journal of Soils and Sediments 20, pages 66鈥80.
  18. Auwalu Hassan, Agamuthu P, Aziz Ahmed, Helen Shnada Auta and Fauziah Shahul Hamid. 2019. . Water Air Soil Pollut (2019) 230:215
  19. Agamuthu, P. Mehran, S B. Norkhairah A and Norkhairiah A. (2019).  :37(10): 987-1002.
  20. Agamuthu P., Arne M. Ragossnig and Costas Velis. (2019). . Waste Management and Research, 37(4): 313-314.
  21. Mehmet Sinan Bilgili and Agamuthu P. (2019). . Waste Management & Research. 37(3): 197-198.
  22. Alaribe F O and Agamuthu P. (2019). . Pedoshere 29(2): 248-258.
  23. Alberto Bezama and Agamuthu P. (2019). . Waste Management and Research. 37(1) (Open access Supplement). 1-4.
  24. A Aziz, Agamuthu P. and Fauziah S H. (2018). , 3-(1-methyl-2-pyrrolidinyl)-(S) from landfill leachate using locust bean gum. Waste Management and Research, 36(12):1146-1156.
  25. Agamuthu P. (2018).  Waste Management and Research. 36(10):869-871.
  26. Fauziah S H. Mehran, S R. Norkhairiyah A. Norkhairah, Priya M. and Agamuthu P. (2018).  Waste Management and Research. 36(10): 873-897.
  27. Emenike C U., Jayanthi, B., Agamuthu P. and Fauziah S H. (2018). . Rev. 00: 1鈥13 (0000) dx.doi.org/10.1139/er-2017-0045.
  28. Agamuthu, P. and Sadhan K Ghosh. (2018). . Waste Management and Research, 36 (6):481-482.
  29. Aziz A, Agamuthu P., and Fauziah S H. (2018)., . Waste Management and Research 36(10): 975-984.
  30. Jayanthi B. Emenike C. Auta S. Agamuthu P. & Fauziah S H. (2017). . International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 119, 467-475.
  31. Agamuthu P. (2017). . Waste Management & Research, 36 (10): 997-998.
  32. Jayanthi B., Emenike C U., Agamuthu P. and Fauziah S H. (2017). . Intl. J. of Chemical Engineering and Application. 8(3):199-202.
  33. Fauziah S H., Agamuthu, P. Hashim R., Izyani. And Emenike C U. (2017). . Environmental Earth Science (2017). 76:401. DOI 10. 1007?s 12665-017-6739-x.
  34. Aziz Ahmed, and Agamuthu, P. (2017). . DOI.no. 10.1080/09593330.2017.1305455.
  35. Emenike C.U, Winney Liew, Fahmi M.G, Kamilah Jalil N, Agamuthu P and Fauziah S.H (2017). . CSAWAC. 45(2) 6 pages.

Achievements & Accolades

Selected Talks and Presentations: 

  1. 24 March 2022: 鈥淓mbracing the Circular Economy in the 12th Malaysia Plan鈥, Webinar held by Economic Planning Unit (EPU) under Prime Minister鈥檚 Department in collaboration with Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Panelist
  2. 2 Dec 2019: 鈥淪ustainable Development Goals in Food Waste Management鈥, Intl Seminar on Sustainable Development Goals-The Indian Pathway, Invited Keynote Speaker.
  3. 13- 16 Nov 2019: 鈥淢arine Debris: Issues, Challenges and Initiatives鈥, Asia-Pacific Symposium on Energy Utilization of Municipal Solid Waste for a Sustainable Development of City, Keynote Speaker.
  4. 31 July -1 Aug 2019: 鈥淕lobal Perspectives on Plastics and Microplastics: Issues, Challenges and Initiatives鈥, WMAM Annual Conference & Gala dinner, Invited Speaker.
  5. 7- 11 July 2019: 鈥淧lastics and Microplastics: A Global Perspective鈥, Intl. Young scientists Symposium on Waste Management and Disposal Technology, Keynote Speaker.
  6. 19- 22 May 2019: 鈥淥cean Plastics Management and Challenges鈥, ISEE 2019, Invited Plenary Speaker.
  7. 19- 22 May 2019: 鈥淪tatus and Issues in Transboundary Movement of Wastes in Malaysia鈥, ISEE2019/ Basel Forum 2019, Invited Plenary Speaker.
  8. 19- 22 May 2019: 鈥淓-waste Management and Resource Recovery Potential in Asia and the Pacific鈥, ISEE2019, Plenary Speaker.
  9. 16 April 2019: 鈥淭he 3R Uptake by Malaysians鈥, Jordan Green Clean Campaign, Invited Speaker.
  10. 21- 24 Mar 2019: 鈥淧lastic Management: Issues and Challenges鈥, 14th ICWMT, Beijing China,
  11. 27 Feb -1 Mar 2019: 鈥淪tatus of Marine Plastic Debris: Issues, Challenges and Global Initiatives鈥, 3RINCs 2019, Bangkok, Thailand, JSMCWM, KSWM, Invited Plenary Speaker.
  12. 27 Feb -1 Mar 2019: 鈥3R Policy Indicator and Its Future. Recapping 1St Round and Priorities For 2Nd Round鈥, 3RINCs 2019, Bangkok, Thailand, JSMCWM, KSWM, Invited Speaker.
  13. 27 Feb -1 Mar 2019: 鈥淕lobal Management of Construction and Demolition and Disaster Waste鈥, 3RINCs 2019, Bangkok, Thailand, JSMCWM, KSWM, Invited Plenary Speaker.

Professional Associations

  1. Associate Dean (Research), School of Interdisciplinary Studies, 红杏视频 University
  2. Vice-President/International Advisory Board Member 鈥 Society of Solid Waste Management Experts in Asia and Pacific Islands (SWAPI)
  3. Visiting Professor, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
  4. Fellow, Academy of Sciences Malaysia
  5. Former Senior Editor in Chief, Waste Management & Research
  6. Editor, Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management
  7. Editorial Board, Journal of Safety and Environment
  8. Editorial Board, Advance in Environmental Waste Management & Recycling
  9. Chairman, Organization for Climate Change (OFCC)
  10. Board member (Vice Chairman), International Consultant Committee of Waste to Energy, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
  11. Steering Committee Member of Centre Collaborating with UNEP on Environmental Technologies (CCET)
  12. Member, DeTao Masters, China
  13. Member of the Experts Working Group, Regional Knowledge Centre for Marine Plastic Debris (RKC-MPD)