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Dr. Iis Sopyan is a professor of Materials Engineering at the Department of Manufacturing and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and a fellow of the American Institute of Chemists (AIC). He was the Academic Advisor of the Materials Engineering Programme from 2006 until 2008. Before he joined the department in 2004, he had worked as a senior researcher at the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), Jakarta for eight years. His current research activity involves materials development for bone substitutes, polyme ... show more r composites, and functional ceramics for structural, environmental and energy applications. He obtained his B. Tech. and M.Eng in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry from Tokyo University of Science in 1991 and 1993, respectively. His D. Eng in Applied Chemistry was earned from the University of Tokyo in 1996. Furthermore, he had the opportunity to perform post-doctoral training on biomaterials development at Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics (ISTEC- CNR), Faenza, Italy in 2001. Prof. Sopyan was a member of many international professional bodies such as Chemical Society of Japan, American Chemical Society, American Ceramic Society and European Society for Biomaterials. Since 2015, he has been a member of European Ceramic Society. Prof. Sopyan has thus far made over 300 publications in refereed journals, conferences, book chapters, and books; more than 140 articles have been indexed by Scopus. His current Scopus h index is 21, with the total number of citations above 2200. In 2014, his paper “Porous Hydroxyapatite for Artificial Bone Applications” (Scopus citation 260) has been included in the 15th Anniversary Special Edition of the journal “Science and Technology of Advanced Materials” (Taylor & Francis, IF 3.6) as one of 15 outstanding articles published in the last 15 years. He has filed fifteen patents under his name in Malaysia and eight patent applications have been granted. In 2006, Prof. Sopyan was given the opportunity to represent the university at “the International Technology Exhibition 2006” (ITEX ’06), one of the largest invention exhibitions in the world, held annually in Kuala Lumpur, at which he earned a gold medal. This was the first-ever gold medal won by IIUM during its participation in the event. To date, he has won tens of gold, silver, and bronze medals in many national and international-level product competitions, including ITEX, MTE, PECIPTA (Malaysia), iENA (Germany), Eureka (Belgium), INST (Taiwan), and British Invention Show (UK), He was awarded the Most Dedicated Researcher Award, the Quality Research Award, and the Highest Citation in Citation Index Journal Award in 2003, 2007 and 2009, respectively. Prof. Sopyan has completed the supervision of 24 postgraduate students and over 70 students at undergraduate level. Moreover, he has examined 32 theses at IIUM and other universities in Malaysia, Indonesia, and India. Being highly active in research, since 2010 he has been the editorial board member of six international journals published in Bulgaria, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the UAE, and the USA. He has reviewed tens of articles submitted to reputable journals with high impact factors such as Journal of American Chemical Society, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, Journal of Materials Science, Materials and Design, and Materials Chemistry and Physics.