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:''This is a Malay name; the name Abdul Hamid is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, ZAKRI.'' ZAKRI Abdul Hamid (born 23 June 1948) has had a distinguished career in science as a researcher, educator, administrator and diplomat. Awarded the federal honorific title "''Tan Sri''" by Malaysia's head of state in 2014, he serves today as the founding Chair at the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), as the Science Advisor to Malaysia's Prime Minister, and as one of 26 members of the UN Secretary-General's Scientific Advisory Board. Among other positions, Zakri Co-Chairs the Secretariat of Malaysia's Global Science and Innovation Advisory Council (GSIAC), and Chairs the National Professors Council, the Malaysian Biotechnology Corporation (BIOTECHCORP), the National Foresight Institute and the Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT). Earlier positions included Co-Chair of the Board at the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment from July 2000 to 2005, Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) of the United Nations University (UNU) from 2010 to 2008, and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the National University of Malaysia (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) from 1992 to 2000. == Early life and education == Zakri earned a diploma from the College of Agriculture, Malaya in Serdang, Malaysia, in 1969, followed by a bachelor's degree in crop science from Louisiana State University, USA (1972), and Master’s (1974) and Doctorate (1976) degrees in plant breeding from Michigan State University. He began lecturing at the National University of Malaysia (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) in the late 1970s, rising quickly through the ranks to Head of the Department of Genetics (1978–1981), Associate Professor (1980), full Professor (1986), Dean of the Life Sciences Faculty (1987–1992), and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the university (1992 to 2000), in which capacity he managed 1,500 academic staff across several faculties in one of Malaysia’s largest public universities, with 20,000 undergraduate and post-graduate students. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zakri Abdul Hamid」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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