CURRICULUM VITAE
  • Name : BAHARUDIN BIN OMAR
  • Qualifications :

    Sarjana , IPB Bogor (1977);

    Master of  Science in Public Health  (Tulane University ) 1979;

    Doctor of  Science (Public Health)  (Tulane University) 1988.

  • Specialisation :

    Medical Parasitology.

    Medical Entomology.

    Forensic Entomology.

    Tropical Medicine & Public Health.

  • Areas of Research :

    Determination of Post Mortem Interval (Forensic Entomology).

    Taxonomy of Calliphoridae (Diptera) of Medical Importance.

    Taxonomy of Ticks (Acarina)

    Phylogenetic and Evolution of  Insects of Medical Importance.

  • Current Projects and Grants :

    Research on distribution of ticks of medical importance and their mammal hosts.

    Effects of drugs on development of immature stages of blowflies.

    Determinaton of post-mortem intervals based on insects that are present on and around corpses.

  • Selected Publications :

    1. Hiromu Kurahashi & Baharudin Omar. 2008. Wilhemina nepenthicola Schmitz and Villeneuvi newly recorded from Sarawak, East malaysia (Diptera:Calliphoridae). Medical Entomology and Zoology 58:325-327

    2. Zuha, R.M., Supriyanti, M. & Baharudin Omar. 2008. Fly artifact documentation of Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius)(Diptera:Calliphoridae) - a forensically important blowfly species in Malaysia. Tropical Biomedicine 25:17-22.

    3. Baharudin Omar, Kurahashi, H., Jeffery, J., Yasodha, N., Lau S.Y/, John, M.C., Marwi, M.A., Zuha, R.M., & Ahmad, M.S.2008.  A new record of fannia pusio (Wiedemann)(Diptera:Fanniidae) from Malaysia. Tropical Biomedicine 25:99-100.

    4. Heo, C.C., Mohamad A.M., Jon J. &.Baharudin Omar. 2008. Insect sucession on a decomposing piglet carcass placed in a man-made freswater pond in Malaysia. Tropical Biomedicine 25: 23-29.

    5. Heo, C.C. Mohamad, A.M., John Jeffery & Baharudin Omar. 2008. On the predation of fly, Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart) by a spider, Oxyopes sp Latrielle (Oxyopidae).Tropical Biomedicine 25: 93-95.

    6. Ahmad Firdaus, M.S., Marwi, M.A., Jeffery, J., Nor Afandy, A.H. Zuha, R.M. & Baharudin Omar. 2008. A review of forensic entomology cases at Ipoh Hospital and Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia for the year 2003.  Indonesian Journal of Legal & Forensic Sciences 1: 1-4.

    Books & Monograph:

     1.Baharudin Omar. 2008.  Haiwan Berbisa. Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka (ISBN 978-983-62-8523-2)

  • Contact Information :
    - Address
      DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
      FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
      Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz
      50300 Kuala Lumpur
      Malaysia
    - Phone Number
      03-40405194
    - E-mail