• PhD (Chemistry), University of Reading, United Kingdom, 1988.
• BSc. Hons. (Chemistry), University of Manchester, United Kingdom, 1984.
• EMS-ISO14000, Environmental Auditor Programme (IRCA/2007), 1997.

• Bioinorganic Chemistry
• Inorganic Chemistry
• Internationalisation

• Synthesis and Characterisation of New Organotins Complexes
• Synthesis and Characterisation of Transition Metal Complexes
• Biological Activity of Inorganic Compounds.

• Head Researcher UKM-ST-06-FRGS0112-2009, Synthesis, Characterisation and Biological Study of Thiophene Semi/Thio-Semicarbazone Ligands and Their Metal Complexes, 2009-present.
• Head Researcher UKM-GUP-NBT-08-27-112, Synthesis and Characterisation of Biologically Active Organotin Thiosemicarbazones, 2008-present.
• Head Researcher, Contract Research with Indah Water Consortium (IWK), STGL016-2008, Social Perception Study on Treated Sewage and Sludge Reuse Potential in Malaysia, 2008 – present.
• Head Researcher, Contract Research with Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia, STGL-004-2009, Kajian Penyelidikan Pelan Strategik Pengajian Tinggi Negara (PSPTN) Teras 4: Memperkasakan IPTA & Memartabatkan Ahli Akademik, Penghargaan dan Pengiktirafan. 2009-present.
•  Head Researcher UKM-ST-01-FRGS0022-2006, Synthesis and characterisation of novel multidentate iron chelating agents, 2006-2009.
• Synthesis and Application Studies of Sulphur, Nitrogen and Oxygen Containing Compounds With Selected Metal and Organometallic Compounds. IRPA 09-02-02-0048-EA144, RM182,000.
• Synthesis, Characterisation and Biological Activity Study of New Oxygen and Sulphur Chelated Organotins. IRPA 09-02-02-0133, RM113,000.

Chemistry Papers

• Othman, M. N., Abdullah M.P. and Farina, Y. 2010. Removal of Aluminium from Drinking Water, Sains Malaysiana, 39(1): 51-55.
• Kayed, S. F., Farina ,Y. and Simpson, J. 2009. 1-Benzothiophene-2-carbaldehyde 4-ethylthiosemicarbazone, Acta Crystallographica Section E, E65: o180-o181.
•  Farina, Y., Adil, H., Ahmed, A., Graisa, A. and Yousif, E. 2009. Synthesis, structural and fungicidal studies of some diorganotin(IV) with benzamidoleucine, Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 3(3): 1670-1673.
•  Yousif, E., Farina, Y. Kasar, K., Graisa, A. and Ayid, K. 2009. Complexes of 2-thioacetic acid benzothiazole with some metal ions, American Journal of Applied Sciences, 6(4): 582-585.
• Yousif, E., Hameed, A., Kamil, A., Farina, Y. Assad, N., and Graisa, A. 2009. Synthesis of new polymers derived from poly (vinyl chloride) and study of their biological evaluation, Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 3(3): 1786-1794.
• Farina, Y., Graisa, A. and Yousif, E. 2009. Synthesis, structure and biological activity of some diorganotin(IV) with benzamidomethionine. Modern Applied Science, 3(4):215-218.
• Graisa, A., Farina, Y., Yousif, E. and Saad, E. E. 2009. Organotin(IV) derivatives of N-tolyl-m-methoxybenzohydroxamic acid: synthesis and structural elucidation, International Journal of Chemistry, 1(2): 34-47.
• Farina, Y., Graisa, A., Yousif, E. and Kassim, M. 2009. Synthesis and structure of some diorganotin(IV) complexes of N-methyl-m-nitrobenzohydroxamic acid, Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 2009 3(1), 291-294.
• Najeeb, D., Shalan, N., Ibraheem, H., Farina, Y. and Yousif, E. 2009. Synthesis and fungicidal activity of some diorganotin(IV) with benzamidocysteine, Journal of Al-Nahrain University,12(1): 24-28.
• Yousif, E., Adil, H., Majeed, A., Graisa, A.  and Farina, Y. 2009. Structure and fungicidal activity of some diorganotin(iv) with benzamidophenylalanine , ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 4(6): 39-42.
•  Yousif, E., Farina, Y., Khadum, S. and Graisa, A. 2009. Triorganotin(IV) of benzamidoglycin: synthesis and fungicidal activity. International Journal of ChemTech Research, 1(3): 789-792.
• Shaker, S.A. and Farina, Y. 2009. Preparing and characterization of some mixed ligand complexes of 1,3,7-trimethylxanthin, ?-picoline and thiocyanate with some metal ions, American Journal of Scientific Research, 5: 20-26.
• Kayed S.F., Farina, Y., Kassim, M., and Simpson, J. 2008.  (E)-2-[1-(1-Benzothiophen-3-yl)ethylidene] hydrazinecarbothioamide methanol hemisolvate, Acta Crystallographica Section E, E64: o1022-o1024.
• Kayed S.F., Farina, Y., Baba, I. and Simpson, J. 2008. E)-3,4-Dihydroxybenzaldehyde 4-ethylthiosemicarbazone, Acta Crystallographica Section E, E64: o824-o825.
• Tan, K.W., Farina, Y., Ng, C.H., Maah M.J., and Ng. S.W. 2008. 3,4-Dihydroxybenzaldehyde 4-phenylthiosemicarbazone, Acta Crystallographica Section E, E64: o1035.
• Graisa, A.M., Farina, Y., Kassim, M., Rizal, M.R. and Ng, S.W. 2008. 3-Methoxy-N-p-tolylbenzo- hydroxamic acid, Acta Crystallographica Section E, E64: o251.
• Abdurazaq T. Swesi, Yang Farina and Ibrahim Baba, 2007, Synthesis and Characterisation of Some Diorganotin(IV) Complexes of 2,3-Dihydroxybenzaldehyde N(4)-Substituted Thiosemicarbazone, Sains Malaysiana, 36, 1: 21-26.
• Yip, F.W., Farina Y., Teoh, S.G., Inayat-Hussain, S.H., Yamin B.M., Baba I. and Ali, A.M. 2006, Effect of Additional Methylene Groups of Triphenyltin(IV) Complex Derivatives of Dicarboxylic Acids on Cytotoxicity Tests on Human Promyelocytic Leukemic Cells and ¹¹⁹Sn NMR Resonance, Malaysian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 4(2): 33-47.
• Abdurazaq T. Swesi, Yang Farina and Seik Weng Ng, 2006, [2,6-Diacetylpyridine bis(4-ethylthiosemicarbazonato)-K5N,N`,N``,S`,S``]dimethyltin(IV) dichloride, Acta Crystallographica Section E, E62: m3022-m3023.
• Abdurazaq T. Swesi, Yang Farina, Ramaiyer Venkatraman and Seik Weng Ng, 2006, A 1:1 cocrystal of chloro(4-ethyl-1-isopropylidene-3-thiosemicarbazida-K2 N3,S)dimethyltin(IV) and 4-ehtyl-1-isopropylidene-3-thiosemicarbazone, Acta Crystallographica Section E, E62: m3120-m3021.
• Abdurazaq T. Swesi, Yang Farina, Ramaiyer Venkatraman and Seik Weng Ng, 2006, Chloro(1-isopropylidene-4-methyl-3-thiosemicarbazidato-K2N3,S)diphenyltin(IV), Acta Crystallographica Section E, E62: m3016-m3017.
• Abdurazaq T. Swesi, Yang Farina, Ramaiyer Venkatraman and Seik Weng Ng, 2006, (Acetone 4-phenylthiosemicarbazonato-K2N,S)chlorodiphenyltin(IV), Acta Crystallographica Section E, E62: m3018-m3019.
• Abdurazag T. Swesi, Yang Farina, Mohammad Kassim and Ng Seik Weng, 2006, 2,3-Dihydroxybenzaldehyde thiosemicarbazone hemihydrate, Acta Cryst. Section E, E62, o5457-o5458.
• Abdurazaq T. Swesi, Yang Farina and Bohari M. Yamin, 2005, Chloro(1-isopropylidene-4-methyl-3-thiosemicarbazidato-k2N3,S)dimethlytin(IV), Acta Cryst, E61, o2421-o2423.
• M. Sanuddin, Y. Farina & B.M. Yamin, 2004, N-Ethyl-N-propyldithiocarbamato)triphenyltin(IV), Acta Cryst., E60: m1662-m1663.
• Elhadi Elbay Saad, Yang Farina, Bohari M. Yamin. 2003. o-Methoxy-N-phenylbenzohydroxamic acid, Acta Cryst., E59: 1-2.
• Elhadi Elbay Saad, Yang Farina, Ibrahim Baba, dan Abdul Hamid Othman, 2003, Synthesis and Characterisation of Some Diorganotin Bis(N-methyl o-nitrobenzohydroxamate), Sains Malaysiana, 32: 79-86.
• Baba, K.Y. Low, Y. Farina, A.H. Othman and Hoog-Kun Fun, 2003, Synthesis and Characterisation of Ethylisopropyldithiocarbamate Complexes and Structure of Cd₂[S₂CN(Et)(iPr)₄, Asean Journal on Science and Technology for Development, 20(2): 109-115.
• Yang Farina, Abdul Hamid Othman, Ibrahim Baba, Ng Seik Weng, dan Hoong-Kun Fun. 2002. Organotin dithiocarbamates derived from hydroxylated amines, Main Group Met. Chem., 25 : 67-72.
• Ibrahim Baba, Lay Hoon Lee, Yang Farina, A. Hamid Othman, Abdul Razak Ibrahim, Awang Usman, Hoong-Kun Fun, and Seik Weng Ng. 2002. Bis(u-N-Methyl-N-phenyldithiocarbamato)[bis(N-methyl-N-phenyldithiocarbamato)zinc(II)], Acta Cryst., E58, m744-m745.
• Ibrahim Baba, Kassim Karimah, Yang Farina, Abdul Hamid Othman, Abdul Razak Ibrahim, Awang Usman, Hoong-Kun Fun, and Seik Weng Ng, 2002, Tris)N-butyl-ethydithiocarbamato)bismuth(III), Acta Cryst., E58, m756-m757.
• Kean Yon Low, Ibrahim Baba, Yang Farina, A. Hamid Othman, Abdul Razak Ibrahim , Hoong-Kun Fun & Seik Weng Ng. 2001. Crystal structure of tris(2-hydroxyethylisopropyl-dithiocarbamato)antimony and tris(2-hydroxyethylisopropyldithiocarbamato)bismuth hemihydrates, Main Group Met. Chem., 24 : 451-452..
• Baba, I., Farina, Y., Kassim, K., Othman, A.H., Razak, I.A., Fun, H.-K. & Ng, S.W. 2001. Bis(µ-N-butyl-N-ethyldithiocarbamato-S:S’)bis[(N-butyl-N-ethyldithiocarbamato) zinc(II)], Acta Cryst., E57: m55-m56.
• Yang Farina, A. Hamid Othman, Ibrahim Abdul Razak, Hoong-Kun Fun, Seik Weng Ng & Ibrahim Baba. 2001. Bis[N,N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)dithiocarbamato-S,S’]-diphenyltin(IV), Acta Cryst., E57: m46-m47.
• Yang Farina, Ibrahim Baba, A. Hamid Othman, Ibrahim Abdul Razak, Hoong-Kun Fun & Seik Weng Ng. 2001 Bis[N,-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)-N-methyldithiocarbamato-S,S’]-diphenyltin, Acta Cryst., E57: m41-m42.
• Yang Farina, Ibrahim Baba, A. Hamid Othman, Ibrahim Abdul Razak, Hoong-Kun Fun & Seik Weng Ng. 2001 Tetragonal modification of 1,1,3,3,5,5,-hexamethyl;-cyclo-1,3,5-tristannathiane, Acta Cryst., E57: m37-m38.

Publication on Internationalisation

• Norzaini Azman and Yang Farina Abdul Aziz. 2007. Implementing A Strategic Plan For Internationalisation: The Case Of The National University, Chapter in a book Globalisation and Internationalisation of Higher Education in Malaysia (in press).
• Norzaini Azman and Yang Farina Abdul Aziz. 2006. Internationalisation of Malaysian Universities: A Case Study of the National University of Malaysia, Malaysian Journal of University Education, 2: 1-24.
• Mohammed Salleh Mohammed Yasin, Yang Farina, Norzaini Azman and Madeline Berma. 2006. Universities and Sustainable Development: The Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Experience, Proceedings of the 2006 Conference of ACU Executive Heads, University of Adelaide, 9-12 April 2006, 10 pages.
• Yang Farina, Nor Zaini Azman & Mazlin B. Mokhtar. 2005. International Education of Malaysian Univesities: Perspectives of a National University, Proceedings of the AUF 5^th Annual Conference, October 12-15, Hotel Equatorial Bangi, 32-49, ISBN: 89-8423-165-7.
• Mohd. Salleh Mohd. Yasin and Yang Farina. 2005. Internationalising A National University: The Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Experience, Oxford Roundtable, 3-8 Julai 2005, St. Anthony's College, Oxford University, England, United Kingdom.
• Mohd. Salleh Mohd. Yasin and Yang Farina. 2005. The National University Reaching Out, The 2005 ASAIHL Seminar on Application of Computing and Information Technology in Higher Learning, 27-29 Jun 2005, Universiti Brunei Darusalam.
• Yang Farina, Mohd. Salleh Mohd. Yasin, Nor Zaini Azman & Salmah Zainal Abidin. 2005. International Education in Malaysia and ASEAN, EU-ASEAN University Cooperation Seminar, 22-23 September 2005, University of Alicante, Spain.
• Mohd. Salleh Mohd. Yasin dan Yang Farina. 2005. Enhancing Networking in a Globalised World: Experiences of a National University with an International Reach, Proceedings of 6th AUAP General Conference, 4-8 September 2005, Universitas Surabaya, Indonesia, 17-30.
• Mohd. Salleh Mohd. Yasin and Yang Farina. 2005. Internationalising a National University: The Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Experience, 2005 Asian University Presidents Forum Keynote Speeches and Presentations, 7-9 October 2005, Pai Chai University, Daejeon, Korea, 69-86.