Firuza Begham Mustafa is an Associate Professor at the Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University ofMalaya. She specialized in agriculture geography, environment, aquaculture and geophysical fi elds. She has collaborated with local andinternational researchers and produced more than 100 publications including in WOS-ISI journals, books, chapters, conferences papersand posters. Most of her papers are published at reputable international journals like International Review of Hydrobiology (Q1), SoilUse Management (Q3), Soil and Water Conservation Research (Q1), Acta Geophysica (Q3) and Singapore Journal of TropicalGeography (Q3). She has also written chapters on many international books published by Pearson Learning Solutions, Boston in 2010,Springer, Cham in 2018, Taylor & Francis Online in 2017, Emerging Technologies and Research, London in 2019. She has also publishedfew scientifi c books in her fi eld of interest and specialization for the benefi t of local populations and native students. The booksentitled Akuakultur Udang Harimau (Tiger Shrimp Aquaculture) Geografi Pertanian (Agriculture Geography) and Geografi Tanih (Soil Geography) are published by the University of Malaya Press. The research work has been funded by international and local researchgrant i.e High Impact Research Grant (HIR), University of Malaya Research Grant (UMRG), KPM Community Research Grant, FRGS,LRGS, and others, with cumulative research funding amounting to at least RM2 million. She has several intellectual property rights (IP),10 international and local post-graduates completed their studies under her supervision. She had won Gold Medal for Innovation andCreativity Expo (2010), Silver Medal Silver Award for Learning Improvement and Teaching Enhancement Research (Liter) in 2018,Bronze Medal for Malaysia Technology Expo in 2010, Bronze Medal for Bioinno Awards in 2010, Bronze Medal for PECIPTA in 2009 andBronze Medal for Biomalaysia in 2009. She also received Anugerah Perkhidmatan Cemerlang in 2019 and Sijil PerkhidmatanCemerlang in 2018 and 2011. She was also appointed as Visiting Fellow of Qinghai National University, China and Aligarh MuslimUniversity, India. She actively participated Theo Murphy High Flyers Think Tank of Australia entitled “Stressed ecosystems: betterdecisions for Australia (2011) and High Flyers Think Tank on Australia’s population: shaping a vision for our future (2012)” organized bythe Australian Academy of Science (AAS). Between 2016-2021, she was also Council Member of the International Geographical UnionCommission on Commission Marginalization, Globalization, and Regional and Local Responses- C16.29, a member of InternationalGeographical Union for Commission on Geographical Education, a member of the Southeast Asian Geography Association (SEAGA)and the Centre for Global Geography Education (CGGE) training by Association of American Geography (AAG). She is an AssociateFellow (AFMSA) of Malaysian Scientifi c Association (MSA). She served in the Editorial Board of the Malaysian Journal of TropicalGeography (MJTG), University of Malaya, Editorial Board Water Conservation Management (WCM), Editorial Board of Geology, Ecologyand Landcapes (GEL) and International Journal of Creative Industries (IJCREI). She is also active in ISI-WOS journal reviewer includingthe Science of the Total Environment, Frontiers of Earth Science, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Journal of Public Affairs,Quaestiones Geographiceae, Land Degradation & Development, Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, Current Urban Studies andNatural Resources Forum and many others including local journal. She also serves as Auditor for Malaysia Qualifi cation Agency (MQA)since 2009 for Geography and Environmental subjects and had audited program in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UniversitiTeknologi MARA, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Universiti PendidikanSultan Idris, SEGi University, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman and many other university and private colleges. She is the PhD thesisexaminer for the University of Madras, Chennai and Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India; the University of Rajshahi, Dacca,Bangladesh and other Malaysian Universities. She had delivered lectures in many national and international seminars and conferencesincluding in Switzerland, Austria, Turkey, Egypt, Australia, India, China, Singapore, Indonesia, Nepal, Cambodia, Brunei, Philippines,Bangladesh and Korea.