Assistant Professor
Faculty of Science
About
Faizah Metali obtained her BSc Education (Honours) degree with Biology Major from Universiti Brunei Darussalam in 2002. She received an MSc with Distinction in Plant Conservation (with Seed Banking) from University of Sussex in 2005 and a PhD in Plant and Soil Sciences from University of Aberdeen in 2011. Faizah joined UBD in 2003 as a Tutor and was appointed as a lecturer in May 2005. As part of her PhD study, she focuses on investigating the factors (phylogenetic and ecological determinants) affecting and controlling variation in foliar elemental concentrations, in particular foliar Al concentrations, among and within tropical plant species. The approach adopted in her study combines cross-species phylogenetic analyses of existing and newly-collected data, studies of plants and their soil chemical environments in Brunei Darussalam and experimental studies of the effect of Al application on growth responses and nutrient uptake in an Al-accumulating plant species.
Teaching Area
- Plant Physiology
- Plant Ecophysiology
- Principles of Soil Science
- Cells
- Biomolecules
- Microbiology.
Current Research
- Allelopathic potential of invasive acacias on the germination, seedling growth and physiology of native plant and crop species
- Growth, survival and physiology of tropical seedlings,
- Aluminium accumulation in tropical trees
- Effects of invasive species on soil chemistry
- Floristic diversity and plant community composition of the Tutong White Sands
Research Interests
- Plant ecophysiology, Metal hyperaccumulation in plants, in particular Al accumulation in tropical flora, Soil and plant nutrition, Germination and pollination studies and, Plant conservation and propagation techniques.
Publications
- Martin Dancak, Michal Hroneš, Michal Sochor, Lucie Kobrlová, Radim Hédl, Záboj Hrázský, AnnaVildomcová, Rahayu Sukmaria Sukri & Faizah Metali. 2013. A new species of Thismia (Thismiaceae) from Brunei Darussalam, Borneo. Phytotaxa, 125(1): 33-39.
- Faizah M, Kamariah AS & Burslem DFRP. 2012. Evidence of foliar aluminium accumulation in local, regional and global datasets of wild plants. New Phytologist, 193(3): 637-649. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03965.x
- Faizah M, Kamariah AS & Edwards DS. 2005. Pollination Ecology of a Pioneer Shrub (Melastoma malabathricum L.) in Brunei Darussalam. Conference on Forestry and Forests Products, 399-403.