Summary: Dr. Goh You Keng (GYK)

DR. GOH YOU KENG (GYK)
Contact Details :
Advanced Agriecological Research S/B, No. 11, Jalan Teknologi 3/6, Taman Sains Selangor 1,
Kota Damansara, 47810 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
Tel : 603-6151 7924 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9
Fax : 603-6151 7081
Email : gohyk@aarsb.com.my
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Education
1995
B.Sc. (Hons.) in Horticulture (Magna Cum Laude)
Louisiana State University (Agricultural and Mechanical College)
2001
Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Pathology (Minor: Biochemistry)
Louisiana State University (Agricultural and Mechanical College)

Career Outline
1993 (August) – 1995 (May)
Student Research Assistant
Department of Horticulture, Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
1995 (September) – 1995 (November)
Research Officer (Trainee)
Applied Agricultural Research Sdn. Bhd., Kuala Lumpur
1996 (January) – 2001 (August)
Graduate Assistant
Department of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
2001 (September) – 2004 (June)
Post Doctoral Fellow
Department of Plant, Soil, and Agricultural Systems Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
2004 (October) – 2010 (December)
Research Officer (Agronomist)
Advanced Agriecological Research S/B
2011 – Present
Senior Research Officer (Agronomist)
Advanced Agriecological Research S/B

Job Description
Senior Research Officer. Was a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Plant, Soil and Agricultural Systems, Southern Illinois University, Illinois, USA working on soybean diseases. Joined AAR since October 2004. Currently an oil palm agronomist/plant pathologist. Main job functions are oil palm advisory and studying the various aspects of Ganoderma basal stem rot in oil palms.

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