Professor Adeline Ting joined Monash University Malaysia in 2010. She is a trained plant pathologist, completing her Bachelor of Horticultural Science, Masters of Agricultural Science (Plant Pathology), and PhD (Plant Pathology) at Universiti Putra Malaysia. While her passion in agricultural studies remained steadfast, she has developed equal interest in Biodiversity Discovery, Environmental Sustainability, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Production, as well as in Nature-based Solutions for Climate Change. 

Adeline is highly research-active, successfully securing 17 external grants throughout her career, with 10 of these as the Principal Investigator. Her funding comes from the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia (MOHE), the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation Malaysia (MOSTI), the industry, and non-profit organizations. Together with her PhD students, they were awarded the Nagao Environment Fund from Japan (2018) and two TORAY Research Grant Awards (2018/2019, 2021/2022). Adeline  has published more than 100 refereed journal articles, 20 invited book chapters, and a single-authored book. Adeline's excellence in research has been recognized by several prestigious awards, including the National Outstanding Researcher Award (Biological Science) (2018) conferred by the Private Education Cooperative of Malaysia. She is twice the recipient of Monash University Malaysia’s PVC’s Award-for Research Excellence-for Postgraduate Supervision (2019) and Early Career Researcher (2013). Additionally, her early contributions to Teaching and Research has also been awarded the PVC Awards for Education and Research in 2012 and a PVC Commendation for Excellence in Education-Programs That Enhance Learning (2024). Adeline is also the recipient of several innovation awards, namely the two Gold Medals in ITEX 2022, ITEX 2018 and a Silver Medal in ITEX 2021. She was also the recipient of the Gold Award and the Outstanding Innovation Award in the MTE SDG 2023 innovation competition. 

Adeline is currently the Associate Head of School (International). She was previously the Head of Discipline for Biological Science, a role held since 2015-2024. Her other portfolio roles included the Associate Head (Graduate Studies) from 2017-2019, and coordinatorship of various programmes and initiatives (Undergraduate Research, Internship, Sessional Teaching Essentials Program, Peer-Assisted Studies Program). She is an active member of the School Senior Management Committee, School Research Committee, and School Education Committee. She is also actively engaged in other scholarly activities with external communities, serving as one of the EXCO members for the Malaysian Society for Microbiology since 2019. 

Adeline loves working with students, believing every student has great potential to accomplish great things in life. She believes that "inspiration works both ways". She is also a firm practioner of work-life-balance.

Adelien is interested in Biodiversity Discovery, Environmental Sustainability, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Production, and Climate Change. She is passionate about learning the diverse microbes that exist in the environment, their adaptations and their potential biotechnological applications. Adeline loves working with bacteria and fungi, to realise their use as microbial-based solutions to improve resilience and sustainability of crops and environment towards climate change. 

Adeline loves to work with students who share the same research passion and interest. She welcomes expressions of interest from students at undegraduate, Honours and postgraduate (HDR) levels. Please visit the team's  website to know more. Let's get connected!  

• BTH2820 (Crop Science)
• BTH3732 (Environmental Microbiology)