Assoc. Prof. Dr Anita Ramli obtained her PhD in Chemistry from Reading University, United Kingdom in 1996. She worked for Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia until 2003 before joining the Advanced Materials Research Center, SIRIM Berhad until 2007. Since then, she has been with Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. Her research areas are in the development of heterogeneous catalyst for the conversion of solid and liquid waste to fuel and chemicals as well as the synthesis of functional nanomaterials for the removal of carbon dioxide from the post-combustion process and the removal of heavy metals from aqueous media.