Hanee Farzana Hizaddin holds M.Eng. (with honors) in Chemical Engineering from the University of Manchester, and PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Universiti Malaya. She is currently a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Malaya (UM). Before joining UM, she worked as a Safety and Risk Engineer with ExxonMobil Malaysia from 2009 to 2011. She is passionate about engineering education and Outcome-Based Education (OBE) implementation. She has current research interests in design and development of novel solvents (e.g., ionic liquid and deep eutectic solvents) for various applications in chemical processes, particularly in the separation of fluid mixtures (liquid-liquid and gas-liquid mixtures), with a special interest on separation and recovery of precious metals, critical minerals and rare earh elements, and in CO2 capture and utilization.