Dr Nurjahirah Janudin is working as a postdoctoral fellow at the Research Centre for Chemical Defence, National Defence University of Malaysia. Her research interests are nanotechnology, nanomaterials, material science, and sensor technology. She received her Bachelor's degree in Science (Chemistry) (Hons) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Upon completing her Bachelor's degree programme, she was awarded the MyBrain scholarship by the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia to undertake a Master of Science in the field of Chemical Engineering at Universiti Putra Malaysia. She continued her Doctor of Philosophy study at Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia in the field of chemistry. She has authored or coauthored more than 15 articles and has published one book.