Dr. Nor Azizun Rusdi is a plant biotechnologist and a researcher who is well known for her contribution to the application of plant tissue culture towards rare and endangered orchids, crops and herbals plants in Malaysia. She has been working for 16 years and has experience in research and teaching Plant Biochemistry, Plant Physiology and Plant Biotechnology at the Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS). Dr. Nor Azizun Rusdi is an active academic leader involved in the teaching and supervising final year projects and postgraduate students. She has published numerous scientific papers in international refereed journals and conference proceedings. She currently conducting her research projects in plant functional genomics, plant tissue culture of wild orchids, and the study of natural products from medicinal plants.