Dr Reuben Sunil Kumar Sharma Senior Lecturer Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Reuben Sharma obtained the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) and Master in Veterinary Science (MVSc Wildlife Medicine) degrees from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), and subsequently a PhD in Molecular Genetics and Parasitology from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. He is a member of the Royal Society of Biology, United Kingdom and Fellow of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Reuben has been appointed as Advisor to the World Health Organization (WHO) on zoonotic malaria, Director on the Executive Board of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP), and Affiliate Researcher at the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom. He has also been appointed as consultant/expert resource person to various NGO’s and governmental organizations on wildlife surveillance, conservation, disease investigation and One Health including the WorldWide Fund for Nature (WWF), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Malaysia (NRE), and the Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH). Reuben has served as President of the Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine (MSPTM), Vice President of the Malaysian Veterinary Medical Association (MAVMA), a member of the National Wildlife Genetics Advisory Board, the National Technical Expert Committee on Invasive Animal Species and Zoonotic Diseases, National Technical Committee on Zoonotic Malaria, and the Orangutan Conservancy USA Veterinary Advisory Group (OVAG). He has also received several international awards including the BP Conservation Program Award, the Wildlife Disease Association USA Professional Development Award and the MSPTM medal. He has served as the Country Coordinator for the Sakura Science Program, Japan Science and Technology Agency, and an Adjunct Professor at the Royal of University of Agriculture, Cambodia. Reuben is currently the President of the Malaysian Association of Zoological Medicine (MAZM) and President of the Asia-Pacific Association of Veterinary Parasitology (APAVP). His academic interests include the genetic diversity, molecular epidemiology, and transmission dynamics of zoonotic wildlife diseases, as well as consolidating efforts for the operationalization of One Health in the Asia-Pacific region. His current research focuses on the impacts of anthropogenic landscape alteration and habitat destruction on the transmission dynamics of zoonotic wildlife diseases in Southeast Asia.