Professor Dr Syed Tajuddin Syed Hassan is a professor of Biostatistics and Biology at the Department Of Community Health, Faculty Of Medicine And Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)

He has received the award of "Great Minds of the 21st Century" from the American Biographical Institute in 2007 and the Excellent Academic Performance Award from the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) in 2008.

Internationally, Dr. Tajuddin's leadership and contributory role reflects in a variety of manners including; as Advisory Consultant to The Asia Foundation Environmental Fellowship Program; Advisory Group Meeting, September 26-29, 1994, Bangkok, Thailand (Represent Malaysia); representing Malaysia in the Australian Government-sponsored Fellowship, for a 3-weeks course entitled “Modelling impacts of global climatic change on arthropod populations”, BIOTROP, Bogor, Indonesia. (1998); selected by IMD International, Lausanne, Switzerland, to participate in an international executive benchmarking, to develop World Competitiveness Yearbook 2004. (2003 – 2004); nominated as finalists-nominees for consideration towards the world acclaimed ecological BIWAKO Award, Japan. (2003); and appointment to the Editorial Board, in charge of Tropical Agro-ecosystems Knowledge, of the prestigious fully electronic international journal “Conservation Ecology”, under the Chief Editorship of Eminent Scholar Professor Dr C.S. Holling. (2000-2003); represent Malaysia in the Environmental Fellowship Research Affiliation Study Award U.S.A., May through July 1993/94,Asia Foundation, Texas A&M University, Texas (W.L. Sterling & L.T. Wilson), & Clemson University, South Carolina (B.M. Shepard), and University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A. (notable Eminent Scholar & Ecological Management Scientists; C.S. Holling & T.H. Odum, J.W. Jones, & J.C. Allen). Major focus of research hands-on affiliation was "Spatial & Temporal Characterizations of Ecological Resources in Ecosystems Management"; represent Malaysia as one Fullbright Scholar 1988-1989; Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis. (Associate Researcher: Prof. Dr. L.T. Wilson). Research focus was "Distribution & Feeding Dynamics of Arthropods in Integrated Pest Management"; Malaysian delegate as Commonwealth London Times Visiting Research Fellowship 1987/88; International Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, India & International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi & Mbita Point, Kenya. Research affiliation focus was "Agroecosystem Management through Low Input Pest Management"; and represent Malaysia through UNESCO Travelling Award to the XI International Congress of Plant Protection, Manila and to the International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Phillippines, 1987. The major presentation made was Sampling Protocols in Agroecosystem Management.
He can be contacted at tajuddin@medic.upm.edu.my