{"id":35,"date":"2015-05-06T01:05:55","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T17:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biodiversity.fbb.utm.my\/laser\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2026-10-07T10:02:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T02:02:33","slug":"directors-message","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/laser\/directors-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Director Message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular section_has_divider et_pb_bottom_divider et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">Welcome to Laser Center UTM<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_bottom_inside_divider et-no-transition\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Director Message<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><div id=\"pl-35\" class=\"panel-layout\">\n<div id=\"pg-35-0\" class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\">\n<div id=\"pgc-35-0-0\" class=\"panel-grid-cell\">\n<div id=\"panel-35-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\">\n<div class=\"textwidget\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Welcome to the <strong>Laser Center<\/strong>, Ibu Sina Institute for Scientific &amp; Industrial Research (ISI-SIR) at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Laser Center is driven by excellence in research with research expertise in the particular areas of Lasers, Photonics, Plasma Physics and Fusion, and Nano-materials &amp; structures. Laser Center is the first centre in the Malaysia to provide facilities and expertise for postgraduate research in field of Laser Technology and we continue this today through our constantly evolving latest research activates and facilities and delivered by world-leading experts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Laser Center was established in January 2008 with name <strong>Advanced Photonics Science Institute (APSI)<\/strong> under Faculty of Science Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) which has been renamed and restructured to Laser Center and shifted under one of the Centre of Excellence (COE), Ibu Sina Institute for Scientific &amp; Industrial Research (ISI-SIR), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). The role of APSI is to support the nation\u2019s aspiration of becoming a developed country in the field of photonic science.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We continue to support innovation, development and increasing of knowledge through proactive dissemination and provide skilled workforce in the field of photonics. We pursue fundamental science and make discoveries to contribute directly to address the challenging problems facing by society. Our expansion continues as new research avenues are explored through large-scale, ground breaking collaborations and increasing numbers continue to benefit from our research and knowledge dissemination.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Therefore, Laser Center welcomes both local and overseas research collaborators and potential postgraduate students to join us in various interesting and innovative research projects. We would also like to share our expertise and experience with you through research collaboration, workshops and short courses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I look forward to welcome you to our Centre as a research collaborator and prospective postgraduate students.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_blurb et_pb_blurb_0  et_pb_text_align_left  et_pb_blurb_position_left et_block_module et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_main_blurb_image et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lasercenterutm\/?locale=ms_MY\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><span class=\"et-waypoint et_pb_animation_top et_pb_animation_top_tablet et_pb_animation_top_phone et-pb-icon\">\ue0aa<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lasercenterutm\/?locale=ms_MY\">Laser Center UTM<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_description\"><p>Follow our Facebook<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"434\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/laser\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/06\/Ganesan-Director.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Ganesan Director\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/laser\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/06\/Ganesan-Director.jpg 434w, https:\/\/research.utm.my\/laser\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/06\/Ganesan-Director-189x300.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" class=\"wp-image-6900\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_3  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Director<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_4 et_animated  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Dr. Ganesan Krishnan<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":11313,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<div id=\"pl-35\" class=\"panel-layout\"><div id=\"pg-35-0\" class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\"><div id=\"pgc-35-0-0\" class=\"panel-grid-cell\" data-weight=\"1\"><div id=\"panel-35-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" data-style=\"{\"background_image_attachment\":false,\"background_display\":\"tile\"}\"><div class=\"textwidget\"><p style=\"text-align: justify\">Welcome to the <strong>Laser Center<\/strong>, Ibu Sina Institute for Scientific & Industrial Research (ISI-SIR) at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Laser Center is driven by excellence in research with research expertise in the particular areas of Lasers, Photonics, Plasma Physics and Fusion, and Nano-materials & structures. Laser Center is the first centre in the Malaysia to provide facilities and expertise for postgraduate research in field of Laser Technology and we continue this today through our constantly evolving latest research activates and facilities and delivered by world-leading experts.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Laser Center was established in January 2008 with name <strong>Advanced Photonics Science Institute (APSI)<\/strong> under Faculty of Science Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) which has been renamed and restructured to Laser Center and shifted under one of the Centre of Excellence (COE), Ibu Sina Institute for Scientific & Industrial Research (ISI-SIR), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). The role of APSI is to support the nation\u2019s aspiration of becoming a developed country in the field of photonic science.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">We continue to support innovation, development and increasing of knowledge through proactive dissemination and provide skilled workforce in the field of photonics. We pursue fundamental science and make discoveries to contribute directly to address the challenging problems facing by society. Our expansion continues as new research avenues are explored through large-scale, ground breaking collaborations and increasing numbers continue to benefit from our research and knowledge dissemination.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">Therefore, Laser Center welcomes both local and overseas research collaborators and potential postgraduate students to join us in various interesting and innovative research projects. We would also like to share our expertise and experience with you through research collaboration, workshops and short courses.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">I look forward to welcome you to our Centre as a research collaborator and prospective postgraduate students.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><br \/> Director<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">Laser Center, ISI-SIR<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/laser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/laser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/laser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/laser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11313"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/laser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/laser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6978,"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/laser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions\/6978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/laser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}