On date 28th OCtober 2016, Marziah Zahar has been passed the viva voce with the thesis title “MARINE MICROBIAL DIVERSITY OF OFF-TERENGGANU COASTAL SEDIMENT IN SOUTH CHINA SEA”. She is the first PhD student from UTM OTEC supervised by Dr. Akbariah Mohd Mahdzir and Co-supervised by Assoc.Prof Dr Hirofumi Hara. We are from UTM OTEC would like congratulate on her achievement.