Dr Mohamed Yunus Yasin

President and Founder Association of Science, Technology and Innovation (ASTI)

Dr Mohamed Yunus Mohamed Yasin graduated with a PhD. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cambridge, U.K. and then returned to Malaysia to work for SIRIM Berhad followed by Khazanah Nasional, the Malaysian Sovereign fund. He has been working for more than 20 years in the areas of Sustainable Development, Community Advancement and Education (particularly STEM and Innovation).  

He has conducted training for young people in over 5 countries in areas such as climate change, critical thinking and conflict resolution. He has led delegation to places like Sri Lanka and Myanmar post-war to ascertain the needs of the people by holding  workshops. He has helped start up over 8 companies and over 10 NGOs, civil society groups and non-profit projects including projects such as the Science Fair for Young Children which has had about a half a million participants in the last 18 years.  

In addition, he has helped start-up 9 projects relating to promoting science and scientific thinking which includes Science Fair for Young Children (SFYC), Young Inventors Challenge (YIC), ASTI Feynman Challenge (AFC) and Creative and Critical Thinking (CCT). The one of the biggest success of his initiative is the Science Fair for Young Children (SFYC) project which has been running continuously for the past 18 years with nearly 30,000 participants per year. 

He is currently also the Founding president of Association Science Technology and Innovation (ASTI). Recently he served in the National Education Review Committee which is a Cabinet committee set up by the government of Malaysia to improve the education policy of Malaysia in charge of STEM education and was also the advisor to the Minister of Education on STEM Learning. He has also won many awards, the most recent being conferred the title, Kesatria Mangku Negara (KMN) by His Majesty the King of Malaysia.