We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Chee Kong Yap from Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Sciences. Prof. Yap has been working as a full professor at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) since 2021. Prof. Yap has been an academician for more than 23 years at UPM and 28 years as a researcher. Prof Yap has supervised more than 95 undergraduates and 35 postgraduate students in the fields of ecotoxicology, environmental biology, environmental sciences, water quality and ecotoxicological genetics. Now, he is very passionate on Environmental Psychology and Environmental Leadership. Prof. Yap has published more than 400 papers in refereed academic journals, 5 books (three published in NOVA Science Publishers, USA) and 37 book chapters. Until February 2025, 270 of them have been indexed in Elsevier’s Scopus with an H-index of 37 (>4331 citations). Prof Yap has also been invited as an honorary Editorial Board member for more than 50 international academic journals. Prof Yap has been an invited visiting researcher at National lnstitute of Environmental Studies, Tsukuba (Japan). Nationally, Prof Yap has been officially appointed as an Adjunct Professor at the INTI International University Malaysia. Internationally, being recognized as World's Top 2% Scientist, Prof. Yap has been officially appointed as a Visiting Professor at Kobe University until 2024 (Japan). Now, he has been appointed as a Research Fellow at Kobe University starting April 2024. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Chee Kong Yap for his participation and support.
September 2, 2025