Dr Nurmawati Muhammad Hanafiah is a chemist with degrees from the National University of Singapore. She has an in-service teaching qualification and was a lecturer at the School of Applied Sciences (ASc), Temasek Polytechnic (TP) in Singapore. From 2011 to 2015, Dr Nurmawati was the section-head for chemistry in TP with responsibility for 18 staff including 6 PhD holders. In this position, she was responsible for all chemistry courses and laboratories offered at ASc, TP. Dr Nurmawati is passionate about chemistry education and have experience ranging from curriculum development to student mentoring. Dr Nurmawati was engaged with accreditation bodies such as Singapore Accreditation Council and government agencies such as Singapore Police Force, Health Sciences Authority, Singapore. 

• Independent ISO/IEC 17025 trainer & auditor (May. 2016 – present)
  • Internal audit training for Brunei Public Works Department and Brunei Veterinary Labs. Services Unit
  • Internal audit for Brunei Veterinary Laboratory Services Unit
  • Audit for various organizations in Singapore
     
• Singapore Accreditation Council (SAC), SPRING Singapore (Jun. 2014 – present)
  • Seconded by Temasek Polytechnic from Jun. 2014 to Dec. 2015
  • Independent assessor since Dec. 2015 to present
  • External Lead Assessor for ISO/IEC 17025 Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs).
    Major organizations assessed include 3M, Sumitomo Chemical, Intertek Testing Singapore, Public Utilities Board (PUB) Singapore, BASF South East Asia, Brunei Shell Petroleum, Brunei Veterinary Laboratory Services Unit, Brunei LNG, Saybolt Singapore, A*STAR Laboratory and Exova Singapore
     
• School of Applied Science, Temasek Polytechnic (TP) (Jun. 2008 – Dec. 2015)
  • Section Head for Chemistry Feb. 2011-Jun. 2015, managing 18 staff including 6 PhD holders and seconded senior officers from Singapore Police Force and Central Narcotics Bureau
  • Responsible for all chemistry subjects offered by School of Applied Science
  • Led development of diploma in forensics area with Home Team Singapore (Police and Central Narcotics Bureau) for working adults
  • Co-developed Specialist Diploma in Laboratory Management and Instrumentation with Singapore Accreditation Council, SPRING Singapore
  • Co-developed Halal education with Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS) (Singapore agency for Muslim affairs)
  • Led environmental, health and safety internal audits and development of documentation
  • Performed ISO/IEC 17025 internal audit for accredited laboratory in Temasek Polytechnic
     
• Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (Jun. 2007 – Jun 2008)
  • Post-doctoral research engineer working on applications of quantum dots.
  • Laboratory co-coordinator, maintaining environmental, health and safety.

Dr Nurmawati's academic achievements, passion for chemistry education and service contributions have been recognized by the following honours and awards:

• Gold Award, Singapore Accreditation Council – Singapore Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (SAC-SINGLAS) of SPRING Singapore (2017) in the fields of Chemical & Biological and Environment
• Silver Award, Singapore Accreditation Council – Singapore Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (SAC-SINGLAS) of SPRING Singapore (2015) in the fields of Chemical & Biological and Environment
• Graduate (PhD) Research Scholarship, National University of Singapore, Dept. of Chemistry
• Graduate (Masters) Research Scholarship, National University of Singapore, Dept. of Chemistry
• Laboratory Teaching Assistant Award (two times), National University of Singapore, Dept. of Chemistry. Conferred by the Award, Grant and Scholarship Fund Committee and the Head of the Chemistry Department for receiving nomination by approaching eighty percent of TAs’ own students
• Lijen Industrial Award, National University of Singapore (Conferred by National University of Singapore to the best Honours Project Student in Applied Chemistry (2001))

2009: Teaching in Higher Education Certificate (THEC), Temasek Polytechnic

Aug. 2003 - Jun 2008 : Ph.D. (Chemistry), National University of Singapore

Aug. 2001 - Jul. 2003 : M. Sc. (Chemistry), National University of Singapore

Aug. 1997 - Jul. 2001 : B.Sc. Hons. (Applied Chemistry), National University of Singapore