Mageswary Karpudewan

Biography

Mageswary is a professor of chemistry education at Universiti Sains Malaysia. She embarked on her career as a high school chemistry teacher before pursuing her master's degree in Science Education and a Ph.D. in Chemistry Education at Universiti Sains Malaysia. Her research centers on the integration of sustainability principles, with a particular focus on green and sustainable chemistry, as well as climate change, across various educational levels. Additionally, her work delves into transforming the teaching and learning of chemistry, specifically concentrating on electrochemistry and stoichiometry topics. She adopts a multidisciplinary or transdisciplinary perspective to illustrate the relevance of chemistry to real-life phenomena. She was honored with the distinguished 2014 ACS-CEI Award from the American Chemical Society for her efforts in integrating green and sustainable chemistry into the pre-service teacher education curriculum. She also has been recognized with the Wen Hui Honourable Commendation from UNESCO for her work in promoting sustainability in chemistry education.

RSC affiliations

• Editorial board, Chemistry Education Research and Practice