Who is Dr. Mazlan Othman?

Answer 1

Director of the Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA), a post she held already from 1999 to 2002, and we are pleased to confirm that she has taken up her new post last 12 December 2007. After leaving OOSA in July 2002, Ms. Othman joined the National Space Agency of Malaysia as Director General. Ms. Othman's earlier career highlights were: Founding Director General of the Space Science Studies Division in the Malaysian Prime Minister's Office and University Lecturer (physics) at the National University of Malaysia. Ms. Othman holds a Ph.D. in Astronomy and Space Sciences (1981), and a BSc (Hon) in Physics (1974), both from the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. She is Secretary-General and Fellow of the Academy of Sciences of Malaysia and a Member of the International Astronomical Union. Ms. Othman, the author of two scientific books, is also a Fellow of the International Academy of Astronautics, the Institute of Physics (Malaysia) and the Malaysian Scientific Association. In 2007, Ms. Othman was elected Chairman of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS).