Wan Mohd Nor Wan Daud (Prof. Dr.)
Founder and former Director of CASIS, UTM
Key contributor to the academic development of ISTAC (library, publications, student affairs)
Served as Deputy Director of ISTAC (1998–2002)
Principal Research Fellow at ATMA, UKM (2008–2011)
Extensive experience in Islamic thought, civilisation studies, and institutional development
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The founder-former director of the Center for Advanced Studies on Islam, Science and Civilisation (CASIS), Malaysia Technology University (UTM).
After obtaining his doctorate from the University of Chicago under the late Fazlur Rahman in 1988, he was invited by Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas to assist him at the newly established International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC) in all the formal and non-formal academic development of the institute, including library, publication and student affairs. From 1998-2002 he served as the Deputy Director of ISTAC.
From 2008 to February 2011 he served as Principal Research Fellow at the Institute of the Malay World and Civilisation (ATMA), National University of Malaysia (UKM).