pe r da n a f o cus
Professor Emeritus
Datuk Dr. Mazlan
Othman discusses
science and the future
By: Zarina Abu Bakar
Professor Emeritus Datuk Dr. Mazlan Othman is no stranger
to being the first. She is Malaysia’s first astrophysicist; the first woman
in the entire history of her University (the University of Otago, New Zealand) to earn a PhD in Physics; the first Director of the country’s National
Space Agency, Angkasa; and the first head of Malaysia’s Angkasawan
Project that suc