The Ocean Pollution and Ecotoxicology (OPEC) research group housed under the Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu is established in January 2020. It is staffed by a dedicated team of scientists with a wide range of experience in all types of pollution and ecotoxicology studies.

OPEC research group focuses on a wide range of research on pure and applied aspects of chemical, biological, physical and aquatic sciences associated with how humans impact their environment. Research members and associates within this group use a wide variety of biology samples and sediments, and techniques within the field and laboratory to study toxicology, monitoring of aquatic pollution to the understanding of how humans impact their environment is thorough understanding of sub-lethal impacts of pollutants on organisms, their populations and ecological communities.

The close collaboration of the OPEC research group with other local and international institutions and industries is a key aspect of the success of this group that focus on the effects of a wide range of contaminants including metals, plastics, water quality, endocrine disrupters, nanoparticles, pesticides and hydrocarbons.