Crown of Malaysia (PSM) – Tan Sri (2021) : Knight Grand Companion of the Order of Loyalty to Negeri Sembilan (SSNS) – Dato' Seri (2020) Personal life Dato’ Seri Mazlan Othman has two children, a son who is an aerospace engineer and a daughter born in 1995, and two grandchildren. Retired from the United Nations in 2013, lives with her daughter (youngest) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. References External links Interview with Dr. Mazlan Othman Mazlan Othman resume at Pacific Science Association Mazlan Othman profile at National Science Centre, Malaysia. "Supra-Earth Affairs - The United Nations Scenario" audio recording of talk given at Royal Society Scientific Discussion Meeting "The detection of extra-terrestrial life and the consequences for science and society", Royal Society, London, 25–26 January 2010 1951 births Living people People from Negeri Sembilan Malaysian people of Malay descent University of Otago alumni Malaysian physicists Women astrophysicists 20th-century astronomers 21st-century astronomers Commanders of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia Officers of the Order of the Defender of the Realm Commanders of the Order of Meritorious Service