Dr. Norfaezah Md Khalid is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Educational Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Education, University Malaya, and is also a Registered Counsellor with the Malaysian Board of Counsellors. She earned a Bachelor of Counselling with distinction (2009). She was awarded the University of Malaya Book Prize, followed by a fast-track PhD in Counselling (2016) under the Skim Latihan Akademik IPTA (Ministry of Higher Education). She teaches counselling and basic psychology courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She specializes in counselling, marriage and family therapy, and family functioning. Her research centers on family functioning, caregiving experiences, social vulnerability, mental health, and psychological instrument development. With interests spanning family caregiving and intervention, family and counselling assessment, counselling, and mental health, she applies her expertise through leading research grants, publishing in WOS and Scopus, authoring books and chapters, contributing to media and scholarly outputs, conducting evaluation work within and beyond the university, and supervising PhD and master's students. Beyond research, Dr. Norfaezah is deeply engaged in academic leadership and community service. She is actively involved in community-based mental-health initiatives, youth-empowerment programs, and professional training for practitioners such as the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development (LPKKN, LKM), and serves as a volunteer counsellor for the Pertubuhan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (PERKIM). Her work reflects a strong commitment to translating research into practice, building resilience among families and vulnerable communities, and promoting holistic psychological well-being. Having previously served as the Programme Coordinator for the Master of Professional Counselling program, she leveraged the experience gained to take on broader academic and leadership responsibilities, including contributing to university-level curriculum reviews, preparing core academic documents, and serving as an academic program assessor for institutions such as UTM. She also prepared key documents for the Diploma Executive Counselling under the UMCCED and delivered workshops for academic staff, including at the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. Recently, she was appointed as the Programme Advisor for the Diploma in Counselling at Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology.

In 2008, Professor Dr. Chris graduated from Masters of Orthopaedic Surgery training in University Malaya at the top of the class and was awarded the ‘N. Subramaniam Award’. At the same time, his research project on ‘safety in thoracic pedicle screw’ during his training, under the supervision of Prof Dato’ Dr. Kwan Mun Keong won the ‘Mahmood Merican award’ for top research project among all Masters of Orthopaedic trainee in 2008. The research project was subsequently published in 2 international journals, European Spine Journal and Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy. His research interest is mainly in idiopathic scoliosis with more than 50 publications to date in tier 1 spine journals such as Spine, The Spine Journal and European Spine Journal. His most recent notable publications were on the subjects of dual attending surgeons to increase the safety in scoliosis surgery, accelerated recovery protocol for scoliosis surgery and safety of pedicle screws in scoliosis surgery. His publications have won the “Subir Sengupta Best Published Clinical Award 2017 and 2018” and the “P. Balasubramaniam Best Published Basic Science Award”. He is an active member of the Scoliosis Research Society and is the Fellowship Chairperson for the Asia Pacific Spine Society. He is also in the editorial board for the Asian Spine Journal and is the spine manuscript editor for the Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal. He is also a Committee Member of the Malaysian Spine Society. 

Driven and focused; born with the spirit of an academic, and the soul of an explorer; Saiful received a PhD in Molecular Parasitology from Imperial College, London in 2006 after which he immediately joined Universiti Malaya as an academic. Currently he is a professor of Biochemistry in the Faculty of Science. More than 12 PhD and 15 MSc students have graduated under Saiful’s supervision. With over 70 publications (WOS) and an h-index of 22, Saiful is a recognized authority in the field of proteomics and has multiple collaborations with researchers across the globe. He has received more than RM 5 million in research grants. Saiful also holds various management responsibilities. Of particular note are his roles as Deputy Dean (2015-2017) and Dean (2017-2022) of the Frontiers of the Natural World Research Cluster (formerly known as Frontier Science Research Cluster), Director of IPPP (JPP) (2022-2024), and Currently as Dean of The Faculty of Science (Since 2025).