Busyra Binta Salihin berasal dari Kelantan, dan mendapat pendidikan awal di Sekolah Rendah Islam ABIM Al Hikmah Kota Bharu sebelum melanjutkan pelajaran ke peringkat menengah di Maahad Muhammadi Perempuan (Pasir Pekan) Merupakan graduan dalam bidang Bahasa dan Linguistik Arab dari Fakulti Bahasa dan Linguistik, Universiti Malaya pada tahun 2020. Pernah berkhidmat di bawah syarikat Arabic Language and Consultancy (ALC), Nilam Puri semasa menjalankan latihan industri. Mula berkhidmat sebagai pendidik sejurus tamat pengajian iaitu pada Februari 2020 sebagai guru di Taman Tahfiz Darus Salam Telipot, Kota Bharu dan seterusnya mendapat tawaran sebagai guru di Yayasan Islam Kelantan pada bulan Ogos 2020. Semasa berkhidmat di bawah Yayasan Islam Kelantan telah menyambung pengajian dalam bidang Pendidikan di Institusi Pendidikan Guru Malaysia (IPGM) Kota Bharu dan berjaya memperolehi Diploma Pascasiswazah Pendidikan (Bahasa Arab Sekolah Menengah) pada tahun 2022. Seterusnya menjawat jawatan sebagai Pegawai Perkhidmatan Pendidikan di Universiti Malaya pada Februari 2024. Berpengalaman dalam menyediakan modul bahasa Arab bagi pelajar sekolah Rendah dan Menengah, menyediakan video serta dan  bahan bantu Mengajar digital Bahasa Arab. 

Sahar Rasoulikolamaki is a Lecturer in Linguistics at the English Department, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya. Her research focuses on critical discourse analysis, social semiotics, and multimodal communication, with particular focus on (multimodal) argumentation, mediated representation, and (social) media discourse. She explores topics such as online radicalisation, extremism, and political violence, and is interested in how multimodal resources reflect and construct identities, power dynamics, and ideological positionings. Her scholarly work has been published in renowned journals including Discourse & Communication, Journal of Language and Politics, Terrorism & Political Violence, and Discourse & Society, among others.

Finding patterns of variation in biology fascinating, I chose to study genetics and molecular biology in Universiti Malaya, graduating in 2002 with first class honours. Subsequently, I turned to the roots of the study of patterns of variation - statistics, receiving my MSc in statistics from Universiti Malaya in 2005. I completed my PhD in statistics at the National University of Singapore in 2009. Since 2010, I have been with Universiti Malaya. Currently, I am an associate professor at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, and a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, UK. My research interest broadly covers the area of data science, machine learning, bioinformatics, ecology, and medical statistics. Since 2010, I have worked in over 20 projects as the principal consultant statistician, and conducted numerous workshops on statistics, bioinformatics, and R programming. Presently, I head the UM Centre for Data Analytics, which focuses on establishing collaborative research and engagement between the industry and the academia in Malaysia. I enjoy reading, travelling, nature walks, and more recently, engaging fellow scientists in Twitter space.