Prof. Dr Ismail holds a PhD in Hydrogeology specializing in Groundwater Hydrology and Environment from the distinguished University of East Anglia, England. He joined the Department of Geology, University of Malaya as one of the youngest lecturers in the break of the new millennium. Hydrogeology remains his forte and being an enterprising researcher, he dwells in various forms of applications and impactful ventures. To date, he has published more than 80 journals in ISI-ranked publications and has been granted 2 patents. By far, 11 PhD and 6 MSc students have graduated, and a few are still under his guidance and supervision. His current research focuses on groundwater modeling and geochemistry on sustainable material development i.e. for ion remediation in groundwater system applications. He generally believes that genial affability works a long way in research, so he maintains cordial relationship with both local (Jabatan Mineral dan Geosains, Jabatan Alam Sekitar, Syarikat Air Kelantan, UniMAS, UMK, UKM, USM) & international collaborators (UK, Pakistan, Iran, Australia, Taiwan).   Besides research, Prof. Ismail is adept in administrative duties as well. He was the Head of Geology Department (2011), Deputy Dean of Higher Degree (2018), Deputy Dean of Development (2019) and he had recently been promoted as the Dean, Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya (2019 – 2021). His achievements were recognized by the university through the Excellent Service Award which he received for more than ten times throughout his career so far.   He is involved in quite a number of consultancy work, bearing the responsibility as a Consultant in different projects such as Petronas Rapid Project on Groundwater Hydrogeological Regime Study, Monitoring and Scientific Research Works at Lake and Wetland Putrajaya Hydrology Project, Kelantan Groundwater Monitoring, Dry Weather Flow and Sedimentation in ‘Upper Bisa wetland’ Putrajaya, Horizontal Collector Well Projects in Kelantan and also as Expert Advisor for Program Pasca Banjir under sponsorship of CIMB, Media Prima, and MAA in Kelantan back in year 2015. Program Pasca Banjir is one of his notable contributions in giving back to the community. The installation of 79 tube wells in Kelantan and Pahang (Tanah Merah, Tumpat, Rantau Panjang, Machang, Pasir Mas, Jerantut, Temerloh) is a relief aid that ensure access to clean water supply amidst water disruption during the 2015 flood.

Dr Norazlin Ab Aziz joined the Department of Finance & Banking in the Faculty of Business & Accountancy in early 2021 to share her knowledge and expertise in Islamic finance and economics. Prior to this, she was in the unit trust industry involved in legal & compliance, marketing & business development, and project management. Norazlin obtained her Bachelor of Economics (Hons) from the International Islamic University of Malaysia, Master of Economics from the University Malaya and later completed her PhD in Accounting & Finance at the University of Glasgow. In her doctoral research, she critically examined the development of Islamic finance in Malaysia, theorising it through the trio of Political Economy Theory comprising Legitimacy, Stakeholder and Institutional theories. The underlying sentiments and the styles of Malaysian policymakers’ speeches were also assessed. Norazlin draws from a broad base in Islamic finance, the components of Islamic capital market, political economy, social theories, and linguistic analysis, to understand and critically evaluate the processes therein. This indicative of her research interest in Islamic finance from a policymaking perspective, products and services in the Islamic capital market, the future direction of the Islamic finance industry as well as the usage of computer-aided text analysis in business reporting and documents.

Kiran Kaur (Ph.D., University of Malaya), is a Professor at the Department of Library & Information Science, Faculty of Arts & Social Science, Universiti Malaya. Prof. Kiran was previously the Director of the Quality Management & Enhancement Center (QMEC) responsible for accreditation and quality assurance of all levels of academic programmes in Universiti Malaya. She has had 20 years of experience in quality management systems and academic quality assurance. Prof. Kiran obtained both her Masters in Library and Information Science (1998) and PhD (2011) degree from the University of Malaya. Her research interests include information services, service quality, quality management, academic librarianship, social networking, community information services, social capital and scientometrics. Prof. Kiran's research publications appear in Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science, Library & Information Science Research, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, Scientometrics, Information Development, The Electronic Library, Libri, JoLIS, Library Review, Library Management and others. Prof. Kiran is the Co-Editor of the Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science, which is indexed in both Social Science Citation Index and Scopus.  She has served as the President of the Malaysian Chapter for International Library and Information Science Society (ILISS) and an active member of the Consortium of iSchools in Asia-Pacific (CiSAP). Prof. Kiran is currently serving on the Technical Committee of various conferences and is a reviewer/member of the Editorial board of several reputable  journals.