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Onn Haji Hashim received his BSc Hons degree from University of Malaya in 1984, and PhD from University of Glasgow in 1987. He joined the academic staff of University of Malaya in 1988, and retired from active service as Professor grade VK5 in March 2019. He was then appointed as Honorary Professor at the Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya. During his tenure, Onn has undertaken leave to conduct research at University of Osaka Medical School in 1991 and University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1994, under sponsorships of JSPS Fellowship and Fulbright Scholar Award, respectively. He was recipient of the National Academic Award 2007 in the category of journal article publication. Onn has acted as external examiner of medical/dental biochemistry programmes at 11 different universities, and external examiner of PhD/MSc theses from six different universities, including those from Singapore and India. He sits on the Editorial Board of Biomarker Research since 2012 and was appointed as Visiting Professor at Prince of Songkla University Thailand in 2016 and 2017. Onn has authored more than 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals and presented more than 60 guest lectures locally and internationally. He has supervised 14 PhD and 13 Master's students to successful completion and sat on numerous expert advisory and evaluation committees at national and international levels. He was elected to the Fellowship of Academy of Sciences in 2018. Onn's current research interest is in proteomics, particularly in the use of lectin-based techniques in search of novel glycopeptide biomarkers in bodily fluid samples from patients with different cancers as well as the application of human hair shaft keratins as biomarker signature to distinguish gender, ethnicity and age.

Dr. Bong Yii Bonn works as Industry Liaison / Research Manager at the Office of Industry and Community Engagement (UM ICE), University of Malaya. UM ICE coordinates a campus wide industry-liaison network as well as units involving industry and community. She focuses on building relationships with internal and external stakeholders, and helps to promote partnerships for academia-industry engagement. In addition, Dr. Bong also provides training and guidance in disseminating and promoting research work to enhance research visibility and impact, as well as outreach beyond academia.

Kanagi Kanapathy is a lecturer and researcher, with about 29 years of experience in academic and corporate line. Versatile and effective educator, she has 19 years of teaching experience in higher education and 10 years of experience in manufacturing industry, in managerial positions. Kanagi Kanapathy holds a doctorate in business administration from University of South Australia. She is currently Associate Professor of operations management at Faculty of Business and Accountancy, University of Malaya. Her research interests are in operations and supply chain management, quality management and eco-innovation.