Dr Mariney Mohd Yusoff has served as a senior lecturer since 2007 in the Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya. She obtained her degree in 1995 and Master in Geography 2001 from University of Malaya. In 2007 she received her PhD from University of Leeds in Geography. She specialized in urban geography, urban environment, flash floods and social impact studies. Dr Mariney Mohd Yusoff has been actively involved in research activities as principal investigator and co-researcher under various research grants which collaborate with diverse researchers, national and international. To date, her cumulative research funding is amounting RM900,000.00. The current research grant is collaboration with AIR Selangor under a private industry grant in which the MoU of the research has been signed by the Vice Chancellor of University Malaya with the CEO of AIR Selangor in 2021. In the project, she is a group leader for the land use section. Dr Mariney Mohd Yusoff has produced more than 90 publications in Web of Science (WoS), Scopus Journals, book, book chapters, referred journals and conference papers. Most of her papers have been published in reputable international publishers such as Elsevier, Routledge, Springer and MDPI. For her publication in WoS, she has published her papers in Q1, Q2 Q3, and in ESCI. Dr Mariney Mohd Yusoff has presented her paper in local and international conferences. She has been invited as planetary speakers and invited speaker in international conferences. Besides, she was also appointed as visiting lecturer in Universitas Bandar Jakarta, Indonesia in 2021. Currently, she also serves in the Editorial Board of the Malaysian Journal of Tropical Geography and Sarjana. She was also assigned as reviewer for WoS journal and other international journals. Besides, she has been appointed as external and internal examiners for thesis and manuscript reviewer for several universities in Malaysia. Dr Mariney Mohd Yusoff has five completed PhD students and six completed Masters by research. At the moment she supervised six PhD students and two Masters by research. Her present duty under administrative work is as a deputy head, for the Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Besides, she has served as University Malaya auditor in 2016 and as chief internal auditor for Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences from 2019 to 2021. Dr Mariney Mohd Yusoff also represents the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences to the library.      

Kanagi Kanapathy is Associate Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Malaya. She was the Head of Operations and Information Systems Department from January 2020 to September 2021.Kanagi holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from University of South Australia. A versatile educator and researcher, she has about 23 years of teaching experience in higher education. She also held managerial positions in multinational companies for 10 years, in manufacturing sector prior to joining the academia. Kanagi has published widely in the area of operations and supply chain management in numerous ISI WoS and Scopus journals. She is a core member of Centre for Research in Industry 4.0 (CRI4.0), University of Malaya. Kanagi was a visiting research scholar at Lee Business School, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA. She has co-authored a book on Value Added Tax: Country Governance and Economic Efficiency and has contributed a book chapter, Eco-Innovation towards Sustainability in the book, Current and Emerging Issues in Operations Management. Kanagi was awarded the Highly Commended Paper of the year by Emerald Literati Network in 2016.  Kanagi has presented papers at international conferences, which include the reputable IEEE conferences. She has been invited to deliver key note addresses in International Business Conferences such as International Conference on Business, Economics, IT and Management’ 18 and International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research and Innovation (ICMRI 2023). She was invited as a speaker at Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme (MTCP) 2019: International Training Course on Fostering Maritime Industry Management Through Industrial Revolution 4. She has delivered several virtual Guest Lectures (2020 -2022) at Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow and Hochschule Konstanz University of Applied Sciences, Germany (2023). Kanagi conducted an online Training Course on Productivity Measurement for Service-sector Organizations 2021, organised by Asia Productivity Organisation (APO), Tokyo, Japan. She held a consultant position for 5 months at Agile Management Consultancy, as part of Industry attachment in 2022. Kanagi was invited as a Speaker at APO’s productivity talk which was streamed live over APO’s You tube Channel in June 2023.

Dr. Syarida Hasnur Safii is a distinguished academic and clinician specialising in periodontology. She obtained her degree in Dentistry from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2002 and subsequently served as a dental officer with the Ministry of Health Malaysia in Kuantan, Pahang, for four years. In 2006, she joined the Universiti Malaya as a tutor and later pursued her Master of Clinical Dentistry in Periodontology at King’s College London, successfully completing it in 2009. That same year, she was awarded the Membership in Restorative Dentistry from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, further solidifying her expertise. Dr. Safii achieved her PhD at the University of Otago, New Zealand, in 2018, focusing on periodontal research. She currently serves as a professor at the Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Malaya, where she is also the Deputy Dean (Clinical Services). In her academic role, she teaches undergraduate dental students and supervises postgraduate students enrolled in the Master of Oral Science, Master of Dental Science, clinical doctorate and PhD programmes. Additionally, she contributes to the development of the curriculum for Periodontology specialist programme at Universiti Malaya and other local universities. Her research primarily focuses on periodontal disease and its association with systemic conditions, the use of locally-delivered antimicrobial therapies as adjuncts to scaling and root surface debridement for periodontitis treatment, systematic reviews, and dental education. She has authored numerous publications in peer-reviewed international journals and actively contributes as a reviewer for scholarly manuscripts. Additionally, she holds a position as an editorial board member for BMC Oral Health and Periodontology Journal, reinforcing her commitment to advancing dental research and education.