Chang Lee Wei (Chris) is a Senior Research Officer (Q13) at the Universiti Malaya Centre for Civilisational Dialogue (UMCCD), where he drives strategic research initiatives and operational excellence while spearheading scholarship on cross-cultural values and universal frameworks for global challenge resolution. He provides editorial leadership for multiple international publications, including the Journal of Research Management & Governance (JRMG), Journal of KATHA, and Jurnal Peradaban.

Since joining Universiti Malaya in August 2009, Chris has demonstrated progressive career advancement across diverse high-impact portfolios. His tenure includes strategic leadership roles at the Centre of Research for Computational Sciences & Informatics for Biology, Bioindustry, Environment, Agriculture, and Healthcare (CRYSTAL) as Senior Research Officer (2015-2017), the Research Cluster Coordinator Office (2017-2018), and the Centre for Research Services (2018-2021), where he led research promotion and stakeholder engagement initiatives. He rejoined the Centre for Civilisational Dialogue in November 2021, bringing enhanced strategic capabilities to his current role.

Chris holds a Bachelor of Science in Science and Technology Studies from Universiti Malaya's Faculty of Science (2009) and a Master of Philosophy from the Institute of Graduate Studies, UM (2016). His professional achievements include selection as a Malaysian youth delegate to the 1st Global Model United Nations in Malaysia (August 2010) and receipt of the prestigious Data Stewardship Award from Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof (May 2023), recognizing his exceptional leadership in advancing scientific data stewardship through the national Training of Trainers for Data Stewardship on Open Science programme.

His research portfolio encompasses cross-disciplinary expertise spanning bioethics and biosafety policy frameworks, water security and ecosystem management (including cyanotoxin monitoring and freshwater conservation), national cohesion strategies through civilisational dialogue, research governance and institutional excellence, sustainable development and planetary health leadership, community empowerment and inclusive development, green finance policy and climate change mechanisms, and translational research on social resilience and interfaith peace-building.