Sufian Raja has graduated with a PhD from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Malaya in in 2022. He has completed B.Tech and M.Tech degrees from ZHCET, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. His resolute research niches are in friction stir welding, friction stir processing, metal matrix composites, and additive manufacturing. He has to his credit one patent and 18 research publications in internationally referred journals and conferences.  

    Dr Penny Lott Pooi Wah is a consultant ophthalmologist and medical lecturer in the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Malaya. She completed her medical degree (MBBS) in 2008 and Master of Ophthalmology in 2016, both in University of Malaya. She also won the award as the best master student in her national post graduate ophthalmology examination in Malaysia. In addition, she also completed the external international ophthalmology examination, FRCOphth (UK) and was concurrently admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologist in United Kingdom in 2016.     Dr Penny Lott subsequently pursued her 3 years medical retina and uveitis fellowship training in University of Malaya, Singapore National Eye Center and St James Leeds Teaching Hospital in United Kingdom. Besides that, she also completed a fellowship attachment in the prestigious Moorfield’s Eye Hospital, London. Her fellowship training at various renowned centers had ensured her subspecialty clinical knowledge gained is at a high level.     Dr Penny Lott has a strong interest in the field of medical retina, ocular inflammatory diseases and latest multimodal imaging innovation. She has published papers in several peer reviewed journals and contributed book chapters for ophthalmology trainees. She also had international collaborative research and publication with the Singapore National Eye Centre and St James Leeds Teaching Hospital in United Kingdom. She is also a reviewer for  the International Journal of Ophthalmology. She is also frequently invited for medical talks related to her subspecialty in local national conferences as well as ASEAN ophthalmology conference.             Prior to this, she served in Sabah for 8 years since her commencement of internship back in 2008 where she was actively involved in eye screening programs in remote areas and participated in cataract camps in Sabah. After joining University of Malaya as a lecturer, she was actively involved in organizing phacoemulsification workshops for master students and she is was appointed as coordinator of phacoemulsification workshops for Master students by Malaysian Universities Conjoint Committee of Ophthalmology. (MUCCO)

Rozie Sarip, originally from Shah Alam, Selangor, completed her BSc in 2004 and MSc in 2007 at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). She earned her PhD in Inorganic Chemistry in 2012 from University College London, working with Dr. Graeme Hogarth FRSC and Prof. Gopinathan Sankar FRSC. Rozie began her career at SIRIM Bhd. as an Associate Researcher in August 2006 before becoming a Research Officer at the Institute for Medical Research (IMR) in Kuala Lumpur. After completing her PhD, she returned to IMR for another year and then joined the University of Malaya (UM) as a lecturer on March 10, 2014. She is a member of both the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Institut Kimia Malaysia. Her research focuses on: - Binuclear and cluster chemistry - Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis - Synthesis of phosphines and diphosphines stabilized clusters - Synthesis of thiazoline derivatives Rozie's group studies the chemistry of transition metals, emphasizing the synthesis of new transition metal complexes using NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. Their research includes designing new ligands and developing nanomaterials, with applications in catalysis and bio-inorganic fields, such as drug delivery systems and anti-cancer treatments. They collaborate widely with various local and international partners. Clusters, which contain three or more metal ions, are central to her research, particularly low-valent compounds that exhibit unique properties when combining different metal ions. Their work aims to leverage these compounds as precursors for metal nanoparticles, with a recent achievement in synthesizing small gold nanoparticles from gold-phosphine clusters. They also study the interface between large clusters and small nanoparticles to gain insights into their properties.