DR. THAM LAI KUAN

Lai Kuan Tham is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Universiti Malaya. She is a member of the Centre for Applied Biomechanics. She obtained her PhD, MEngSc, and BEng in Biomedical Engineering from Universiti Malaya. Her research interests span widely across the areas of biomechanics, particularly in human movement analysis, physical activity monitoring, and medical diagnosis based on wearable technologies and artificial intelligence. Current research includes gait and movement analysis in lower limb amputees, early detection of epilepsy, and scoliosis classification.   

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ASSOCIATE PROF. DR. MOHD EDIL BIN ABD SUKOR

Mohd Edil Abd Sukor is an Associate Professor in the Department of Finance at the Faculty of Business and Economics, Universiti Malaya, and currently serves as the Deputy Dean (Student Affairs) of the faculty. He holds a PhD in Finance from the University of Melbourne, Australia, an MBA from the International Islamic University Malaysia and a Bachelor’s Degree in Shariah from Universiti Malaya. He has been a Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (2018-2019) and was awarded the 2003 Best Student Award from the Academy of Islamic Studies, Universiti Malaya. He is also a member of the Shariah Committee for AmBank Islamic, Swiss Re Retakaful and Koop Sahabat, and a committee member of the Malaysian Finance Association. Previously, he was the Chairman of the Shariah Committee for Mizuho Bank Malaysia and Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (Labuan Branch). His research interests focus on Islamic Finance, Financial Management and Consumer Finance and has published extensively in reputable international and national journals. He has also secured several research grants, including one from the Johor Corporation Foundation Malaysia, aimed at developing a social and financial literacy manual for primary school students. Additionally, he serves as an Associate Editor of the Capital Market Review journal.

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PROF. DR. WAN HALIZA BINTI ABD MAJID

Bibliography: Professor Dr Wan Haliza Abd. Majid (2021)   Dr Wan Haliza Abd. Majid graduated with Bachelor in Physics from University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK in 1988. Initially, she worked in the Physics department, University Malaya as a tutor from 1990-91 while she was completing her Master’s Degree. Upon completing her PhD in 1994 from the University of Sheffield (UK), she was attached to the Matriculation Centre (PASUM) from 1994-2000, University Malaya as a lecturer before transferring to the Physics Department in 2000. Currently, her research interest is related to pyroelectric and ferroelectric properties of organic materials, fabrication and device characterization of an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) and photo-sensing and signal processing of biomaterials, quantum dots, and their applications. She has participated in many seminars, workshops, conferences and community engagement projects related to the Physics education program. Her involvement in research led her to lead (Principle Investigator) various research grants since the year 2000 which include, Short Term Research Fund (PJP-UM), University Malaya Research Grant (UMRG), High Impact Research Grant (HIR-UM), Exploratory Research Grant Scheme (ERGS-MOHE), ScienceFund (MOSTI), Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS-MOHE) and Long Term Research Grant (LRGS-MOHE).  She has been invited as one of the panel reviewers/evaluators for various grants awarded by MOHE and MOSTI at the university and national level since 2012. Internationally, her involvement as one of the panel reviewers for the Slovak Research And Development Agency starts from the year 2016 until recently. Currently, she is the Head of Low Dimensional Materials Research Center (LDMRC) (since 2016), the Chief Editor of Malaysian Journal of Science (MJS) (since 2020), the Chairperson for MASS Chapter of University Malaya (since 2019) and Committee member for Institute of Physics (IFM) (since 2021). She was appointed as Deputy Dean of Research and Higher Degree at the Faculty of Science (2010-2014), Dean (2017-2019) and Deputy Dean (2016-2017) of Institute of Postgraduate Studies (IPS). She is committed to equipping graduates at the tertiary level with knowledge, technology and values that can be used to interact positively with society at large.

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