Professor Andri Andriyana is currently the Director of International Relations Centre (IRC), Universiti Malaya. As the Director, he supports the University efforts for internationalization and global partnerships. He received Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia in 2000. During the period of 2000-2002, he worked as Field Engineer at Halliburton Indonesia where he was involved in a number of oil and gas wells cementing and stimulation projects. His Master’s degree majoring in Mechanical Engineering was obtained from École Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d’Aérotechnique (ENSMA) - Université de Poitiers, France in 2003. Three years later he received Ph.D. in Applied Mechanics with Distinction from École Centrale de Nantes, France. After completing Ph.D., he served as Assistant Professor at École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers (ENSAM) Bordeaux and spent two years as Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Centre de Mise en Forme des Matériaux (CEMEF), École des Mines de Paris, Sophia Antipolis. He joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Malaya in 2009 as Senior Lecturer and was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor and Full Professor in 2016 and 2023 respectively. He has secured approximately USD 5 Million grants (for research, European mobility and capacity building in Higher Education) from public and private sectors. Since 2013, he has been registered as Chartered Engineer (CEng) in the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), UK. He was the recipient of the Bourse du Gouvernement Français Scholarship (2002-2003), the Allocation de Recherche Scholarship (2003-2006), the Mahar Schützenberger Prize (2005), the European Interweave Erasmus Mundus Fellowship (2014), UM Sijil Perkhidmatan Cemerlang Award (2011, 2016 and 2020), the Indonesia World Class Professor Fellowship (2017) and UM Anugerah Perkhidmatan Cemerlang Award 2022. He served as the Head of Master of Materials Engineering Program from 2013-2019 and as the Deputy Dean of Research in the Faculty of Engineering in 2019-2021. His research focuses on mechanical testing, constitutive modeling and finite element simulation of deformation, degradation, fracture, fatigue and failure in materials including solid polymers, elastomers, metal alloys, composites and soft biological tissues.

Khadher bin Ahmad, dilahirkan pada 23 April 1982 di Kampung Pondok Chegar, Pendang, Kedah Darul Aman. Mendapat pendidikan awal di Sekolah Kebangsaan Kampung Chegar sehingga tamat darjah 6. Selepas itu melanjutkan pengajian di Sekolah Menegah Ugama Raudzatul Ulum, Langgar, Kedah dari tingkatan 1 hingga 3. Selepas itu, berpindah dan menaiki tingkatkan 4 di Maktab Mahmud Alor Setar sehingga tingkatan 5. Selepas menduduki Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM)tahun 1999, menyambung pengajian di peringkat Pra Ijazah di Akademi Pengajian Islam, Universiti Malaya Cawangan Nilam Puri, Kelantan selama 2 tahun. Pada tahun 2002 berpindah ke Akademi Pengajian Islam, Universiti Malaya, kampus induk sehingga tamat Ijazah Sarjana Muda pada tahun 2005. Selepas itu, terus menyambung pengajian dengan pengkhususan dalam bidang hadith pada tahun yang sama di peringkat Sarjana Usuluddin dan lulus pada tahun 2008 dengan tajuk penyelidikan: "Sumbangan Syiekh Abd al-Samad al-Falimbani Dalam Bidang Hadith: Analisis Terhadap Kitab Hidayah al-Salikin. Pada tahun yang sama, mendapat tawaran Skim Latihan Akademik IPTA (SLAI) untuk melanjutkan pengajian di peringkat Ijazah Doktor Falsafah di Universiti yang sama iaitu Universiti Malaya. Setelah berhempas pulas, akhirnya dianugerahkan Ijazah Doktor Falsafah pada tahun 2012 dengan tajuk penyelidikan: Analisis Hadith Mengenai Rawatan Sihir Dalam al-Kutub al-Sittah: Aplikasi di Pusat Rawatan Islam di Malaysia. Kini bertugas penuh masa di Universiti Malaya, di bawah Jabatan al-Quran dan al-Hadith, Akademi Pengajian Islam.English:KHADHER BIN AHMAD, was born on 23rd April 1982 in Kampung Pondok Chegar, Pendang, Kedah Darul Aman. Received his early education at Sekolah Kebangsaan Kampung Chegar until the end of grade 6. After that, he continued his studies in secondary school at Sekolah Menegah Ugama Raudzatul Ulum, Langgar, Kedah from form 1 to 3, then moved to level 4 at Maktab Mahmud Alor Setar until form 5. After sitting examination in Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) in 1999, he continued his studies at the Undergraduate level at the Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya Nilam Puri Branch, Kelantan for 2 years. In 2002 he moved to the Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, the main campus until completing his bachelor’s degree in year’s 2005. After that, he continued his studies with a specialization in the field of hadith in the same year at the Master of Usuluddin level and graduated in 2008 with the research title: “The Contribution of Sheikh Abd al-Samad al-Falimbani in the Field of Hadith: An Analysis of the Book of Hidayah al-Salikin. At the same year, he received an offer from the IPTA Academic Training Scheme (SLAI) to pursue a Doctor of Philosophy degree at the same University. His researched relate to topic “The Black Magic (Sihir) in al-Kutub al-Sittah (The Six Books): An Application at the Islamic Treatment Center in Malaysia”. Currently he works full time in University of Malaya under Department of al-Quran and al-Hadith, Academy of Islamic Studies. His expertise on hadith studies and Islamic alternative medicine. His interest in research about the hadith studies related to hadith and technology or digital hadith, thematic studies in hadith and so on.

Dr. Lim Siew Huah is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Malaya (UM), where she specializes in Natural Products Chemistry and Bioorganic Chemistry. She earned her Ph.D. (2013), M.Sc. (2007), and B.Sc. (Hons.) (2004) from UM, and her research focuses on isolating and studying bioactive compounds from Malaysian plants, particularly alkaloids, for potential applications in health sciences and biotechnology. Dr. Lim has extensive experience in teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate students and has been actively involved in curriculum development. She teaches courses in organic chemistry and molecular spectroscopy, incorporating contemporary research findings into her teaching. She previously served as the Undergraduate Program Coordinator for the B.Sc. Chemistry program, where she oversaw academic planning and program improvements. In addition to lecturing, she supervises final-year undergraduate research projects (FYP) and mentors MSc and PhD students in organic and natural products chemistry, guiding them in phytochemical investigations and structural elucidation of bioactive compounds. Her research focuses on natural products chemistry, particularly the isolation, structural elucidation, and spectroscopic characterization of plant-derived secondary metabolites. She specializes in the study of alkaloids, employing advanced spectroscopic techniques such as nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and mass spectrometry to determine the structures of complex natural compounds. Her work extends to the chemical modification of natural products to understand their structure-activity relationships and enhance their potential applications. Her research explores the diverse flora of Malaysia to uncover bioactive natural compounds with potential therapeutic relevance. Investigations include the structural modification of natural products to explore their chemical properties and interactions, particularly in cancer-related studies, skin brightening effects, and other health-related applications. Through her work, she contributes to the advancement of natural products chemistry and its role in biomedical research.