Professor Dr. Syarida Hasnur Safii is a Professor and Consultant Periodontist at the Universiti Malaya, where she currently serves as Deputy Dean (Clinical Services) of the Faculty of Dentistry. She is based at the Department of Restorative Dentistry and has held several key academic leadership roles, including Head of Department and Head of the Periodontology Discipline. Professor Safii obtained her Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia before pursuing specialist training in Periodontology at King’s College London, where she was awarded the Master of Clinical Dentistry (MClinDent) and Membership in Restorative Dentistry (MRD) from The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. She later completed her PhD in Periodontology at the University of Otago, New Zealand. Her areas of expertise include periodontology, implant dentistry, and dental education. Her research focuses on the biological and clinical aspects of periodontal and peri-implant diseases, host–microbial interactions, adjunctive antimicrobial therapies, natural products in periodontal healing, and the relationship between systemic conditions and periodontal health. She has also contributed significantly to dental education research, particularly in personalised learning, student-centred pedagogy, and the integration of machine learning in educational design. Professor Safii has published extensively in high-impact international journals, including Clinical Oral Investigations, Journal of Clinical Periodontology, Clinical Oral Implants Research, BMC Oral Health, Archives of Oral Biology, and Pharmaceutics. She has led and co-led numerous nationally funded research grants, including projects under the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia) and multiple internal research grants at Universiti Malaya. Her current research includes longitudinal studies on peri-implant inflammation, periodontal stability, synbiotic adjuncts in non-surgical therapy, and health economics of periodontitis management. She actively supervises postgraduate candidates at PhD and Master’s levels in areas spanning periodontal microbiology, biomarker research, implant biology, regenerative therapies, health economics, and dental education. She also teaches extensively in the Bachelor of Dental Surgery, Master of Oral Science, and specialist doctoral programmes in Periodontology, Restorative Dentistry, and Prosthodontics. At the international and national levels, Professor Safii contributes as an external examiner for specialist and doctoral programmes, including appointments with the The Royal College of Surgeons of England and multiple Malaysian universities. She serves as Associate Editor for BMC Oral Health and the Periodontology Journal, and is an active reviewer for numerous indexed journals. She is also an assessor for the Malaysian Qualifications Agency and international grant bodies.

Narendra Kumar received his doctorate degree in electrical engineering from RWTH Technical University Aachen, Aachen, Germany. He was with  Motorola Solutions since early 1999 and holding position of Principal Staff Engineer (product development and testing). He has been appointed as Visiting Professor to Istanbul University since January 2011. Since August 2013, he is with Department of Electrical Engineering of University Malaya and serving as Associate Professor. He holds 3 US Patents and 4 Defensive Patents in the area of microwave power amplifiers, all assigned to Motorola Solutions. He has authored more than 80 papers in technical journals and conferences and 3 technical books published in USA. Since early 2011, he is actively involved to give technical courses to many organizations in Asia and Europe, including Spain, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Thailand, etc. His name was included in the 2009 Who’s Who in Science and Engineering. He was recipient of the paper award in 2009 IEEE Microwave Propagations and System for his paper on broadband high power distributed amplifier. His two papers on wideband matching circuits and nonlinear microwave stability were an invited paper for IEEE Mediterranean Microwave Symposium 2010 (North Cyprus) and IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference 2012 (Florida, US), respectively. He has chaired few IEEE and PIERS technical conferences in Europe and Asia since 2009. He has conducted few IEEE seminars related to RF and Microwave Power Amplifier in Europe and Asia since 2007. He also serves as Keynote Speaker to several IEEE conferences since 2010 (Cyprus, Florida US, Beirut, Bangkok, etc).Since June 2009, he is serving as Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory Techniques, IET Circuit, Devices and Systems, etc. He is Senior Member of Institute of Electrical Electronics Engineers (USA) and Fellow of Institution of Engineering Technology (UK). He has been appointed as IEEE Industry Relations Team of Asia Pacific since Jan. 2015 to support industrial linkage activities. He has been appointed as Invited Professor of Microwave Electronics and Optics – EMIMEO for EMIMEP - Europe, Universit of Limoges, France in 2022. In 2023, he has been selected as Coordinator of Malaysia for German-ASEAN Industry Oriented Innovation Network. As industrial collaboration, he is leading NXP-UM and Keysight 5G/6G-UM lab setup in Faculty of Engineering.          

Dr Huzaina is a senior lecturer in the Department of Language and Literacy Education, Faculty of Education. Her scholastic trajectory exemplifies her unshakable dedication, as she earned her PhD in a prestigious university, Imperial College London in 2016. Dr Huzaina expertise encompasses pivotal areas in second and foreign language pedagogy, advancing academic writing and the core language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), as well as implementing 21st-century learning strategies to promote literacy and effective communication. Her robust foundation in critical thinking and creativity in ESL curriculum underscores her capacity as a researcher and mentor, empowering her students to engage in meaningful exploration and innovation. Dr. Huzaina interdisciplinary approach, fueled by her versatile knowledge, intellectual curiosity, and adaptability, bridges diverse academic fields, enriching the educational research landscape. She is also actively involved in theatre production with her literature students and has produced several remarkable performances.