Dr Zulkanain Abdul Rahman bertugas sebagai Profesor Madya di Jabatan Sejarah, Fakulti Sastera Dan Sains Sosial, Universiti Malaya. Berasal dari Kampung Ulu Sungai Buloh, Simpang Ampat, Alor Gajah, Melaka. Mendapat pendidikan Ijazah Sarjana Muda (Sejarah Malaysia) dari Universiti Malaya; Ijazah Sarjana (Sejarah Rusia) dari Universiti Leeds, United Kingdom; dan Ijazah Doktor Falsafah (Sejarah Eropah  Moden) dari Universiti East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom. Beliau mengkhusus dalam bidang sejarah Eropah Moden dan politik antarabangsa; dan terlibat secara aktif dalam melakukan penyelidikan berkaitan sejarah Malaysia; dan demokrasi dan pilihan raya di Malaysia. Pada tahun 2011, Kerajaan Negeri Melaka menganugerahkan beliau Bintang Cemerlang Melaka (BCM); dan kemudiaannya Darjah Seri Melaka (DSM) pada Oktober 2015. Pada Ogos 2023, beliau dianugerahkan pula Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka (DMSM) yang membawa gelaran Datuk. Beliau pernah dilantik sebagai Timbalan Dekan (Penyelidikan dan Pembangunan), Fakulti Sastera dan Sains Sosial dari September 2012 hingga September 2017 sebelum mengambil Cuti Sabatikal. Beliau dilantik semula sebagai  Ketua, Jabatan Sejarah, Fakulti Sastera dan Sains Sosial, Universiti Malaya mulai September 2018 hingga December 2022; dan dalam masa yang sama merangkap Ketua, Pusat Kajian Demokrasi dan Pilihan Raya (UMCEDEL). Kini, beliau merupakan Ahli Lembaga Penasihat Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia; dan Panel Pakar Rujuk (Sejarah), Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia.

Hanafi Hussin is an Honorary Professor at the Department of Southeast Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya.  He has received his Master's Degree and PhD in Cultural and Performing Arts Studies.  His current focus is on Southeast Asian anthropology, particularly ritual and performing arts. He actively researches and publishes on rituals and identity of the Kadazandusun community of Sabah, particularly in Penampang and Tuaran Sabah and Bajau and Bajau Laut/Sama Dilaut of the east coast of Borneo and Southern Philippines. He was the Dean of the Faculty of Creative Arts (2022-2024) and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (2016-2018). Before his retirement, he also served as Head of the Maritime Social Sciences and Humanities Unit, Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences (IOES) and Head of Universiti Malaya Migration Research Centre (UMMRC), Universiti Malaya. He was appointed and served as a Visiting Professor at various universities, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan, China (2024), Thammasat University (2021), Universitas Indonesia (2020-2021) and Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Indonesia (2020). He can be reached at hanafih@um.edu.my.

Dr. Rusdi Abd. Rashid is a graduate of University Malaya obtaining the degree MBBS in 1998. He continued with a Masters in Psychological Medicine in University of Malaya and completed his master degree in year 2006. He received  addiction training course  in Turning point , Melbourne in year 2007 and Open Medical Institute , Salzberg , Austria in year 2008. Subsequently, he undergo the fellowship program under  the WHO Collaborating Centre in Korea for Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Community Mental Health in the same  year. He is currently a senior lecturer in the University of Malaya and  the chief coordinator of the University Malaya Center for Addiction Sciences(UMCAS) and coordinator for substance abuse treatment services, University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC). Dr Rusdi has involved with most of pilot addiction treatment program in Malaysia. He is a Clinical Co-investigator and Visiting psychiatrist for Pilot Methadone Program in Pengkalan Chepa Prison, Kota Bharu, Malaysia(2008-2009). He is also a clinical Co-investigator, Prison-Community Link Project on Harm Reduction (PICOL-HR or Project HARAPAN) 2009 – present.  He is a Committee members for National Methadone Maintenance Program, Malaysia(2006-present). He is a  Project Coordinator for Spiritual Enhanced Drug Addiction Rehabilitation (SEDAR) Program: Pilot Methadone Project in Ar-Rahman Mosque, Malaysia(2009-present). He is a Committee members and visiting psychiatrist for Pilot Methadone Program in Government Drug Rehabilitation Centre (PUSPEN PERSADA), Malaysia(2010-present) and  a Committee members and visiting Psychiatrist for Pilot Methadone Program in Aftercare Centre National Anti-Drug Agency (NADA)-2007-2009.