Dr. Sharifah Aishah Osman is an Associate Professor at the Department of English,   Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya. She holds a PhD in English Literature from Boston University, U.S.A. Her areas of expertise are Children’s and Young Adult Literature in Malaysia, and Nineteenth-century British Literature. She also has research interests in women’s writings, feminist youth literature, and folklore studies. She has published in all these fields, both in edited books, as well as in international journals such as Bookbird: A Journal of International Children’s Literature, Girlhood Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, and Southeast Asian Review of English (SARE). She has presented numerous papers in international conferences, where she often promotes the works of authors of youth literature from Malaysia. She also serves as peer reviewer for a number of international journals, two of which are Scopus-indexed. Her current research projects examine the role of feminist folktales and folk tale adaptations in Malaysian youth literature. She welcomes research students working on any aspect of youth literature (especially in Asia), as well as British women's writings from the nineteenth-century.     

        LING Tau Chuan is a Professor at the Universiti Malaya.  Tau Chuan graduated from the Universiti Putra Malaysia with a Degree in Biotechnology and stayed on to undertake Master Environmental Engineering study. He then completed a PhD at the University of Birmingham, UK with Prof Andrew Lyddiatt looking into development of cost-effective proteins downstream processing techniques. Following graduation in 2002, Tau Chuan joined the Universiti Putra Malaysia as a lecturer.    Since joining the Universiti Malaya, Tau Chuan has established an internationally recognised research activity in proteins downstream processing and bioprocess engineering, funded by Government of Malaysia and industries.  Tau Chuan is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers and a Chartered Engineer. He is listed in the UM Researchers Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University and was awarded the Young Asian Biotechnologist Prize 2017 from The Society for Biotechnology, Japan. He has served as a visiting professor for several universities including Nanjing Agricultural University, Tsinghua University, Xiamen University, Lund University, National Cheng Kung University, Canterbury University and Kobe University. Tau Chuan’s expertise is in bioseparation technology and bioprocess intensification. He is internationally recognised for innovative work on the development of new and/or improved bioprocess separation and analytical techniques. He is especially well known for his work on primary capture technology, notably for inventing the technique known as aqueous two-phase systems and continuing the advancement of this and other separation techniques for large-scale application in the biopharmaceutical and nutriceutical sectors, and for his contributions to the advancement of adsorbent design and Fluidised Bed Adsorption technology. His current research mainly focuses on bioseparation, bioprocessing, green chemistry, and bioprospecting of microorganisms for useful biomolecules.        

Dr. Mohamad Razif bin Mohamad Fuad is a Lecturer in the Department of Usuluddin and Dakwah, Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya. His academic specialisation encompasses Islamic theology (ʿaqīdah), the study of theosophical and esoteric currents in religious thought, comparative religion, and Islamic thought, with a particular focus on atheism. He approaches atheism not merely as an intellectual denial of God, but as a broader epistemological and psychospiritual condition, situating classical Islamic theological traditions in critical dialogue with modern New Atheist discourse, contemporary philosophy of religion, and ethical questions arising from modernity. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in ʿAqīdah and Religion Studies from Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM), followed by a Master’s degree in Usul al-Din and Comparative Religion from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). His master’s research examined the thought of ʿAbd al-Wahhab al-Shaʿrānī, with particular attention to the synthesis of rational theology (ahl al-fikr) and spiritual epistemology (ahl al-kashf) in discussions of divine attributes (ilāhiyyāt), providing a conceptual foundation for his later engagement with esoteric and theosophical traditions. He subsequently earned his PhD in ʿAqīdah and Islamic Thought from the University of Malaya, awarded with distinction. His doctoral research analysed critiques of New Atheist arguments denying the existence of God through a comparative study of Muslim and Christian theological traditions. Methodologically, his scholarship integrates close textual analysis of classical Islamic sources (turāth), comparative theology, discourse analysis, and sustained engagement with contemporary philosophy of religion. Beyond formal academic training, he has participated in international scholarly and leadership programmes, including the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) organised by the United States Department of State in 2022, with a focus on religion, society, and public diplomacy. His current research interests extend to theosophy and modern esotericism, the psychospiritual dimensions of disbelief, the ethical implications of artificial intelligence, secularism, and modern ideological challenges to religious belief. In addition to his academic publications, he is an active writer and translator, producing scholarly and public-facing works in Malay and English. He regularly delivers lectures and public talks on Islam, atheism, theosophy, and theology for universities, non-governmental organisations, and government agencies. His work seeks to bridge the classical Islamic intellectual heritage with contemporary epistemological and ethical challenges facing Muslim societies.