Dr. Muhammad Mehedi Masud currently holds the position of a senior lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Public Administration, and Development Studies within the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Malaya, Malaysia. He has authored two books, one with Palgrave McMillan in 2019 and another with UM Press in 2023. In addition to his books, Dr. Masud has contributed book chapters and authored over 70 scientific articles in internationally peer-reviewed journals, all within the field of sustainable development. At present, he serves as the lead investigator on several research projects, including the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS), the Long-Term Research Grant Scheme (LRGS), UMliving Lab, and various faculty projects. Dr. Masud's research interests encompass a wide range of topics, including sustainable development, the blue economy, circular economy, population and environmental development, development economics, environmental impact assessment, ecotourism development, climate change adaptation and mitigation, community development, means of livelihood, poverty, and social mobility. Throughout his career, Dr. Masud has earned several prestigious awards, including the Academic Excellence Award in 2014, the Excellence Award in 2015 for his high-impact publications, the Bangladeshi Students Nights Award in 2016, the Excellent Service Award in 2020, and the Excellent Service Award-2022 from the University of Malaya, Malaysia. Furthermore, he holds the role of Associate Editor at the Journal of Institutions and Economies and serves as an Editorial Board Member for Ecofeminism and Climate Change, as well as the International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development.

Ridha is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at the University of Malaya. He obtained Doctor of Engineering from Utsunomiya University Japan in 2015, specializing in magnetic abrasive finishing for superfinishing of tube internal surface for clean environment applications. Prior to his doctoral study, he worked in Mazak Corporation as a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer focusing on CNC prototype machine design and evaluations for mass production and customizations. He involved in the design and development of several CNC machines including Mazak's Quick Turn Nexus series and had performed more than 100 variations of cutting parameters to confirm the machine`s limits and capabilities. Currently, he is collaborating with the Joining and Welding Research Institute (JWRI), Osaka University Japan to develop friction stir welding process in a sustainable way. The project explores the possibilities of joining similar and dissimilar materials such as polycarbonate/aluminium, aluminium/stainless steel, magnesium/steel, aluminium/copper for various fundamental and applications in automotive and semiconductor industries. He was awarded the Distinguished International Associate from the Royal Academic of Engineering UK in 2023 for his project on friction stir welding. He actively applies for research grants and up to date, he has secured more than 30 projects from domestic and international funders. He has completed supervision of 7 PhD and 8 Master students, and currently supervising 7 PhD and 1 Master candidates.

Dr. Noer El Hidayah Binti Ismail, is a Senior Lecturer at Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya. She completed her Doctorate, Master of Science, and Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Geophysics from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). Her areas of expertise are geophysics near surface utilizing geophysical methods such as electrical, seismic and potential methods.  As a senior lecturer, she teaches geophysics related courses, statistics and data analysis courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She also supervised undergraduate and postgraduate students in geophysics related researches. She has several postgraduate students that is currently under her supervision and completed their studies. She is currently the Program Coordinator of BSc Applied Geology and has also involve in other administrative works as well. As a researchers, she has several grants as principal investigator (PI) and also co-researchers with other researchers from different field. She also has published research articles in various refereed journals and conference proceedings indexed by ISI and Scopus. Other than publishing research articles, she also has reviewed various journal manuscripts from various Journals/Conferences such as Environmental Earth Sciences, Sains Malaysiana, Geological Society of Malaysia, Journal of Physical Science, Jurnal Fizik Malaysia, International Journal of Geophysics, Journal of Sustainability Science and Management and others. She is currently one of the Associate Editor of the Malaysian Journal of Science (MJS). She also has some experience in consulting geophysical studies involving near surface research.