Muhammad Khalis Ibrahim is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Islamic History, Civilization, and Education at the Academy of Islamic Studies, Universiti Malaya. His research interests include Islamism, Islamophobia, and Turkish studies, with particular emphasis on political history and contemporary thought. He has published actively in indexed international journals, including Journal of Al-Tamaddun, Indonesian Journal of Islam and Muslim Societies, Qudus International Journal of Islamic Studies, Akademika: Journal of Southeast Asia Social Sciences and Humanities, and Islamiyyat, among others. His first monograph, Perkembangan Islam di Turkiye: Dari Era Khilafah hingga AKP (in Malay), received a Special Award from the Malaysian Academic Publishing Council (Majlis Penerbitan Ilmiah Malaysia–MAPIM) under the category Anugerah Buku Ilmiah Bahasa Melayu Terbaik (Best Malay Academic Book Award) at the 16th MAPIM–MoHE Award. Currently, Muhammad Khalis is further exploring Islamophobia in Malaysia, in particular, and globally more broadly, through a history-of-ideas approach alongside decolonial discourse within contemporary Islamic civilizational studies.

Amira Firdaus is an Associate Professor at Universiti Malaya’s Department of Media and Communication Studies, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences. Amira serves as an Advisor the Malaysian Adult ADHD Society (MAAS). She is also among the inaugural members of Universiti Malaya's Special Committee for Neurodiversity, following committee members' earlier work on the UM Taskforce for Neuro-Inclusivity. A life-long learner of Positive Psychology, Amira's core expertise is Positive/Constructive Communication with practical and conceptual applications across multidisciplinary areas of Communication, Neurodiversity, Teaching & Learning and Ageing. Within these areas, her foci include: positive technologies for neurodivergent/ADHD users, faculty wellbeing & happiness; online learning instructional design & communication; empathetic/inclusive instructional communication. Amira was previously Deputy Director for Professional Development / Head for Teaching & Learning at UM's Academic Development & Enhancement Centre (ADEC) (2014-2022), and she recently completed her tenure as Head at the Department of Media and Communication Studies (2024-2025). She also actively served in the UM Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences' Research Management Unit (RMU)  from 2022-2024, specialising in UMExpert KPI submissions. Amira continues peer mentoring and coaching on an informal basis for colleagues requiring guidance with navigating internal systems such as UMExpert and SPeCTRUM (Moodle). Amira holds a PhD in communication from the University of Melbourne. *Students seeking PhD or MA supervision with Amira Firdaus are kindly encouraged to email amira_firdaus@um.edu.my before submitting your application online.   ______________________________________________________________________    

        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.