Dr. Hanee Farzana is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Malaya since 2016. Dr. Hanee first join UM in 2012 as an Academic Fellow. Prior to that, she worked as a Safety and Risk Engineer with ExxonMobil Malaysia from 2009 to 2011. She resigned to pursue her studies and a career in academia. Her primary research interests are design and development of novel solvents (e.g., ionic liquid and deep eutectic solvents) for various applications in chemical processes, particularly in the separation of fluid mixtures (liquid-liquid and gas-liquid mixtures), with a special interest on separation and recovery of precious metals, critical minerals and rare earh elements, and in CO2 capture and utilization. Dr. Hanee is also passionate about engineering education and Outcome-Based Education (OBE) implementation. She was the Programme Coordinator for the Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree program from 2019 to 2021 and was in charge of coordinating accreditation matters related to the program. She is currently the Head of Department for Chemical Engineering until 2027.

Dr. Kee Boon Pin graduated with Bachelor of Biomedical Science degree in 2007 and Doctorate degree in 2014 from University of Malaya. He is currently serving as a senior lecturer at the department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Kee’s areas of expertise are molecular genetics, population genetics and mitochondrial DNA. Dr. Kee carries out genetic association study to investigate the relationship between genetic markers and the onset of disease in Crohn’s disease and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus patients. Currently, he also received several funding for genetic study of Cardiomyopathy, in which he employs various molecular approaches to examine and characterize the genetic composition of patients, including next-generation sequencing approaches. Other than that, Dr. Kee also works on the identification and differentiation of microorganisms using various molecular techniques, such as TaqMan chemistry, high resolution melt curve analysis, and Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP). Dr. Kee is experienced to examine and analyze genomic data generated from markers in different DNA systems, including mitochondrial DNA, autosomal and sex chromosomes, using biostatistical method, phylogenetic analysis, principle component analysis and diversity index analysis. 

2 / 2 Yusniza Kamarulzaman is a Professor of Marketing and the Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics, and the Graduate School of Business, Universiti Malaya (UMGSB). Her current pursuits include serving as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Glasgow in the UK and a Visiting Professor at Universitas Indonesia, highlighting her vast knowledge and global recognition in marketing. With an illustrious career spanning over two decades, Professor Yusniza has held several leadership positions at the Universiti Malaya. She served as the Deputy Dean of Postgraduate from 2017 to 2022, the Head of the Marketing Department from 2015 to 2017, and the Director of the UM Centre of Innovation and Commercialisation from 2010 to 2014, among other posts. Having begun her career in 1996, Professor Yusniza has worked at various local and foreign higher education institutions, including serving as a Teaching Associate at Cardiff Business School, UK, from 2003 to 2006. She teaches a wide array of Marketing subjects, such as Marketing Management, Retailing, Branding, Product Development & Innovation, Digital Marketing, Global Marketing, and Marketing Research Methodology, to undergraduate and postgraduate students. Professor Yusniza has supervised and mentored over 50 master's degree graduates and produced a number of Ph.D. graduates. She has made significant contributions to the field of marketing through her numerous publications, books, book chapters, monographs, and course modules. Local higher education institutions have widely adopted her publications, including her books Principles of Marketing, Marketing Management, and Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism, which Oxford University Press published. Her primary research interests include digital marketing, tourism marketing, branding, and retailing. She is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), UK, and a member of the American Marketing Association, the British Academy of Management (BAM), and the Academy of Marketing (AM). She serves on the scientific committees of various prestigious international conferences and contributes as a reviewer for numerous international and local textbooks, journals, and conference papers. Professor Yusniza's contributions to academia have not gone unnoticed, as she has received numerous awards and accolades locally and internationally. In 2017, she was awarded the Excellence Service Service Medal (Pingat Perkhidmatan Cemerlang) by the Ministry of Higher Education and the Excellence Service Award from the University of Malaya in 2016, 2017, and 2020. Western Michigan University also awarded her the Visiting Scholar Collaborative Contributions Award, U.S., in 2015 and the Education Leadership Award at the 4th Asia's Best B-School Awards in 2013. In addition, Professor Yusniza serves as an appointed panel member for the Ministry of Higher Education for Government Grants (FRGS, PRGS, HiCOE), an internal auditor for Malaysia Research Assessment (MyRA), and a member of Malaysia Top Business School Malaysia (MyTBS). She is also an external programme assessor/advisory board of several private and public institutions, including UKM, UiTM, Multimedia University, University Technology Petronas, Lim Kok Wing University, Taylors University, Sunway University, UOW Malaysia KDU, QUES International University, Segi University, Wawasan University, and others.