Dr. Mohd Khairul Naim Che Nordin is an Associate Professor at the Department of 'Aqidah & Islamic Thought, Academy of Islamic Studies, Universiti Malaya. He successfully completed his PhD in Islamic Thought at Universiti Malaya in 2014, following his prior achievement of a bachelor's degree in Usuluddin from the same university. Dr. Mohd Khairul Naim's dedication to expanding his knowledge led him to undertake short courses at renowned institutions such as the Mujamma' Sheikh Ahmad Kiftaro in Damascus, Syria, where he actively participated in an informal class. Additionally, he enriched his academic journey by attending a short course at Kulliyyah Dar al-'Ulum, Cairo University in Egypt. Notably, he also served as a research fellow at the prestigious Global Ethic Institute in Tubingen, Germany. His research interests encompass a wide range of areas, including Contemporary Islamic Thought, Islamic Theological Studies, Comparative Religion, and the intersection of Islam and Terrorism. In addition to his significant teaching responsibilities, he holds the position of managing editor for the Journal of 'Aqidah & Islamic Thought (AFKAR), which boasts indexing by Scopus and Clarivate Analytics.

Dr Lee obtained a Japanese Government scholarship to pursue his Ph.D in Hokkaido, Japan. Upon graduation, he continued his research in marine microbial ecology in Malaysia. Throughout his service at University of Malaya, he was awarded fellowships as visiting lecturer to the Faculty of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Hokkaido University and to the Research Center for Environmental Change, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. Dr Lee is interested in marine microbial ecology, studying the abundance and diversity of microorganisms, ecological drivers for microbial dynamics, microbial process rates, and the interaction of microorganisms in the sea. Knowledge from these observations and measurements are applied to our understanding of the microbial food web and carbon fluxes. This in turn, can help us better understand how the marine environment responds to environmental changes especially eutrophication and climate change.

Azian bin Madun is a senior lecturer at the University of Malaya. He received his Phd in Finance from the University of Bath, United Kingdom in 2009. He has vast experience in the financial industry after serving the Malaysian stock exchange for ten years in the areas of finance and management research from 1993 to 2003. Since 2009 he has been teaching as well as undertaking research in the areas of finance and management as well as Islamic finance.