Dr. Florence is a Senior Lecturer at the Chinese Studies Department, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya. She is the Assistant Secretary of the Association of Professionals in Curriculum and Education Instruction (APROCEI), a committee member of the Writers Association of Chinese Medium Malaysia, member of International Association of Ethical Literary Criticism (IAELC), Society of Sinophone Studies (SSS), Malaysian Association of Applied Linguistics (MAAL), and reviewer for international journals and conferences. Florence’s research foci include contemporary Chinese literature, literary criticism, L2 language teaching and learning, and education. Her latest research projects include Han Suyin studies; ethical literary criticism; Malay and Chinese literature; EFL teaching and learning in China. Besides contributing to Web of Science and SCOPUS indexed journals, Florence is also involved in several bilingual or trilingual translation works in Malay, English, and Chinese languages.

Professor Dr. Syarida Hasnur Safii is a Professor and Consultant Periodontist at the Universiti Malaya, where she currently serves as Deputy Dean (Clinical Services) of the Faculty of Dentistry. She is based at the Department of Restorative Dentistry and has held several key academic leadership roles, including Head of Department and Head of the Periodontology Discipline. Professor Safii obtained her Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia before pursuing specialist training in Periodontology at King’s College London, where she was awarded the Master of Clinical Dentistry (MClinDent) and Membership in Restorative Dentistry (MRD) from The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. She later completed her PhD in Periodontology at the University of Otago, New Zealand. Her areas of expertise include periodontology, implant dentistry, and dental education. Her research focuses on the biological and clinical aspects of periodontal and peri-implant diseases, host–microbial interactions, adjunctive antimicrobial therapies, natural products in periodontal healing, and the relationship between systemic conditions and periodontal health. She has also contributed significantly to dental education research, particularly in personalised learning, student-centred pedagogy, and the integration of machine learning in educational design. Professor Safii has published extensively in high-impact international journals, including Clinical Oral Investigations, Journal of Clinical Periodontology, Clinical Oral Implants Research, BMC Oral Health, Archives of Oral Biology, and Pharmaceutics. She has led and co-led numerous nationally funded research grants, including projects under the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia) and multiple internal research grants at Universiti Malaya. Her current research includes longitudinal studies on peri-implant inflammation, periodontal stability, synbiotic adjuncts in non-surgical therapy, and health economics of periodontitis management. She actively supervises postgraduate candidates at PhD and Master’s levels in areas spanning periodontal microbiology, biomarker research, implant biology, regenerative therapies, health economics, and dental education. She also teaches extensively in the Bachelor of Dental Surgery, Master of Oral Science, and specialist doctoral programmes in Periodontology, Restorative Dentistry, and Prosthodontics. At the international and national levels, Professor Safii contributes as an external examiner for specialist and doctoral programmes, including appointments with the The Royal College of Surgeons of England and multiple Malaysian universities. She serves as Associate Editor for BMC Oral Health and the Periodontology Journal, and is an active reviewer for numerous indexed journals. She is also an assessor for the Malaysian Qualifications Agency and international grant bodies.

Siti Aisyah Samudin is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Syariah and Law Department, Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, Malaysia. She graduated with a Diploma in Syariah and Islamic Jurisprudence with honors class one from the International Islamic University College of Selangor in 2011. In 2015, she was awarded a Bachelor Degree in Syariah and Law with honors class one from the Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya. She completed her doctoral studies in 2019 at the same university in which she specialized in Islamic tort and Islamic criminal justice. Her areas of expertise and research interests are Islamic criminal law, negligence, tort and consumerism. Her current research is on the need for an approach of harmonisation between diyya and existing compensation method including Malaysian law and insurance, to provide comprehensive protection to victims of road accidents. She is currently active in research and writing articles, especially on compensation for road traffic accident victims in Malaysia, the role of Insurance and Takaful as well as the potential of diyat in the area of damages. She was the recipients for Gold Medal Poster Exhibition Research University Malaya 2019. She is currently supervising 1 masters students and upcoming 5 PhD students. Outside the University, she is an exco member of al-Mukhlisin Foundation (an NGO).