Dr. Kim-Kee Tan received her Ph.D. and training in molecular virology at the Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya. Currently, she serves as Senior Lecturer at the Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre (TIDREC), Universiti Malaya and the Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya. Her research focuses on emerging viral pathogens, integrating genomic and bioinformatic approaches to investigate virus emergence, evolution, and transmission across human, animal, vector, and environmental interfaces. Her work engages new research technologies, such as Next Generation Sequencing (NGS). Besides that, she is also a trainer for biosafety and biosecurity training; hence she has vast experience designing workflow and handling different types of pathogens. She has a strong interest in genomic surveillance and pandemic preparedness, with projects spanning viral discovery, phylogenetics, and molecular epidemiology.

Adelina Asmawi is an Associate Professor at the Department of Language and Literacy Education. She is Adjunct Professor at the College of Women, Seiyun University (2025-2026) and College of Foreign Languages, Northeast Forestry University, China (2024). She was the Head of Department (2018-2022) and Deputy Dean of Undergraduate Studies and the Quality Manager at the Faculty of Education, Universiti Malaya (2014-2017). She holds a PhD in Professional Development of Teachers, TESOL, and Instructional Technology from Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne, Australia. She has supervised 10 PhD students to completion.  Leadership As then, Deputy Dean, Dr Adelina assisted and worked closely with the Dean, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic and Internationalization) and Deputy Vce Chancellor (Student Affairs) in the development, implementation and monitoring of progress of the faculty’s strategic plan particularly in relation to Undergraduate Studies. She also took responsibility for the teaching and learning portfolio and student affairs for the undergraduate programmes. As Quality Manager, Dr Adelina coordinated activities like Self Audits and Internal Audits that are required to direct and control the faculty with regard to quality. She championed and supported improvement initiatives and ensured that process owners maintain their part of the quality management system at the faculty level. As Head of Department, she oversaw department development and growth in programmes, students, human resources, budget, research and strategic planning.  Industry Engagement She spent her sabbatical leave in 2017 attached to Puncak Niaga Holdings Bhd under the Strategic Resource and Public Relations Division. She worked with the team on strategic collaboration, knowledge enhancement, quality assurance as well as CSR initiatives.  In April 2026, Adelina will commence her sabbatical through the Academic Mobility Programme at Abay Myrzakhmetov Kokshetau University, Kazakhstan, where she will engage in academic collaboration and scholarly activities. Research As a researcher, she enjoys exploring innovations in education.  In 2013 and 2014, she co-created the Developmental Instructional Supervision Module and co-trained teachers under the Ministry of Education’s Knowledge Transfer Programme. She has worked on a collaborative project with University of Exeter and Chulalongkorn University on creative thinking and creative teaching for higher education. Her research work in 2017 has led to the publication of an e-graphic book for research in education in 2018. She also worked on an IIRG funded, interdisciplinary research with Dentistry and Computer Science Faculties on an App to prevent smoking initiation among Malaysian children from 2019 - 2021. Concurrently, she has been researching and developing modules for 21st Century English language literacy using emerging technologies among select urban poor pupils and volunteers as an extension from her Pearl projects. In 2024, she works on an international research collaboration with researchers from World University of Bangladesh, Dhaka and University of Bengkulu, Indonesia on a South East Asian research on blended grammar instruction in higher education.           PEARL Project She is Founder of PEARL project (Pedagogy of English language Acquisition among uRban poor Learners) (2018), then extended to PEARL 2.0 (Lembah Subang) (2019), Pearl4PJ (Petaling jaya) (2020), Pearly Starfish (2022), Pearl 3.0 (2023), Auction-a-Pearl (2023), PEARL and Beyond (2024), PEARL Alam Shah (2024), Pearl for Firdaus (2025) and PEARLEGO (2026). She works closely with selected urban poor communities to support the development of urban poor and asnaf children’s English language acquisition through innovative approaches that emphasise informal, enjoyable, and safe learning environments. Her projects integrate digital literacy, financial literacy, and STEM literacy into English language development, with the most recent initiative also fostering creative thinking through the use of LEGO-based activities. Publications Dr. Adelina was awarded Top 10% WoS Indexed Journals Series 2024 -10 in November 2024. She actively publishes in the areas of higher education, instructional technology, creative thinking, TESOL and professional development. Her works are published in international and Malaysian journals. She has written eight books: ‘The Art of Teaching English’ (2014), ‘Understanding Play in Children’s World’ (2014), 'The Art of Reflective Thinking' (2016), The Art of Creative Research (2017). Thesis Easy (2018) (FREE at e-sentral.com or umpress.com.my), From Me to We: Teaching Taboo Topics to Children through Spoken Word Poetry in Malaysia (2022), Revolutionizing Language Education: Multimodal Discourse Analysis and AI in the Digital 21st Century (2024) and Digital Translanguaging for Global Learners: Language Education for the 21st Century (2025). She also wrote for Leaderonomics and was Chief Editor of the special issue journal, 'Language Education for a World on the Move' (2020),  Awards Dr Adelina picked up a silver and two bronze medals from the Research and Innovation Expo for her work on ‘Literacy Activities of Malaysian School Students’ and 'Interactive Whiteboard for Teaching and Learning'. She collected the Best Research Paper Award from Singaporean Global Science and Technology Forum in 2012. She positioned third at the Malaysian National Educational Blogging Competition of 2012 and received the University of Malaya Excellence in Services Award in 2015. In the same year, she co-wrote a paper which bagged the Best Paper Award defeating 50 over papers at the International Conference on Teaching and Learning, Bangkok. In 2017, her team's invention: T.O.P Module won a Silver Award by the MBOT, MHE and UMP and her invention: E-Thesis for Dummies won a Bronze Award at H-Inovasi 2017 Competition. She was awarded Best in Teaching at the 2017 University of Malaya Excellence Award and was double awarded: the GOLD Award and Special Award for Student Support for her research and product: Thesis Easy at the Liter Research Conference 2018. Dr Adelina represented University of Malaya for the prestigious 2018 National Academic Award, AAN12 (Teaching Category). She also received the Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Education (ICE) in Nov 2018 and won 2nd place for her PEARL project at Community Engagement Academia Conference (PAKUM 2018) in Dec 2018. In Feb 2019, she won a Silver Medal at CITREX 2019 and in April 2019, 2 Platinum medals at the Innovation and Design Expo, UM for her PEARL framework (English language acquisition of urban poor children) and REACH framework (professional development of teachers through community engagement). She is VIWA 2019's Outstanding Woman in Humanities and Social Sciences. 2020 saw another Platinum medal on her belt from INSIDE2020 for her team's innovation 'MAID in Malaysia'- View https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b17BitsWkD0. She is recipient of Melbourne Graduate School International Alumni Award 2020 https://education.unimelb.edu.au/community/alumni/mgse-alumni-award. She was also awarded the Universiti Malaya Excellent Service Award in 2022 and Loyal Service Award in 2023. To boot, she and her PhD student won the Best Paper Award at Malaysia International Convention on Education Research and Management in 2024 and Gold and Bronze awards for The International Competition of Innovation, Technology & Digital Exhibition 2025 (CoInDEx 2025).  Evaluative duties as an Academic She is an interviewer for the Malaysian International Scholarship, Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia. She is a programme assessor for National University of Malaysia's (UKM) Master's programmes, Malaysian Institute of Teacher Education (IPGM)'s Bachelor's programme, Kolej Universiti Poly-Tech MARA's (KUPTM)'s Bachelor's programme, MAHSA University's Diploma in TESL programme, Wawasan Open University's BA English Studies, Universiti Teknologi Petronas's Humanities courses and an External Member of the Course Advisory Committee for the Graduate Diploma programme, Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak as well as the Industry Advisor for PhD in Education programme at Open University Malaysia and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Dr Adelina is also an external examiner for PhD theses from University of Brunei Darussalam (UBD), Taylor's University, University Science Malaysia (USM), University Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Universiti Putra Malaysia, UCSI University and Colleges, USIM, SEGI University and many more.  Other scholarly engagements She is an Associate Member of Akademi Professor Malaysia. She is Editor of ‘Issues in Education Journal’,  ‘Global Science and Technology Forum Journal’ and 'Artificial Intelligence in Lifelong and Life-Course Education'. She was judge for various storytelling, debate, Three Minute Thesis (3MT), public speaking, innovation, and international exchange student programme (UK-MALAYSIA University Consortium) competitions at school and varsity levels. She served as the programme head of an academic and cultural mobility initiative, leading a delegation of 30 undergraduates and three academics to Seoul National University in 2026. A passionate educator, she shares her thoughts and ideas as an invited speaker in various settings: Spore's APAIE (March 2018), Xuchang University, China (Spring, 2018), APSS (Nov 2018), TEDXUniversityofMalaya 2019, Dublin's IICE (Oct 2019), and Berlin's ICDTE 2024. She was a keynote speaker for ICOELTICS 2021, IRCW-ELS 2021, URICET 2021, ICMEIM2022, Chengdu, China 2022, ICEHoS, NTU, Singapore 2023, and ICELLIC, North Sumatera 2024. She was a Human Book for National University of Singapore's Human Library programme for student leaders in 2021, a guest lecturer for Woo Song University, Korea (2023) and Malang State University, Indonesia (2023) and a visiting academic at Medan State University (2023). She consistently writes for major newspapers and is an expert panel in the media (printed, electronic, digital), the latest being appearances on mainstream television, ASTRO Awani in July & November 2023 and May 2024 as well as on BFM 89.9 podcast in Dec 2023, March and May 2024 and Malaysia Hari Ini, TV3 in Nov 2024. Dr. Adelina is UM karaoke champ 2018. A runner, she completes marathons from all over and as an avid Rescue scuba diver, loves being submerged in Underwater Awareness projects. She also dedicates her time to organize annual trips/deliveries to selected orphanages. She was also an active Parent Teacher Association leader for Premier schools; Sekolah Alam Shah, Putrajaya (SAS) and Sekolah Seri Puteri, Cyberjaya (SSP).  Researcher ID: B-8137-2010 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-8137-2010 Orcid ID: 0000-0003-0595-2986 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0595-2986  

He is an emerging academic and researcher with a solid foundation in accounting, management, and social sciences. Currently serving as a Lecturer at Pusat Asasi Sains Universiti Malaya (PASUM), he is responsible for delivering courses in Management Accounting, Financial Accounting, Economics, and other core subjects across multiple campuses, including an offshore programme in Xi’an, China. He holds a Master of Philosophy (Management) by Research and a Bachelor of Accounting (Hons) from Multimedia University, Cyberjaya. His academic journey is marked by consistent excellence, having earned 11 Dean’s List Awards and maintained a CGPA of 3.78. His research interests lie in public sector financial reporting, particularly the transition to accrual-based accounting within Malaysian Federal Statutory Bodies. His scholarly work includes publications in Scopus- and ERA-indexed journals, along with contributions to academic book chapters and conferences. In addition to his academic achievements, he has contributed to various consultancy projects funded by government agencies, focusing on the financial and digital well-being of Malaysia's B40 communities post-pandemic. His leadership is evident from his involvement in organizing national-level student programs and volunteer projects, where he demonstrated excellent fundraising and project management skills. He combines academic rigour with a people-oriented teaching philosophy, promoting student engagement, interdisciplinary collaboration, and continuous improvement in education and research.