Dr. Asfarina's research lies at the confluence of computational and experimental pharmaceutical sciences, making significant contributions to the progression of drug discovery and the comprehension of molecular interactions. Her work incorporates computational methodologies such as docking and molecular dynamics simulations to craft and refine prospective drug candidates. She employs sophisticated simulation techniques to examine protein-ligand interactions, aiding in the prediction of molecular behavior within biological systems. She explores the binding mechanisms of drugs and other molecules to proteins, which is essential for grasping their therapeutic impacts and potential side effects. Additionally, she has played a role in studies addressing HIV-related stigma within healthcare environments and has contributed to the creation of metrics for assessing HIV activist identity. She genuinely welcomes the chance for collaboration and research partnerships with motivated individuals and academic research teams.

Associate Professor Ir. Dr. TING Hua Nong obtained his Bachelor, Master and PhD degree from University of Technology Malaysia, Malaysia. He is a Chartered Engineer of Engineering Council, UK and a member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET). He is a Professional Engineer (Ir) with the Board of Engineers Malaysia. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya. He is a Visiting Professor at Jining Medical University, Shandong Province, China. He has active research collaboration with Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Southeast University and Jining Medical University. His research expertise and areas of research are speech analysis and processing and recognition, image processing and recognition, Artificial Intelligence, deep learning, and dielectric measurement with specific AI application in cancer research, cardiovascular diseases and respiratory diseases. He has completed supervision of 7 PhD students, 3 Master students by research and 19 Master students by coursework. Currently, he is supervising 8 PhD students and 4 Master students. He has published more than 30 ISI-indexed and Scopus-indexed journal articles and 30 conference proceedings. His articles appear in high impact factor journals such as Expert Systems with Applications, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, IEEE Access, Journal of Cancer and Journal of Voice. He has obtained several internal research grants of University of Malaya such as Short-Term Grant (PGP), University of Malaya Research Grant (UMRG), Research University (RU) grant and external research grants such as Science fund, UKM internal grant with a total of more than RM 1.35 million. He was involved as the technical programme committee and organizing committee in more than 25 national and international conferences. He has been an invited speaker for a few international conferences in China and Taiwan. He was actively involved as reviewer for more than 15 journals and 110 conferences, internal and external research grant proposals and postgraduate theses. He was a member of the Publicity Committee for International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE) in 2018-2022. He was member of the Asia Pacific Working Group, IFMBE in 2015-2018. He was a recipient of the IFBME Asia Pacific Research Networking Fellowship in 2012. Currently, he is collaborating with academicians from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Southeast University, Guangxi Medical University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Swinburne University of Technology, Australia.     

Prof Dr. Ramesh T Subramaniam is a material scientist well known for his outstanding scholastic contribution on solutions for energy storage and harvesting devices for green energy and sustainable smart cities of tomorrow. The novelty of his research is the successful invention of highly adhesive polymer membranes, self-healable hydrogel electrolytes and electrodes using natural resources, environmentally friendly polymer electrolytes and techniques in the fabrication of green energy devices. Prof Dr. S. Ramesh is well recognized in his field, internationally and locally, evidenced by the many international and national awards he has received. The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) elected him as a TWAS Fellow in 2023. He is the First Malaysian to be elected as TWAS Fellow under the scientific field of Physics, Astronomy & Space Sciences. Subsequently, he was elected as Fellow of International Science Council (ISC) which recognizes individuals for their outstanding contributions to the promotion of science as a global public good. He has also received Pacifichem Young Scholar Award from the American Chemical Society, Young Scientist Award from IUPAC, IAP Young Scientist Award, TWAS Young Affiliate Fellow and ASEAN - China Scholar Award. He is an alumnus of the Global Young Academy (GYA) and Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). He was also conferred the Established Scientist Award by the Royal Society. In 2014 he was selected as the Top Research Scientists Malaysia (TRSM) and in the same year he received the “International Association of Advanced Materials Scientist Medal”. He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM), recipient of the Fulbright Fellowship with a tenure at Princeton University, USA, recipient of the Durham University “International Senior Research Fellowship” as Visiting Senior Fellow and a Distinguished Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS), Durham University since 2022. He is also a recipient of the Malaysia Toray Science Foundation Science & Technology Award and has been awarded the Universiti Malaya Excellent Lecturer (Sciences) Award 2019, Universiti Malaya Distinguished Researcher Award 2022 and UTAR Annual Research Excellence Award. The Nobel Committee for Physics on behalf of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences invited him as a nominator for “The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2021”. Stanford University recognized and placed him in World's Top 2% Scientists for Career-Long Citation Impact. Based on “Google Scholar’, he is ranked among the Top 1% in his field under the research titles “Polymer Electrolyte”, “Electrolyte” and “Electrochemical Devices”. In addition, he is the Principal Investigator for many interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary projects under Erasmus+ International Capacity Building projects. On the global front, he was recognized as the Invited Scientist for World Science Forum and World Economic Forum. He has won awards in many innovation exhibitions. Notably, he bagged the “Best Award for Best Invention in Technology Reversing Climate Change” in ITEX 2023, “Best of the Best Award - Asian Invention Excellence Award” in ITEX 2021 and BEST of the BEST Award during PECIPTA 2013. His major contribution to society is through the service and knowledge as a scholar of the ASM, Royal Society, RSC, GYA, TWAS, TYAN, IAP, Erasmus and IUPAC.