DR. MOHAMAD ZAIHAN BIN ZAILAN

Dr. Mohamad Zaihan Bin Zailan is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Glami Lemi Biotechnology Research Centre, Universiti Malaya. Prior to this appointment, he served as a lecturer at the Faculty of Sustainable Agriculture, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) from 2016, where he specialized in animal nutrition with an emphasis on alternative feed resources for ruminants. He obtained his PhD in Animal Production from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) in 2024, with research focused on the utilization of fungi-treated oil palm by-products as sustainable feed alternatives for dairy goats. His academic and research expertise centers on the optimization of agricultural by-products for ruminant nutrition, aimed at enhancing livestock productivity while supporting environmentally sustainable practices. Dr. Zaihan’s current research agenda emphasizes the identification and evaluation of practical, farmer-friendly feed ingredients that can be cultivated locally, alongside the development of simple yet nutritionally effective ration formulations for ruminants. His work contributes to advancing sustainable livestock systems, particularly within the context of Malaysia's agricultural landscape.

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ASSOCIATE PROF. DR. AIZAN BINTI ALI @ MAT ZIN

Dr Aizan binti Ali@ Mat Zin is an associate professor at the Department of Islamic History and Civilization, Academy of Islamic Studies, Universiti Malaya. She is a graduant of B.Hons Usuluddin and sponsored by Universiti Malaya for her Masters of Arts in Islamic Studies at SOAS, University of London, UK in 1998. Then the universiti granted her for a study leave which earned her Phd from University of Wales, UK in 2010. She has traveled to various countries for a conference and research such as Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Japan, Korea, China, Australia, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, United Kingdom, Malta, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Austria, German, Netherland, France, Spain, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Her teaching, research and publications cover Issues in Islamic History and Civilization, History of Islamic Institution, History of Islamic Education, History of Islamic Architecture in Malaysia, Muslims scholarship and biographical studies, and Research Methodology in Islamic History. Dr Aizan‘s research interests extends over Manuscriptology (her research area for approved sabbatical leave)and Civilizational dialogue. She has published a great number of articles, proceedings, chapters in book and books related to her expertise. To mention several of them i.e Islamic Institutions of Education in British India: A Study on Deoband Madrasah, Jurnal Usuluddin APIUM 9:113-132, Al-Attas’s Works and Contribution to the Islamic Architecture in Malaysia, Middle-East journal of Scientific Research 14 (12):1685-1690, 2013 (ISSN 1990-9233), and Islamic Institutions of Higher Education in Malaysia: Issues and Challenges in Developing Muslim Intellectuals, KUPUSB, 2012 (ISBN 99917-44-99-1). In 2017, Universiti Malaya Press has published her edited book entitled Sejarah Astronomi Islam di Malaysia and ITBM publish her book on Metodologi Penyelidikan Sejarah Islam in 2022. She actively engage in national and international seminar and conferences such as BRISMES di University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2006; WOCMES at De Autonoma Universitat, Barcelona, Spain,2010; Universiti Muhammadiyah, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2011 and KUPUSB, Brunei,2012. A Keynote speaker at the 6Th Eurasian Conference on Language and Social Sciences, Samarkand, Uzbekistan in 2019. She spoke on “Sources in Writing History of Mosques in Malaysia (1975-2015)”. In addition to academic activities, she also trusted by Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) as an auditor in 2013 and QMEC appointed her as a head auditor in 2022 for PSAR. Then she was a member of Board of Advisors for Assofa Islamic College. Apart from academic world, she also appeared on international and local television broadcast such as TV3 (Jejak Srikandi: talking about women around the Prophet Muhammad which was aired several times), Astro Oasis (talking about women in Islam) and Spain Tv (talking about women and veil). Her latest achievement is "The 1st Best Paper Award" in the 6th International Conference on World Religion which was held in Minhaj University Lahore, Pakistan on 28-29 October 2023. She wrote on "The History of Postmodernism and Its Impact on Muslim Lifestyle in Malaysia"  

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PROF. DR. MAS AYU BINTI SAID

Dr Mas Ayu research interest focuses on mental health, substance abuse and psychopharmacology, especially the side effect of metabolic syndrome due to the treatment of schizophrenia. A recipient of several research grants, she has many collaborative research activities with University Malaya Centre of Addiction Sciences. Her recent project is Enhancing Quality and Longevity of Life of Malaysian B40 under Long Term Research Grant Scheme (LRGS). She also involved in another project for B40 - Coping to Live with COVID-19: The New Norm which was funded by WHO.   As a public health specialist in infectious disease and field epidemiologist, Dr Mas Ayu is the member of Malaysia One Health University Network (MyOHUN) which is part of USAID. She is active in activity related to One Health in Malaysia and Southeast Asia Region. Dr Mas Ayu also has research interest on communicable diseases mainly focusing on vector borne diseases like Chikungunya and Dengue Fever. She has research collaboration through Malaysia-Sweden Research Link with Umea University, working on the early warning system of dengue outbreak. Dr Mas Ayu attended the evidence-based medicine (EBM) practice workshop as training for trainer in Oxford University in 2008, funded by grants from the European Union. The international collaboration was together with Utrecht (UMCU), Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM), University of Oxford, the Rumah Sakit Cipto Mangunkusumo (RSCM) Hospital, Jakarta and University of Malaya. She has conducted several EBM workshops together with other trainers. She also served as panel for The Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA), which is a statutory body in Malaysia to accredit academic programs provided by educational institutions providing post-secondary or higher education and facilitate the accreditation and articulation of qualifications.

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