YEO Siang Lee, PhD (Macq.) is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Languages & Linguistics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. His main research interest is interactions of individuals with communication disorders, particularly those diagnosed with autism. His current research focuses on the interactions between a small group of children with autism and their teachers in an educational setting.

Dalilah is a qualified accounting professional with a passion towards widening participation in the accounting profession. Having gained professional experience in the accounting industry through the Central Bank of Malaysia and Ernst & Young, Dalilah is a Fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), a Chartered Accountant (CA) member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) member of CPA Australia.  Dalilah earned her PhD in Accounting from the University of Glasgow (UK), where she was honoured with the Adam Smith Business School Prize for Excellence. Her doctoral research, grounded in social theory, investigates the professional socialisation practices of prospective accountants in Malaysia. She also holds an MSc in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics (LSE, UK) and a Bachelor of Accounting from Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN, Malaysia), graduating with First Class honours. Dalilah has over 10 years of teaching experience in financial accounting at various higher education institutions including International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF) and the University of Glasgow where she served as a teaching assistant.

Driven and focused; born with the spirit of an academic, and the soul of an explorer; Saiful received a PhD in Molecular Parasitology from Imperial College, London in 2006 after which he immediately joined Universiti Malaya as an academic. Currently he is a professor of Biochemistry in the Faculty of Science. More than 12 PhD and 15 MSc students have graduated under Saiful’s supervision. With over 70 publications (WOS) and an h-index of 22, Saiful is a recognized authority in the field of proteomics and has multiple collaborations with researchers across the globe. He has received more than RM 5 million in research grants. Saiful also holds various management responsibilities. Of particular note are his roles as Deputy Dean (2015-2017) and Dean (2017-present) of the Frontiers of the Natural World Research Cluster (formerly known as Frontier Science Research Cluster), and currently as the Director of IPPP. In this role, his responsibilities include ensuring growth and development of  research within UM, managing internal research grants, training researchers to empower them, developing UM’s niche and thrust areas, engaging stakeholders, and various other tasks related to research and innovation.