Dr Rabiah Al-Adawiyah Rahmat is a dental lecturer and a forensic odontologist specialist in Universiti Malaya. She graduated with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery from India in 2011. Upon completion, she served as a dental officer in the Malaysia Ministry of Health for two years before joining the Universiti Malaya in December 2013. She pursued her postgraduate studies at the University of Adelaide, Australia. She obtained a Graduate Diploma in Forensic Odontology in 2015 and a PhD in Forensic DNA in 2020.  Dr Rabiah has been involved in numerous forensic identification cases such as dental identification, age estimation, and clinical malpractice. She is currently active in various teaching, research and clinical work on forensic dentistry, forensic DNA and 3D imaging. She is also a strong advocate for addressing the social issue of stateless children in Malaysia.

My academic career began on December 05, 2001 as a tutor at the Department of Islamic History and Civilization, APIUM. A year later I had completed my Usuluddin Master's Degree in Islamic History with a dissertation entitled "Dato' Haji Ismail Yusof: His Contribution to the Development of Islam in Kelantan". After completing my master's degree, I was assigned as a lecturer in the Department of Islamic History and Civilization on January 24, 2003 until now. In 2012, I have successfully graduated with a PhD degree from the same deparment after submitting a research thesis entitled "Majalah Pengasuh After Independence: A Study of Themes and Approaches". Throughout my career as a lecturer at Department of Islamic History and Civilization, I have actively written various articles in the fields of Islamic letters, the development of jawi writing, sirah nabawiah, Method of Islamic Biography Writing and Islamic civilization in addition to presenting papers at national or international seminars. Among the areas of research that have been carried out are on Jawi writing, Jawi-Islamic manuscripts, and Islamic letters, scholarly figures of the Malay Peninsula and the relationship between Malaysian and Indonesian Islamic institutions of higher education. I have written more than 60 papers in seminar proceedings, more than 125 articles that have been published in national and international journals, in addition to various activities that are academic, community and so on. Now I have been entrusted to lead the Department of History and Islamic Civilization as the Head of Department starting from Julai 2012 until April 30, 2020. In addition, I was also appointed as Ahli Lembaga Pengarah Universiti Islam Malaysia since 2019 and also now as Ahli Senat UIM. In 2022, I was appointed as Prof Madya in the same department and have now published more or less 250 publications in various academic mediums.

Prof Dr Zubaidah started her academic career as a tutor in 1975, a lecturer (1979–1988) at the Medical Faculty, UM (Biochem Department)  and then at the Dental Faculty, UM (1988 - now). She is instumental in setting up the Oral Biology Department and designing the oral biology course content. Besides teaching oral biology to the undergraduates which started in 1994/95, she also teaches basic dental science to the postgraduates. Her research interests include biochemical and physiological aspects pertaining to the oral cavity and oral biology. She has translated and written a number of academic books in Bahasa Malaysia. Her scientific publications include local and international journals.   She had been an external examiner (Postgraduate theses and Dental undergraduates) and an examiner and  Group Leader of the HSC/STPM examination.   She is currently the Honorary Treasurer (Asia Pacific Association on PBL in Health Sciences) and Board of Governor (Kolej SATT, Kuching). She has held positions as the Honorary Treasurer, Hon secretary and Commitee Member (Malaysian Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Society).   She has been in the committee of the Advisory Panel (Health and Medicine of Language and Literary Agency, Malaysia, reappointment of contract UKM Dental Lecturer and Professor and USM Advanced Medical and Dental Institute and is a reviewer of several scientific journals.   She had been awarded the Pingat Bintang kenyalang by His Excellency, The Governor of Sarawak, Tokoh maal Hijrah 2009 (Sarawak) Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship, CICHE grant, UM 20 and 30 years Service, Staff Excellence and Certificate, Visiting Lecturer (Oral Biology Dept, Newcastle Upon-Tyne University, UK), Visiting Fellow (Otago University), a Book Prize - main category (Malaysian Linguistic Society and Public Bank) and medals for joint research presented (MOSTI, UM and 33rd International Exhibition in Geneva).