DR. MEHDI SOLTANZADEH

Dr. Mehdi Soltanzadeh was born in 1980 in Iran. After earning his bachelor's and master's degrees in Iran, he traveled to Malaysia in 2006 to attend an international humanities seminar, where he met several distinguished professors from Malaysian universities. This experience inspired him to pursue a doctorate faculty of arts and social sciences, department of history at the University of Malaya, one of the premier and oldest institutions in Malaysia and Southeast Asia. Following the completion of his doctoral studies, Dr. Mehdi chose to remain in Malaysia, driven by his fascination with the country's history, culture and multi-racial society. He collaborated with the Islamic Arts Museum of Malaysia for a year as a senior researcher, mostly on researching and translation of  Manuscripts, then he became of life member of Malaysia Translators’ Association,  he engaged in research with the Department of Malay Studies at the National University of Malaysia, focusing on translating various Persian classical texts into Malay. Additionally, he serves as a translator for the Islamic Encyclopaedia Foundation in Iran, where he has translated numerous entries authored by Malaysian and Indonesian scholars from Malay language into Persian language for publication in the Islamic World Encyclopaedia in Iran. Dr. Mehdi now is a senior lecturer at Academy of Malay Studies, Universiti Malaya.

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DR. JAFFERI BIN JAMALUDIN

Ir. Ts. Dr. Jafferi Jamaludin received the B.Eng. degree from Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Putrajaya, Malaysia, and the M.Eng.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at Universiti Malaya Power Energy Dedicated Advanced Centre (UMPEDAC). He was a Visiting Lecturer at the Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Japan from October 2018 to September 2019. His fields of interest include power electronics and energy efficiency and management. He is a Professional Engineer registered with Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM), a Chartered Engineer registered with the Engineering Council, UK, a Professional Technologist registered with Malaysia Board of Technologists (MBOT) and an Associate Member of Malaysian Association of Registered Energy Managers and Energy Auditors (MAREMA). He also serves as the Permanent Member of Technical Committee on LVDC Supply, Storage and EV Charging under National Standard Committee Malaysia.  

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DR. JINDONG CHANG

Dr. Chang Jindong is an Associate Professor at the School of Physical Education of Southwest University, Director of the Institute of Motor Quotient at Southwest University, and an Associate Researcher at the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Sciences of the Universiti Malaya. He served as a visiting scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and was recognized as the first sports science and technology expert in Chongqing. From 2015 to 2016, he was seconded to the Quality Monitoring Center for Basic Education of the Ministry of Education of China to contribute to the development of the National Physical Education and Health Monitoring and Evaluation Program for students in compulsory education. He currently serves as the deputy editor-in-chief of Chongqing Sports Science, as well as an editorial board member and academic editor of PLOS ONE. His research primarily focuses on movement measurement and evaluation (including children’s and adolescents’ motor quotient), motor skill learning and control, sports health and promotion, physical education curriculum and pedagogy, and the application of artificial intelligence and big data technology in physical education and public health.

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