DR. SITI NABILA BINTI AIDIT

Siti Nabila Aidit received a PhD in Photonics Science from the Institute of Advanced Studies, Universiti Malaya in 2020 and was awarded with PhD thesis distinction. She was also a recipient of the prestigious Bright Sparks Program Scholarship (UM) and Future Talent Guest Stay from Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany. She is currently a Senior Lecturer with the Centre for Foundation Studies and Deputy Head of Centre of Printable Electronics, Universiti Malaya. She has authored or co-authored more than 45 ISI-ranked journals and presented her work at local and international conferences. Her current research focuses on emerging technologies in wearable electronics, printed flexible electronics for sensors, and developing 2D materials for flexible electronics.

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ASSOCIATE PROF. DR. MOHIDEEN SALIHU FAROOK

Dr. Mohideen Salihu Farook graduated with Bachelors of Dental Surgery (BDS), India in 2005. In 2010, he obtained his MDSc Prosthodontics (Fixed and Removable) from University of Dundee, UK. He successfully passed his Membership of the Faculty of Dentistry (MFD), Ireland in 2019. He was awarded Membership in Prosthodontics (M Pros) by Royal College of Surgeons, England in 2022, Member of the Faculty of Dental Surgery (MFDS) and Speciality Membership in Prosthodontics M (Pros) by Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow in 2023. Dr. Mohideen is an Associate Professor in Department of Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry since 2011 and he is a consultant in the faculty’s dental hospital. His research supervision includes postgraduate programmes such as Master by Research (MDSc), Clinical masters (MClinDent, MOSc and DClinDent) and PhD. Currently, he is involved in many research project locally and internationally and he had published many of his works in recognised international journals. He was awarded grants for his research projects by the university and the industry in Malaysia. He received many awards for his research project presentations locally and internationally. In 2019, he received Excellent service award by Faculty of Dentistry, University of MalayaIn 2023 and 2024, he has been appointed by the Royal College of Surgeons of England as an examiner for the speciality prosthodontic exam (M Pros) RCS (Eng) and general dentistry exam MFDS RCS (Eng) respectively.

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ASSOCIATE PROF. DR. BENEDICT FRANCIS

  Dr Benedict Francis is a psychiatrist at the University Malaya Medical Centre. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya and was selected for the Brightsparks scholarship to pursue his Masters in Psychological Medicine at his alma mater, the University of Malaya. Subsequently, he completed a fellowship program in Aged Healthcare Services at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, in 2019. Dr Benedict is a keen researcher and is involved in several international, multi-centre clinical trials involving novel antipsychotics and antidepressants. He has also published in several international and regional peer-reviewed journals and presented in international congresses. Dr Benedict is a clinical expert in treatment resistant depression. He was part of the Ministry of Health’s  National Advisory Board committee that drafted the guidelines for prescribing and dispensing Esketamine, a novel adjunct antidepressant treatment. Dr Benedict is regarded as a Key Opinion Leader (KOL) in the fields of treatment resistant depression and schizophrenia, and is regularly invited as a speaker at both local and regional events. His passion and interest is in the mechanism of action of rapid-acting antidepressants and treatment optimization of patients with treatment resistant depression. 

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