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. There she obtained a Graduate Diploma in Forensic Odontology in 2015 and a PhD in Forensic DNA in 2020. She has 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 pertaining to forensic dentistry, forensic DNA and 3D imaging. She is also a strong advocate addressing the social issue of stateless children in Malaysia.

Dr. Fatiha Senom is a Senior Lecturer and a Teacher Educator in the Department of Language & Literacy Education, Faculty of Education, Universiti Malaya, as well as a homegrown scholar whose work bridges rigorous scholarship with real-world impact in TESOL and Second Language Teacher Education (SLTE). She earned a B.Ed TESL from Universiti Malaya with distinction and was awarded the Anugerah Pelajaran Diraja (2009), followed by a fast-track Ph.D. in Education (TESL) in 2016. With research interests on ESL teacher identity; mentoring and professional development; translanguaging and language-learning investment; and ESL writing anxiety, her work advances TESOL and SLTE through research-informed pedagogy and curriculum reform, evidenced by excellent PhD research supervision and publications in Scopus/WoS venues, books with Routledge and Pearson, and chapters with leading presses. As principal investigator, Dr. Fatiha has successfully led four national and two international research grants in her areas of expertise and has served as co-researcher on eighteen additional national and international projects. She also leads language recovery and enrichment projects for underserved primary and secondary learners, most recently, the WIRA EDUCARE project in Kg. Melayu Wira Damai, Gombak, under the Ministry of Higher Education's Kampung Angkat Madani initiative, embodying the university’s mission of social responsibility and educational equity. Nationally, she serves as an expert panel member for the 2027 school curriculum reform (Kurikulum Persekolahan 2027) for Ministry of Education, chairperson of the evaluation panel for the English Textbook Package, 2027 School Curriculum for Dewan Bahasa dan Pustakaa MUET (Malaysian University English Test) item developer with Malaysian Examination Council, and a consultant to National Institute of Public Administration Malaysia (INTAN) on CEFR-aligned assessment; internationally, she has served as a consultant for Universitas Negeri Medan on Outcome-Based Education and delivered keynotes at several international conferences. As M.Ed ESL Programme Coordinator (2018–2024), she led curriculum design, review, and sustainability initiatives, introduced flexible study plans to support timely completion, and curated a world-class learning experience that strengthened postgraduate scholarly skills. Recognised with the Certificate of Excellent Service (2021, 2023) and the Excellence Service Award (2024), Dr. Fatiha advances UM’s academic footprint through research, teaching, policy engagement, and community partnership, shaping confident, ethically grounded English language professionals for a rapidly changing world.

Teoh Teow Chong received his BSc in Biochemistry in 1996, MSc in Biochemistry in 2000, and PhD in Computational Chemistry in 2008, from University of Malaya. He has been teaching started as a school teacher, to Lecturer since 1990 in various educational institutions, such as primary school, smart school, KDU college, Taylor’s College and Stamford College and tutors in OUM and IMU for 20 years until finally back in the University of Malaya in 2009 as Senior Lecturer. His research interests are focusing in drug design by molecular docking and molecular dynamics, chemical analysis by HPLC and LCMS, and transcriptomics of fungal species.     He has been the webmaster of Institute of Biological Sciences (ISB) since 2009, the Coordinator of Master of Bioinformatics since 2016, Faculty of Science, UM, and the committee member of JKIT, ISB, UM, and the Secretary for Malaysian Society Of Marine Sciences (MSMS).  He has been the company consultant for Ganofarm R&D Sdn. Bhd since 2010. He also served as organization committee for multiple international and national conferences, including the Quantum & Non-linear Optics Conference (QNO 2019), Bio Asia-Pacific Conference Series 2016, ICMSM 2009, ACCMS 2017, ACCIS 2017, and Biosymposium of ISB. He has also presented numerous conference papers including in the 10th Asia Pacific Biotech Congress in Bangkok, International Symposium On Computational Science in Japan and The First International Workshop on Computational Biophysics in Vietnam. Besides, he is the co-owner of US patent and China patent in the production bioethanol from biomass as an alternative biofuel. He was also the Company Director of MyEZfuel Sdn. Bhd., a spin-off company by the UM Holdings. To date, he has graduated 5 MSc and 2 PhD graduates and currently supervising 2 PhD researchers, 2 Master of Bioinformatics researchers and 2 undergraduate students.