Obtained her Doctoral degree in literature from the Academy of Malay Studies, University of Malaya. She also possesses an MA in World Literature from the Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication, University Putra Malaysia, and a BA in English language and literature from the International Islamic University Malaysia. Her areas of expertise include Postcolonial literature, mimicry, Malay identity, Malayness, and Nationalism in Malay literature and Malaysian literature in English. She has also published articles on language studies, education, and leadership skills. Her teaching experiences include foundation, diploma, degree, Intensive English Program, CALL, and IELTS, TOEFL and MUET preparation courses. She has taught various courses such as English for academic purposes, Technical Writing, Mastering English, Listening and Speaking, Reading and Writing, English literature for IGCSE, Introduction to World literature and Introduction to Linguistics. In the Academy of Malay Studies, University of Malaya, she has taught Modern Malay Poetry, Basic Theory of Literature, Current Issues in Malay Studies, and Malay Studies and Society.

 Professor Dr Shahrul Bahyah Kamaruzzaman is a Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine Universiti  Malaya and Senior Consultant Geriatrician practicing at the University of Malaya Medical Center(UMMC). She returned to Malaysia in 2002 after her geriatric training in Cardiff, United Kingdom and served as Senior Lecturer in the country’s first Geriatric unit at UMMC. Dr Shahrul played a key role in the training and refining of the geriatric multidisciplinary team as well as the acute geriatric care services at UMMC. She embarked on her PhD in November 2006 at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and was awarded a PhD in Epidemiology and Population Health in July 2010. Her thesis was on assessment of frailty where she developed and validated a weighted Frailty index in the British older population. On her return, apart from frailty, her research interests include Sarcopenia, falls, dementia as well Ageing in HIV populations. Her training in geriatrics and epidemiology have been useful in her activities as a founder member of the Ageing and Age-Associated Disorders Research Group at Universiti Malaya as well as the Malaysian Society of Geriatric Medicine; council member of the Gerontology Association of Malaysia and current President of the Malaysian Healthy Ageing Society. Recently, she has expanded her consultancy work into 'Age-friendly initiatives' with the Penang Island and Petaling Jaya City Councils in support of their application for the WHO Age Friendly City status. All these various clinical,academic and community roles have helped cement her commitment to the development of clinical services, ageing research and medical education in Malaysia  

赖静婷，马来西亚霹雳州邦咯岛人，祖籍广东揭阳普宁。本科毕业于拉曼大学中文系，后获马来亚大学中文系硕士，北京大学古代文学博士。现于马来亚大学中文系任高级讲师。研究方向为中国古代文学，马来西亚华文文学和峇峇文学。 Dr. Lai Chin Ting is from Pangkor Island, Perak, Malaysia, and her ancestral home is Puning, Guangdong. She graduated from Tunku Abdul Rahman University with a bachelor's degree, a master's degree from the Universiti Malaya, and a doctorate in Chinese ancient literature from Peking University. She is currently a senior lecturer in the Department of Chinese Studies at the Universiti Malaya. Her research interests are ancient Chinese literature, Malaysian Chinese literature, and Baba literature.