Dr Mahar Diana binti Hamid is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaya. Her areas of research interest include Safety, Health and Environment (SHE), Indoor Air Quality, combustion technology, process safety and risk engineering, inherent safety and risk management. She has also served as a safety consultant to the Department of Occupational Safety and Health, Ministry of Human Resources, Malaysia. She has co-authored two book chapters and over 50 research articles in peer-reviewed journals and conferences on combustion air emissions, process safety, risk, and reliability engineering.

Asrul Sani is a lecturer in the Department of Architecture at the Faculty of Built Environment. His administrative responsibilities include the coordination of the Bachelor of Science and Master of Architecture program, the academic management of the joint studio programs such as UM-NUS in Thailand (2016-2017), UM-UNPAR-ITB in Indonesia 2014-2015 and the inbound joint studio program UM-Deakin in the main UM campus (2023). He has been involved in teaching, research, and consulting projects for the past 20 years. He received his M.A. (Hons) in Architectural Design and his Bachelor of Architecture (RIBA Part I and II) as well as his M.Sc. in Design and Digital Media from the University of Edinburgh. Prior to teaching, he gained professional experience from graphic design, illustration, architectural animation, and built construction projects in Malaysia (GDP Architects) and the United Kingdom (3Di and Richard Murphy Architects). He is also trained as a qualified technician in architectural workshop with special focus on woodworking and digital fabrication tools.  His research interest lies in the intersection between design, technology and architecture education. Currently he investigates architectural design process using digital design and digital fabrication methods and how they affect contemporary architectural design practice and shape the future of architecture education. 

Dr Geetha Govindasamy obtained her PhD from  Monash University, Australia, M.A from the International University of Japan, M.Phil from Queens' College, Cambridge University, UK.  She is an expert on  East Asian international relations. She teaches  courses related to East Asian regional affairs. Generally, she publishes more on inter-Korean issues and East Asian interactions. Her publications  can be found in the local and international journals, UM Press and other reputable publishers. Thus far, she has been a recipient of various research grants from Korea Foundation, Sumitomo Foundation and local funding.  Her networking experiences include academic exchanges at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea University, Institute of Far Easter Studies (IFES), Kyungnam University and the Graduate Institute, Geneva (IHEID).  Dr Govindasamy was also invited to attend the Study of the United States Institute (SUSI) Exchange programe for acadermics in 2013 and in 2019, she was invited by the  Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan to be part of an academic tour to Tokyo and Okinawa.  Dr Govindasamy is a member of  Malaysian Scholars on Korea (MASK) and  the Malaysia-Japan Association (MAJAS) and simultaneously is the  Managing Editor of Wilayah: International Journal of East Asian Studies. At present, she is a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Cambodian Institute for Peace and Cooperation.