Dr Aizan binti Ali@ Mat Zin is an associate professor at the Department of Islamic History, Civilization,and Education, Academy of Islamic Studies, Universiti Malaya. She is a first class graduant of B.Hons Usuluddin and sponsored by Universiti Malaya for her Masters of Arts in Islamic Studies at SOAS, University of London, UK in 1998. Then the universiti granted her for a study leave which earned her Phd from University of Wales, UK in 2010. She has traveled to various countries for a conference and research such as Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Japan, Korea, China, Australia, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, United Kingdom, Malta, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Austria, German, Netherland, France, Spain, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Her teaching, research and publications cover Issues in Islamic History and Civilization, History of Islamic Institution, History of Islamic Education, History of Islamic Architecture in Malaysia, Muslims scholarship and th Prophet biographical studies, and Research Methodology in Islamic History. Dr Aizan‘s research interests extends over Manuscriptology (her research area for approved sabbatical leave). She has published a great number of articles in Wos and scopus journals, non indexed journals, proceedings, chapters in book and books related to her expertise. To mention several of them i.e Islamic Institutions of Education in British India: A Study on Deoband Madrasah, Jurnal Usuluddin APIUM 9:113-132, Al-Attas’s Works and Contribution to the Islamic Architecture in Malaysia, Middle-East journal of Scientific Research 14 (12):1685-1690, 2013 (ISSN 1990-9233), and Islamic Institutions of Higher Education in Malaysia: Issues and Challenges in Developing Muslim Intellectuals, KUPUSB, 2012 (ISBN 99917-44-99-1). In 2017, Universiti Malaya Press has published her edited book entitled Sejarah Astronomi Islam di Malaysia and ITBM publish her book on Metodologi Penyelidikan Sejarah Islam in 2022. She actively engage in national and international seminar and conferences such as BRISMES di University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2006; WOCMES at De Autonoma Universitat, Barcelona, Spain,2010; Universiti Muhammadiyah, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2011 and KUPUSB, Brunei,2012. A Keynote speaker at the 6Th Eurasian Conference on Language and Social Sciences, Samarkand, Uzbekistan in 2019. She spoke on “Sources in Writing History of Mosques in Malaysia (1975-2015)”. In addition to academic activities, she also trusted by Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) as an auditor in 2013 and QMEC appointed her as a head auditor in 2022 for PSAR. Then she was a member of Board of Advisors for Assofa Islamic College. Apart from academic world, she also appeared on international and local television broadcast such as TV3 (Jejak Srikandi: talking about women around the Prophet Muhammad which was aired several times), Astro Oasis (talking about women in Islam) and Spain Tv (talking about women and veil). Her latest achievement is "The 1st Best Paper Award" in the 6th International Conference on World Religion which was held in Minhaj University Lahore, Pakistan on 28-29 October 2023. She wrote on "The History of Postmodernism and Its Impact on Muslim Lifestyle in Malaysia" Her work reflects scholarly excellence, intercultural engagement and strong academic scholarship.  This international academic background has shaped her broad and inclusive perspectives on Islamic scholarship and civilizational studies. Her research portfolio is extensive, with total competitive grants as Principal Investigator and Co-Researcher. She has supervised more than 30 postgraduate students, reflecting her strong commitment to mentoring emerging scholars. Dr. Aizan’s most recent international achievements include being awarded the Erasmus+ Programme (KA171) Teaching Mobility Grant, under which she has been officially accepted as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Alicante, Spain, from 13–17 October 2025, with mobility funding. This appointment strengthens academic cooperation between Malaysia and Spain. She also served as an Invited Speaker at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KazNU), Almaty, Kazakhstan), on 9–10 September 2025, contributing to scholarly dialogue on Islamic history and contemporary civilizational issues. Her excellence has been recognised through multiple awards, including the Best Paper Award (2023), Certificates of Excellent Service (2001, 2002, 2023), Silver and Bronze Medals at research exhibitions (2014, 2015), and the Khidmat Setia 20-Year Service Award (2017)  

Senior Lecturer with 16 years of experience in qualitative and quantitative research spanning differential geometry, general relativity, modified gravity and cosmology. Earned a Ph.D. in manifold theory and has since published 60 peer-reviewed journal articles. Brings a decade of undergraduate teaching and mentoring, service on multiple academic committees, supervision of eight undergraduate and postgraduate researchers, and leadership on six competitive, high-impact research projects.

Dr. Noor Ismawati Jaafar is a Professor in Information Systems at the Department of Decision Science, Faculty of Business and Economics. She held various administrative positions including Director of the Graduate School of Business, Deputy Dean (Research) and Head of Department. She obtained Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), from Macquarie University. She holds a professional qualification as Certified Financial Accountant (CFiA) from the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA). She teaches core courses related to Information Systems and Research Methodology. She has completed supervising eleven (11) Doctoral students and thirty three (33) Master students at Master levels. She has led consultancies involving projects such as the National Broadband Initiatives, Case Studies on COVID-19 Vaccination Roll-out Programme and the Economic Enhancement Programmes for MRT3. Her main research areas are IT governance, IT management, human computer interactions, and IT adoption. She has been appointed as Visiting Professor and Adjunct Professor at Aoyama Business School, Universitas Diponegoro, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Universitas Brawijaya, Universitas Negeri Malang and Prince of Songkla University (Trang). She was appointed as mentor for the APRU Asia-Pacific Women in Leadership Mentoring Program (APWiL). As a public intellectual, she hopes to profess her views on societal impact of technologies.