ASSOCIATE PROF. DR. TEO ENG WAH

Teo is the recipient of the 2007-2012 SLAI scholarship which supported his education in the United States of America. He completed his Master's and Ph.D. at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA. His areas of interest are in sports testing & measurement, psychometrics, questionnaire development and validation, sport psychology, health & fitness, and wildlife conservation. He is involved in sport studies on sport motivation, self-esteem, task & ego resilience, and sport commitment in Malaysian settings. Teo was the ex-Coordinator for Bachelor of Sport Management programme (2017-2021), and also the Coordinator of Social Engagement (Jalinan Masyarakat) & SULAM from 2016-2023. Currently he is the faculty coordinator for Internship Programme for Bachelor of Sport Management programme.

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PROF. DR. WONG WON FEN

Dr. Wong Won Fen is a faculty member at the Department of Medical Microbiology, Universiti Malaya, where she has served since 2012. She is an immunologist with research interests in host–pathogen interactions, immune regulation, and inflammation, with a particular focus on the immunopathogenesis of sexually transmitted infections such as Chlamydia trachomatis and HIV. Her research integrates molecular and cellular immunology to understand immune dynamics and develop strategies for improving disease prognosis, vaccine development, and novel immunotherapeutic interventions. Dr. Wong received her early scientific training at Tohoku University, Japan, under the supervision of Professor Masanobu Satake. To date, she has published more than 115 peer-reviewed articles, with an h-index of 37 and over 5,200 citations. She has received several international recognitions, including the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship, Fulbright Visiting Scholarship, and the Institut Mérieux Young Investigator Award. At Universiti Malaya, Dr. Wong teaches in both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. She serves as the Course Coordinator for Immunology in the MBBS programme and for Advanced Medical Microbiology in the Biomedical Science programme, in addition to her role as Ph.D. Programme Coordinator and Quality Management System (QMS) committee member contributing to institutional quality initiatives.

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ASSOCIATE PROF. DR. KHOR SOOK MEI

Dr. Sook Mei Khor holds a B.Sc. degree (Hons) from the University of Malaysia (UKM) in Applied Chemistry (2002). She moved on with her M.Sc. studies at UKM under Prof. Dr. Yook Heng Lee and Prof. Dato' Dr. Musa Ahmad's supervision (2002-2004). Since completing her M.Sc. research, she served as an R&D chemist for two years before being assigned to the Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, UM (2006-2008) as a science officer. She moved to Sydney, Australia, in 2008 to pursue her Ph.D. after acquiring some work experience in the industry under a Malaysian government scholarship (UM SLAI research fellowship). She received her Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia (2008–2011) under the guidance of Scientia Prof. Dr. John Justin Gooding (a great researcher, also a kind and awesome supervisor). She works in the field of electrochemistry, focusing on enzyme/affinity biosensors and the modification of the electrode surface. She currently leads a research group focused on the boundaries of analytical chemistry, analytical biochemistry, food safety and risk assessment, and electroanalytical chemistry, designing various types of (bio)sensors for analytical applications.

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