Dr Zulkanain Abdul Rahman bertugas sebagai Profesor Madya di Jabatan Sejarah, Fakulti Sastera Dan Sains Sosial, Universiti Malaya. Berasal dari Kampung Ulu Sungai Buloh, Simpang Ampat, Alor Gajah, Melaka. Mendapat pendidikan Ijazah Sarjana Muda (Sejarah Malaysia) dari Universiti Malaya; Ijazah Sarjana (Sejarah Rusia) dari Universiti Leeds, United Kingdom; dan Ijazah Doktor Falsafah (Sejarah Eropah  Moden) dari Universiti East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom. Beliau mengkhusus dalam bidang sejarah Eropah Moden dan politik antarabangsa; dan terlibat secara aktif dalam melakukan penyelidikan berkaitan sejarah Malaysia; dan demokrasi dan pilihan raya di Malaysia. Pada tahun 2011, Kerajaan Negeri Melaka menganugerahkan beliau Bintang Cemerlang Melaka (BCM); dan kemudiaannya Darjah Seri Melaka (DSM) pada Oktober 2015. Pada Ogos 2023, beliau dianugerahkan pula Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka (DMSM) yang membawa gelaran Datuk. Beliau pernah dilantik sebagai Timbalan Dekan (Penyelidikan dan Pembangunan), Fakulti Sastera dan Sains Sosial dari September 2012 hingga September 2017 sebelum mengambil Cuti Sabatikal. Beliau dilantik semula sebagai  Ketua, Jabatan Sejarah, Fakulti Sastera dan Sains Sosial, Universiti Malaya mulai September 2018 hingga December 2022; dan dalam masa yang sama merangkap Ketua, Pusat Kajian Demokrasi dan Pilihan Raya (UMCEDEL). Kini, beliau merupakan Ahli Lembaga Penasihat Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia; dan Panel Pakar Rujuk (Sejarah), Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia.

Dr Megat HBA Hamid is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya. He is an immunobiologist with over nine years of experience in immune-biology, receptor-ligand signalling and spatial tissue immunology. His past work focuses on investigating the intrinsic signalling modulating immune resposnes of cytotoxic T and antibody-producing B cells. In UM, his work focuses on expanding beyond intrinsic T and B cell mechanisms, by exploring the cross-talks between immune, stromal and structural cells in the development and regulation of barrier tissue immunity, as well as during spatial and temporal progression of a disease (with a particular focus on lung injury, lung cancer and lung infections). He leverages cutting-edge technologies- including spatial proteo-transcriptomics, organoid modelling and co-culture functional assays to study cellular heterogeneity, disease-immune dynamics and therapeutic targets. He did his DPhil in Medical Sciences at the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford following completion of his undergraduate Bachelor of Biotechnology at the Australian National University. He later held postdoctoral appointments at Oxford Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford (2020-2025), where he led and co-authored multiple high-impact studies, including in Nature Immunology, Cancer Immunology Research, Frontiers of Immunology and Thorax. His research has received international recognition through invited talks, travel awards and poster prize at leading conferences including Keystone Symposium and International Congress of Immunology. He also has experience working in industry, as an intern at the University-Industry Partnership Department, Bioeconomy Corporation, Malaysia in 2015. He has served as a reviewer for journals (Communications Biology and Immunotherapy Advances) and for international grant bodies such as the Dutch Research Council. In 2023, he was awarded the University of Oxford's Award for Excellence- recognising his passion and motivation on immunological research.

  Kasturi Dewi Varathan, is currently an associate professor at the Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, University of Malaya, Malaysia. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the National University of Malaysia. Her main research focus is in the field of Data Analytics, Text Mining and Information Retrieval. Dr.Kasturi has published in several high-ranked journals and conferences. Her research on data analytics won several awards in international and national level competitions. Research institutions too have gained from her expertise. She has served as visiting scientist to the Information Systems Research Group of the Faculty of Informatics, University of Lugano, Switzerland as well as research fellow at the Institute of Visual Informatics, National University of Malaysia. She has been appointed as Adjunct Professor at Veltech University, India. Dr.Kasturi has also secured national and international grants. Some of the prominent grants that she has received are Applied Research Partnership Grant funded by ETH Zurich(Switzerland), People Exchange Grant funded by Swiss Education, Research and Innovation Grant(Switzerland) and Prototype Research Grant from the Ministry of Higher Education (Malaysia).  She is also a recipient of the prestigious Leadership in Innovation Fellowship award by the United Kingdom and Malaysian Government.