Dr. Yew Wei Lit is a senior lecturer in the Department of Geography at the University of Malaya. Prior to this, he was a lecturer at Hong Kong Baptist University and a postdoctoral fellow at Yale-NUS College in Singapore. Based disciplinarily in comparative politics and environmental studies, his research has focused on the politics of development and environmental contention, and more broadly on civil society dynamics in China and Southeast Asia. Dr. Yew obtained a PhD in Asian and International Studies from City University of Hong Kong. He received his MSc in Comparative Politics (Asia) from the London School of Economics and his BIT from Multimedia University (Malaysia).

Asyraf Isyraqi Bin Jamil is a Senior Lecturer at Islamic Education Programme, Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. Previously, he worked as Substitute Teacher at Sek. Men. Keb. Sg. Layar, Sungai Petani, Kedah and Instructional Designer for Arabic language courses at Al-Madinah International University (MEDIU), Shah Alam, Selangor. He was born in Kedah on April 30, 1984 (29 Rajab 1404 AH). His educational journey started at Islamic primary school of Ma'had al-Tarbiyyah al-Islamiyyah Dar al-Ma'arif, Sungai Petani, Kedah. Then, he attended Islamic secondary schools of Da'irah al-Ma'arif al-Wataniyyah (DMW), Kepala Batas, S.P.U., Pulau Pinang as well as Maktab Mahmud, Alor Setar, Kedah to complete his secondary education. He received the Arabic Language Certificate from Pusat Bahasa Arab, Nilam Puri, Kelantan and Diploma of Islamic Studies from Madrasah al-Hidayah and Majmak Ilmi Ali (MINDA), both in Sungai Petani, Kedah to start his educational journey at higher level. He continued his study and graduated with honors from al-Azhar University (Tafahna al-Ashraf Branch), Egypt and Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia, both in Islamic Studies. He was then offered to further study under scholarship of IPTA Academic Training Scheme from Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia and University of Malaya, before embarking on his career at the university itself. He is now a PhD-graduate from University of Malaya with areas of expertise in thought, institution, history, administration, and comparative of Islamic education. Born as a Malaysian, he is absolutely a native speaker of Malay language. He also speaks Arabic and English, both as his second intermediate languages. Moreover, he has the basic knowledge pertaining Persian, Turkish, and Mandarin languages.

Dr. Leong research focus on investigating the mechanism of action of potent compounds toward developing new anticancer and antidiabetes drugs. His research adopts an in vitro approach using cell-based and enzymatic assays to identify the various cellular pathways modulated by a potent compound. The research outcome is to understand the mechanism of action of the compound, a prerequisite requirement in developing a new drug entity. In addition, he employs metabolomics to evaluate biomarkers in explaining the treatment outcomes or disease progression. International collaboration has geared his research towards cancer stem cells and utilizing zebrafish as an animal model for cancer. It is believed that cancer stem cells is a subset of cells in tumour that drives chemoresistance and relapse in cancer patients. Therefore, strategies to develop new chemotherapy against the subset of cells is of great interest to tackle the problem.