Associate Professor Dr. Mohd Norhusairi bin Mat Hussin is a faculty member at the Department of Shariah and Law, Academy of Islamic Studies, Universiti Malaya (UM). Prior to joining academia, he practiced as a Syarie lawyer in the Shariah Courts of Malaysia. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Shariah (Islamic Law) with Distinction from Universiti Malaya in 2006 and later completed a Fast-Track PhD in Shariah and Law from the same institution in 2014. Dr. Mohd Norhusairi has received several prestigious awards, including the National Maal Hijrah Figure (Tokoh Maal Hijrah Kebangsaan) Award (2002) from the Ministry of Education Malaysia, the Shell Special Excellent Award (2002), the Special Award from His Royal Highness the Sultan of Kelantan (2002), and the Excellent Student Award at both state and national levels (2002). His areas of expertise encompass Islamic Family Law, Moot Court and Court Procedure, Islamic Civil Procedure, and Islamic Law and Society. He has led and participated in numerous research projects in the fields of Islamic Family Law and Mal (civil) procedure, including those funded under the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS), the Inquisitorial Procedure Development Project, and research projects supported by the Selangor Islamic Religious Council (MAIS). His leadership in these projects reflects a sustained commitment to advancing research that strengthens the administration of justice in the Shariah legal system. Recognized for his expertise in Islamic Family Law, Dr. Mohd Norhusairi has been invited as a keynote speaker by various universities, including UIN Malang, Indonesia, where he presented on “Family Resilience in the Recession Era: Empowering Women through the Practice of Harta Sepencarian in Malaysia” (ICOLESS, 6–7 September 2023) and “Islamic Family Law as Protection for Women and Family Institutions in Malaysia” (5 September 2023). He has also delivered invited lectures at UIN Sunan Ampel, UIN Raden Intan Lampung, and other institutions in Indonesia. In 2023, he represented Universiti Malaya at the ICIEF/ULIFAM Conference in Ankara, Turkey (25 September – 7 October 2023), where he presented “Development of Islamic Finance in the Family Context in Malaysia.” He also served as a keynote speaker at Karabuk University, Türkiye (29 September 2022), presenting “Zakat as Islamic Philanthropy in Malaysia: An Overview from a Legal Perspective.” From 2019 to 2025, he has contributed as a Module Enhancer and Facilitator for postgraduate programmes at Open University Malaysia (OUM). Dr. Mohd Norhusairi has actively participated in numerous national and international academic programmes and conferences. These include guest lectures at UNIMMA, Indonesia (2021), Universitas Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta (2020), UIN Sunan Ampel, Surabaya (2020), the International Conference on Economics, Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, Barcelona (2023), the International Seminar on Islamic Law in Southeast Asia, UIN Sunan Kalijaga (2017), the International Journal of Arts and Sciences (IJAS) Conference, Barcelona (2015), and the International End-of-Year Multidisciplinary Conference, Bad Hofgastein, Austria (2011). He also presented at an international conference in Vienna, Austria (2024). In recognition of his academic excellence, Dr. Mohd Norhusairi was appointed as an International Research Fellow at UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta. He also serves as the Manager of the Journal of Shariah Law Research, published by the Department of Shariah and Law, Academy of Islamic Studies, Universiti Malaya, which has been successfully indexed in Scopus. Additionally, he serves as a member of the Editorial Board for the Q1 Scopus-indexed journal Al-Adalah (UIN Raden Intan Lampung, Indonesia) and as a member of the International Advisory Board of the BALA Journal, Amsya University, Turkey. Beyond academia, he has served as an advisor to the non-governmental organization Ikatan Muslim Prihatin Kebangsaan (IMPAK) since 2017. His scholarly contributions include numerous publications in national and international journals, primarily in the areas of Islamic Law, Islamic Family Law, and Law and Society. He has authored several reference books on Islamic Family Law in Malaysia as well as a Qur’anic Study Series (Quranic Group 1–5).  

Professor Ir. Dr. U. Johnson Alengaram is the Director of the Centre for Innovative Construction Technology (CICT), a Research Centre under the Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He is listed among the top 2% of the world’s scientists by Stanford University through Elsevier Data Repository and is also the recipient of outstanding achievement awards in most of the institutions he served. He has been serving as a research fund evaluator of different countries, including South American, Asian, and European countries. He is also recognized as an external examiner for doctoral theses and an evaluator for promotional exercises. He was the programme coordinator for developing a new MEng by coursework at the Universiti Malaya. He is also an advisor and examiner for the MEng programme in other universities. His industrial collaboration resulted in bringing research projects from industries to solve some of the imperative issues in material, mechanical, durability, and structural properties.  He is a Chartered Civil Engineer of the world-renowned Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE, UK) and the Engineering Council (UK); he is also a Companion Member of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (CIEM), a member of the American Concrete Society (ACI-Kuala Lumpur Chapter), and a life member of the Concrete Society of Malaysia (CSM). Professor Ir. Dr. U. Johnson Alengaram has supervised 32 research candidates, including Doctoral (PhD) and Master of Engineering Science by Research Mode (MEng Sci.), to graduation. In addition, he has a number of patents and copyrights for his inventions. His current Web of Science (WoS) h-index stands at 56 based on the publication of over 190 journal articles from the Web of Science Core Collection. He started the University of Malaya's Institution of Civil Engineers Student Chapter (UMICESC), and currently he is the staff advisor. UMICESC serves as the professional student body for undergraduate students to enhance their professional attributes, so they can strive towards becoming CEng MICE after graduation and appropriate training. In his Master of Engineering in Structural Engineering, as part of his MEng thesis, he utilized jute as a sustainable replacement material for conventional wood. His MEng research project was acclaimed as one of the best innovative works, and the specimens of his research project, Sandwiched Plywood, were displayed at the International Exhibition held in Delhi, India. Dr Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India (then Union Finance Minister) who inaugurated the exhibition, had a special word for his work on jute; he continued his research for his doctoral research using sustainable industrial by-products and investigated mechanical and structural behaviour that provided in-sight into vital characteristics on the ductility behaviour of oil palm shells—that he went on to develop as a blast-resistant concrete—using oil palm shell as a whole replacement for normal aggregate. Professor Ir. Dr. U. Johnson Alengaram has been in academic, consultancy, research, and administration for over twenty-five years and has contributed to society in different capacities in India, Bahrain, and Malaysia. His current research involves the utilization of industrial by-products, low-carbon footprint materials, and waste materials in the development of one-part geopolymer, low-carbon cement, and limestone calcinated clay cement (LC3) in mortar and concrete; other research aspects include lightweight aggregate, material characteristics, crack-healing mortar using microalgae, lightweight aggregate concrete, foamed concrete, geopolymer concrete, and impact & blast-resistant concrete. His experimental works revolve around investigations on microstructural behaviour, mechanical properties and durability characteristics, structural behaviour, functional behaviour etc. He is the recipient of outstanding achievement awards in most of the institutions he served. He and his research team won gold and silver medals at international and national exhibitions on concrete engineering & technology. He was the project director of two housing projects at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that utilized industrial by-products. His decade-long research work on geopolymer concrete enabled him and his team to construct the first cement-free house (superstructure) in Malaysia with the collaboration of Vinci Construction, a French-based construction conglomerate; this house is currently being used by bus drivers and serves as a research hub. He is the Principal Investigator of many research projects and has received numerous research grants from the University of Malaya research fund, the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia, and national and international grants, including the prestigious Newton-Ungku Omar Coordination Fund: UK-Malaysia Research & Innovation Bridges Competition. He has a research collaboration with various universities in Malaysia, Australia, Bahrain, Brazil, China, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, India, Japan, Jordan, Oman, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam. He has been invited by various universities in different countries to give keynote lectures at international conferences, seminars, and research workshops.  Prof. Ir. Dr. U. Johnson Alengaram serves as an Associate Editor in the Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Material, Australian Journal of Civil Engineering, and Editorial Board Member of the Jordanian Journal of Civil Engineering (JJCE); he also served as Chairperson of the SIRIM Committee for "Eco Labelling of Criteria for Reused By-Products Aggregates" and reviewer of multiple international journals. He has organized workshops, conferences, and seminars and trained school students to win local and international awards; further, as the Director of CICT, he has pioneered the activities of the centre to contribute to society, and thus many national and international researchers and students are being trained regularly in the centre.  He has been the organizing secretary, co-chair, and advisor of international conferences and workshops.  

Dr. Mohd Fazli Abdul Aziz is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Public Administration and Development Studies, Faculty of Business and Economics, Universiti Malaya. He holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy and a Master of Public Administration from Universiti Malaya, along with a Bachelor's and Diploma in Public Administration from Universiti Teknologi MARA. Dr. Fazli brings extensive experience from both academia and public service. Prior to his academic appointment, he served in various capacities within the Malaysian government. At the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability, he was attached to the Department of Climate Change, contributing to national initiatives on climate policy and sustainability strategies. He also held roles as Assistant Director at the Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Corporation (SWCorp Malaysia) under the Ministry of Local Government Development, and at the Implementation Coordination Unit (ICU), Prime Minister's Department, where he was involved in project coordination, policy implementation, and strategic monitoring. His areas of expertise include Public Policy, Fiscal Administration, Public Sector Finance, Environmental Policy, and Qualitative Research Methods. He is actively engaged in teaching, research, and community-based initiatives that support evidence-based policy making and sustainable governance.