Gs. Dr. Rosilawati Zainol is a Professor in Urban Analytics at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Malaya (UM). Since joining UM in 2004, she has published quite a number of articles, chapters in books, and books related to sustainable urban development and tourism development. Her research interest is in urban analytics (the use of information technology in urban and regional planning and urban studies, especially in geographic information systems), spatial analysis and statistics, and the circular and informal economy. Her recent publications include Navigating challenges in the sustainable development of urban brownfields: A PLS path modeling perspective, A systematic literature review of brownfield sustainability: Dimensions, indicators, and stakeholders, Satisfaction of International and Domestic Tourists in Malaysia’s Oldest National Park: Taman Negara Pahang, A Review of Child-Friendly City Assessment Tools – Are We Really Planning Cities for Children? and Aplikasi Sistem Maklumat Geografi (GIS) dalam Perancangan Bandar.          

Nurhamizah Hashim obtained her Bachelor's degree in Malay Literature and a Master's degree in Malay Studies from the University of Malaya (UM) in 2006 and 2008 respectively. Briefly served as Assistant Language Planning Officer at Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Kuala Lumpur before pursuing and obtained her Ph.D in Literature Modern Malay (Children's and Adolescent Literature) at the Academy of Malay Studies, Universiti Malaya (UM) in 2015. Throughout years of studies as well as in the field of academic and research, areas of interests are mostly related with Children's literature, Youth adult Literature, Literary Criticism, Drama Literature, Management and Marketing of Literature, Teaching Malay Literature.

She has vast knowledge in the geospatial industry and agriculture and has been working in R&D work for more than 15 years in geospatial technologies at the University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur. She is an energetic researcher with an ardent desire to build a career within the research industry. Enthusiastic, initiative-taking individual with a drive to succeed, having excellent organizational skills. Her research interests are hyperspectral remote sensing and GIS in precision agriculture, especially in oil palm, land use mapping, landfill siting, tourism, watershed, utilities, and forestry in remote sensing. Her transdisciplinary research has across the science, geography, social, and engineering fields. She is a highly efficient and organized strategist with an initiative-taking approach to analytical performance and data accuracy.