Dr. Siti Fauzza Ahmad is a senior lecturer and prosthodontics consultant at the Department of Restorative Dentistry, Universiti Malaya, and currently the program coordinator for the Doctor in Prosthodontics postgraduate clinical program. She holds a BDS and PhD from Universiti Malaya and an MSc in Prosthodontics from Glasgow, Scotland. Dr. Siti Fauzza is actively involved in teaching, research, and academic leadership. She was also an examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons of England and Glasgow (RSME, KL Diet). Her research interests include prosthodontics, dental materials, dental education, oral health-related quality of life, and green dentistry. She ​is a member of the IADR (Malaysian Section), Islamic Dental Association of Malaysia (IDAM), Malaysian Association for Prosthodontics (MAP), Asian ​Academy of Prosthodontics (AAP), Malaysian Association of Disability and Oral Health (MADOH) and British Society of Prosthodontics (BSSPD). A frequent speaker and contributor to journals, she is passionate about advancing dental education and welcomes collaboration with academia and industry.

Prof. Lim is the leading scientist in the region on Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) research. His scholarly contributions extend beyond mere publications, encompassing groundbreaking scientific discoveries, capacity building, and impactful networking through his involvement in HAB-related national and international organizations. He has published over 170 scientific papers, including 111 ISI papers. His impressive H-index of 28 (Web of Science), and >2467 total citations (WoS) reflect the influence of his work.   Prof. Lim plays an active leadership role internationally in various HAB-related bodies. He has been the Vice President of the International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae (ISSHA) for three consecutive terms (2018-Present); a Council member of ISSHA (2016-2018); the Vice-chair and Committee member of UNESCO IOC SCOR GLOBALHAB Program (2016-2019, 2020-2023); the Co-chair of the UNESCO-IOC WESTPAC Harmful Algal Blooms Program (WESTPAC-HABs) (2010-Present).   To date, he has secured and completed over 20 research projects, with research grants amounting to more than 5 million received from national and international funding agencies. His research has led to the identification of more than 15 harmful algal species that are new to science and many new records in the country. Notably, several of these species are named after him to recognize his achievements in HABs research for the past two decades, including Pseudo-nitzschia limii, Heterocapsa limii, and Alexandrium limii, a testament to his enduring impact in this field. He contributes to various national and international working groups in his area of expertise, serving as a task team member of UNESCO IOC IPHAB, an expert panel in the National Technical Working Group of Biotoxins and HABs, and the Task Force of Import/Export Seafood Product and Safety (DOF Kelantan).  He is an international advisory committee member of T-SMART Marine Station of Xiamen University (2016-Present), and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Tokyo (2019-present). Dr. Lim's expertise extends to editorial responsibilities. He serves as an associate editor to ISI journals, Elsevier’s Journal of Harmful Algae (Q1) (2018-Present), and Plankton and Benthos Research (PBR). His outstanding contributions have garnered national and international acclaim. He was awarded the ASM Top Research Scientist of Malaysia (TRSM) in 2021; and recognized as a senior scientist under the Chinese Academy of Science, President International Fellowship Initiative (CAS-PIFI) in 2024. He was awarded the Senior Visiting Fellowship of the State Key Lab in Marine Environmental Sciences (MEL), by Xiamen University for three consecutive years (2018-2019, 2020-2021). Dr Lim has delivered >150 presentations at national and international conferences, including a plenary talk at the International Conference on Harmful Algae, Hiroshima Japan in 2023. He has also been invited to deliver an ASM Fascinate Talk, and numerous seafood safety and biosecurity outreach and educational talks to relevant authorities. In his academic career over the two decades, he has been responsible for teaching and course development at undergraduate to postgraduate levels. More than 60 final-year project (FYP) students, 37 MSc students, and 12 Ph.D. candidates have completed their studies under his supervision.    Po Teen is a registered consultant under the Natural Resources and Environmental Board (NREB) and a registered subject specialist under the Department of Environment Malaysia (DOE). He is actively involved in consultancy projects whenever his expertise in marine science is needed.    Dr. Lim Po Teen began his academic career at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) in 2000 and was promoted to Senior Lecturer (2008) and Associate Professor (2013).  He joined  UM in January 2014 to lead the newly established Bachok Marine Research Station at the Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, UM, and was promoted to full Professor in 2024.    updated December 2024

Dr. Ainol Haniza Kherul Anuwar is a dental lecturer at Department of Community Oral Health & Clinical Prevention, Faculty of Dentistry. She had vast experience in Oral Health Care Service Delivery while working under the Oral Health Programme, Ministry of Health, Malaysia prior to her appointment as dental lecturer. She was also part of the Malaysian Health Technology Assessment Section, Ministry of Health, Malaysia where she actively involve in conducting systematic reviews and developing evidence-based clinical practice guidelines which was mainly used as evidence to inform the decision-making in the Ministry of Health, Malaysia. Her current research interests are Health Economic, Health Policy & Health System, as well as Evidence-based Dentistry.