ChM. Dr. Abdullah Al-Hadi Ahmad Fuaad, or Hadi Fuaad, is a certified chemist under the Malaysia Chemist Act 1975 and a Senior Lecturer at the Universiti Malaya. He holds a PhD in Medicinal Chemistry and a Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology (Chemistry) from the University of Queensland, Australia. Trained across six leading research institutes in Australia, Malaysia, and the United States, including Harvard University, where he specialized in nanotoxicology. He has extensive experience in modern peptide chemistry, encompassing cyclotide synthesis, protease inhibitors, and toxin analogues. His research integrates computational design, synthesis, and characterization of bioactive peptides for the development of antiviral and vaccine candidates, as well as peptide-based carriers for drug and biopesticide delivery. By combining synthetic organic chemistry and in silico modeling, his work seeks to translate molecular design into real-world biomedical and agricultural applications. Dr. Hadi currently supervises PhD and MSc students and actively collaborates on interdisciplinary projects at the interface of chemistry, biology, and nanotechnology.   Summary: Certified chemist | PhD (Medicinal Chemistry, University of Queensland) | Expertise in peptide synthesis, click chemistry, and nanotoxicology | Research on peptide antivirals, vaccines, and carrier systems | Experienced in NMR, MALDI-MS, and peptide synthesizers | Committed educator and research mentor.

      Dr Siti Adibah Othman qualified as Bachelor of Dental Surgery from the University of Malaya, Malaysia in 2000. She completed her Clinical Doctorate in Dental Surgery in Orthodontic at the University of Bristol and obtained her Membership in Orthodontics from the Royal College of Surgeon of Edinburgh in 2005. Having obtained the qualifications, she was appointed as Senior Lecturer at Department of Paediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics in Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya from 2006 to 2011 and was appointed as Associate Professor in 2012. She obtained her full Professorship in 2019. She was the Head of Department of Paediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, the coordinator of the postgraduate orthodontic programme and currently is the Deputy Dean of the Postgraduate. She is actively involved in teaching of the undergraduates, postgraduates, reviewing of the curriculums and also actively treating orthodontic patients at the University of Malaya and at the University Malaya Specialist Centre. Besides that, she is also doing research and has published a few research papers in academic journals. Her areas of interest are orthodontics, clinical research, cleft lip and palate abnormalities and 3D imaging. She is member of World Federation of Orthodontists, Malaysian Association of Orthodontists, Malaysian Dental Association and the life member of the Cleft Lip and Palate Association of Malaysia. In 2013, she was awarded Membership in Orthodontics Ad Eundem from the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and being appointed as an examiner for the Membership of Orthodontics Examination of the Royal College of Surgeons of England for overseas diet.    

Dr Hafyz is a lecturer at Emergency Medicine Academic Unit in Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya. Having earned his degree from Royal College of Surgeon in Ireland in 2010, he later completed his Clinical Master in Emergency Medicine in 2019 through Universiti Malaya Trainee Lecturer program. Awarded for his service excellence by UMMC in 2014 and Universiti Malaya in 2023, he currently oversees Paediatric Emergency at UMMC. With a keen interest in paediatric emergencies and emergency cardiac care, he has contributed to several studies, including the development of a Covid test kit by Seegene, Korea, and a study on emergency and trauma service in Malaysia by TXP Medical, Japan. Dr Hafyz shares his expertise on CPR on Berita TV Al-Hijrah and instructs courses in basic life support, paediatric advanced life support and advanced cardiac life support. He also proudly represents Universiti Malaya in the MAKSWIP badminton tournament.