Dr. Chiu Chee Kidd is an Associate Professor in University of Malaya and a Consultant Spine Surgeon in University Malaya Specialist Centre. He specializes in spinal surgery for patients with disorders of the thoracic and lumbar spine with focus on degenerative, deformity and traumatic pathologies. Dr. Chiu is an active member of numerous professional spine societies such as the Malaysian Spine Society (MSS), Asia Pacific Spine Society (APSS), AOSpine and Scoliosis Research Society (SRS). Dr. Chiu’s expertise was grounded on his research on spinal disorders and had published his researches in both local and international journals. His master’s degree thesis won the “Singapore Medical Journal Best Published Article of the Year”. His researches also won several awards in local and international conferences. Amongst them were the International Minimal Invasive Surgery Spine Congress Best Oral Paper Presentation Award, 4th International MSS Scientific Congress Best Research Award, Bioeconomy Innovation Award, PECIPTA 2017 Gold Award, Asia Pacific Spine Society & Asian Spine Journal Best Clinical Research Award, 47th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research English Presentation Award, 1st Annual Meeting of the Singapore Spine Society First Prize Award, Malaysian Spine Society Presidential Best Research Award, 48th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research Gold Prize English Presentation Award and Korean Society of Spine Surgery Best Paper Award. Dr. Chiu is a peer reviewer for several local and international journals such as Scientific Reports, PLoS ONE, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal, Journal of Orthoapedic Surgery, Asian Spine Journal, Journal of Investigative Surgery, Clinical Interventions in Aging, Current Medical Research & Opinion and Medical Devices Evidence and Research. He had been awarded as the “top ten reviewer” by Journal of Orthoapedic Surgery.

Dr. Shuaibu Umar Gokaru was born and grew up in Gokaru, a village town in Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria. Attended Iqamatissunnah Islamiyyah/Primary School and memorized the complete Qur'an by heart in 2001. Later, he proceeded to Government Day Secondary School Kofar Wamabai. thereafter, he attended the then A.D.Rufa'i College for Legal and Islamic Studies, Misau, Bauchi, Nigeria, and now A.D.Rufa'i College of Education, Legal, and General Studies where he obtained a certificate of Diploma in Shari'a & Civil Law in 2004. Dr. Gokaru obtained his B. A Degree in Islamic Studies in 2010 from Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria, and Master of Arts Degree in Islamic and other Civilizations from the International Islamic University, Malaysia (IIUM) in 2014. He finally obtained his Doctor of Philosophy in Islamic Civilization from the University of Malaya in 2017. Dr. Gokaru has been a Lecturer at Bauchi State University Gadau, Nigeria from 2012 to January 2023 when he was appointed a Lecturer at the Department of Islamic History and Civilization, Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. While at Bauchi State University Gadau, Dr. Gokaru taught various courses and supervised students at both Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels. He served in different capacities as Faculty Examination Officer of the then Faculty of Arts and Education and now Faculty of Arts from 2017 to 2021 and as Dean of the Students' Affairs Division, Office of the Vice Chancellor from 2021 to 2022. He also served as Charman Committee and Member of various committees such as the Senate Committee, Senate Business Committee, Committee of Deans and Directors, Appointment and Promotion Committee, and University Disciplinary Committees among others. He is the Journal Reviewer of Al-Habeer: Journal of Islamic Studies, Al-Tamaddun: Journal of Islamic History and Civilization, Al-Milal: South Asian Journal of Religion and Philosophy, etc. He has published various papers in an international refereed academic journal (WOS and Scopus) such as the Indonesian Journal of Social Sciences and Al-Tamaddun: Journal of Islamic History and Civilization, Universiti Malaya

Dr. Shanina Sharatol Ahmad Shah has over 20 years of experience in training pre-service and in-service educators specifically in the field of TESOL. Her research interests include Reading in the Second Language, English Language Teaching  Methodology, Second Language Teacher Education,  Language Teacher Cognition, Applied Linguistics, Phonetics & Phonology and Qualitative Research (Case Study).