AP Dr. Wey Mang Chek graduated with Bachelor of Dental Surgery (University of Malaya, 1991) to serve in 3 different private clinics in the urban and suburban areas for 6 years. Following an Oral Maxillofacial Residency at University of Malaya, she obtained Fellowship in Dental Surgery (Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1998), and after practising in the private, taught at University of Malaya in Jan 2000, and continued postgraduate training in Orthodontics at University of Hong Kong (2003) and obtained Master of Orthodontics, MOrth (Hong Kong) in 2005, then Membership in Orthodontics from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (2006). She was subsequently awarded the Fellowship in Dental Surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (2015). She started as Senior Lecturer in 2007 and then Associate Professor in 2017 and until now have taught the Bachelor of Dental Surgery undergraduate program and the Master of Orthodontics postgraduate program full time for 21 years. Having supervised 6 postgraduate and 12 undergraduate research projects to completion, with 2 on-going postgraduate research projects, she has a wide scope of research interest including growth modification with functional appliances, dentofacial deformities, orthodontic treatment need, teeth erosion, temporary anchorage devices, oral health of special groups, facial morphology, self-ligating orthodontic appliances, micro-osteoperforation in accelerating orthodontic tooth movement, sleep apnea, dental education, stem cell research and Class III management Her recognition in research include receiving numerous awards including the Unilever Award In Hong Kong (2006), College Of Dental Surgeons Of Hong Kong Outstanding Poster Award (2007), Overall Winner for Dentsply Table Clinic International Association For Dental Research Malaysia Division and Runner-up Oral Presentation Winner (2008), Best Poster Presentation at the 36th Asia Pacific Dental Students Association Congress (2009), First Prize Poster Presentation at the 3rd National Dental Students Scientific Conference, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (2011), 2nd Runner-up Poster Competition at the 38th Asia Pacific Dental Students Association Congress, Bangkok, Thailand (2011), ICID 2015 Second Prize Oral Presentation (2015), 1st Winner Research Oral Presentation at the 10th Asia Pacific Orthodontic Conference & 11th Indonesian Association Of Orthodontists Annual Meeting (2016), 3rd Prize Award (Poster), Consolation Prize Award Overall Category at the 17th Dental Students' Scientific Conference 2016, Faculty Of Dentistry, University Of Malaya, Oral Presentation Competition Winner at the Malaysian Association of Orthodontists’ International Scientific Conference and Trade Exhibition (2019) and top 10% Researcher of Faculty of Dentistry 2020. She currently has 18 publications, 16 ISI-indexed. She is a reviewer for 4 international ISI journals and 3 national journals. She has been invited as external examiner for Royal Colleges of England and Glasgow, Master and PhD postgraduate programs at University of Malaya and UiTM and judge for poster and oral competitions at conferences. She has held the post of Chairperson of the Scientific Reviewers’ Panel for Asia Pacific Orthodontic Conference in 2014. She was part of the UMRG grant panel review.

        LING Tau Chuan is a Professor at the Universiti Malaya.  Tau Chuan graduated from the Universiti Putra Malaysia with a Degree in Biotechnology and stayed on to undertake Master Environmental Engineering study. He then completed a PhD at the University of Birmingham, UK with Prof Andrew Lyddiatt looking into development of cost-effective proteins downstream processing techniques. Following graduation in 2002, Tau Chuan joined the Universiti Putra Malaysia as a lecturer.    Since joining the Universiti Malaya, Tau Chuan has established an internationally recognised research activity in proteins downstream processing and bioprocess engineering, funded by Government of Malaysia and industries.  Tau Chuan is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers and a Chartered Engineer. He is listed in the UM Researchers Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University and was awarded the Young Asian Biotechnologist Prize 2017 from The Society for Biotechnology, Japan. He has served as a visiting professor for several universities including Nanjing Agricultural University, Tsinghua University, Xiamen University, Lund University, National Cheng Kung University, Canterbury University and Kobe University. Tau Chuan’s expertise is in bioseparation technology and bioprocess intensification. He is internationally recognised for innovative work on the development of new and/or improved bioprocess separation and analytical techniques. He is especially well known for his work on primary capture technology, notably for inventing the technique known as aqueous two-phase systems and continuing the advancement of this and other separation techniques for large-scale application in the biopharmaceutical and nutriceutical sectors, and for his contributions to the advancement of adsorbent design and Fluidised Bed Adsorption technology. His current research mainly focuses on bioseparation, bioprocessing, green chemistry, and bioprospecting of microorganisms for useful biomolecules.        

Rosila Bee Mohd Hussain is currently an Associate Prof. at the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. She completed her PhD from The University of Western Australia. Her areas of research interest include social inequality, identity, youth, cross-cultural study and contemporary social issues (social capital, disability studies, gender and social threats). Her expert opinions on various sociological issues have often been shared on various media platforms like newspapers, talk shows and radio interviews in Malaysia.  She has also completed and secured internal and external grants in the past years in relation to youth, social inequality and identity issues. Among others are UMRG (UM), FRGS (Malaysia), Ungku Aziz Centre for Development Studies and Japan Society for the Promotion Science (JSPS) as Research Collaborator. She has also published more than 50 journal articles, book chapters and proceedings from her research to share.  Her current research work centers on social threats, lifestyle and risk society.