Dr. Azwatee Abdul Aziz is currently an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Restorative Dentistry at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya. She holds a Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) from the University of Adelaide, Australia (1999), a Master of Clinical Dentistry in Prosthodontics from the Eastman Dental Institute, University College London (2004), and a PhD from the University of Malaya (2019). Her academic responsibilities include coordination of the Integrated Cariology Module and Operative Dentistry teaching for fourth- and fifth-year undergraduate students. She plays an active role in curriculum development, clinical training, and academic mentoring at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Dr. Azwatee also serves as the Chairperson for the International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS) at the University of Malaya and is currently serves as an examiner for the Restorative Specialty Membership Examinations conducted by the Royal College of Surgeons of England." In recognition of her contributions to dental education and training, she was elected as a Member of the Faculty of Dental Trainers, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Her research interests lie in the areas of dental education, dental erosion, restorative dental materials, and the application of optical coherence tomography in dentistry. She has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and has supervised numerous undergraduate and postgraduate research projects. Dr. Azwatee is an active member of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) and a lifetime member of the Malaysian Association for Prosthodontics (MAP).

I have been teaching Japanese language since 1997. For me, teaching a foreign langauge is like having a good conversation. Students should pick up vocabulary and patterns of the language in linguistically and culturally rich context. I enjoy getting to know my students through actively engaging with them in class. Additionally, I believe that culturally appropriate performance is critical for smooth and comfortable interactions with natives speakers.  I received pedagogical training at Bryn Mawr College, PA, in 1997, through EEP (Exchange Japan Program, currently as known as Allex Japan Program) directed by Dr. Eleanor Jordan, a prominet Japnese educator. After the training I taught Japanese for two years in Kansas City, MO, and my passion for teaching grew more and more. I had an opportunity to study and teach at The Ohio State University (Japanese Literature) and Portland State University (Applied Linguistic) as a grauate student.  My previous teaching post includes; Maison de la Culture du Japon a Paris (Paris, France),Kiev Politechnic Institute (Kiev, Ukraine)Northeast Normal University (吉林省長春)Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)  I also taught at ICU (International Christian University), Portland State University, The Ohio State University as a summer instructor. Academically I am interested in Performance Based Pedagogy, Intercultural Communication, Literature (Modanizumu), Interpretation and Translation, and "Border" crossing. In my free time, I enjoy reading books, urban exploration, and singing Karaoke.  

  Chen Chen is a Professor at the Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, Universiti Malaya. She is also the Founder and CTO of IOMInsight Sdn Bhd, a spin-off company from Universiti Malaya Centre of Innovation and Enterprise focusing on developing Economic System modeling for scenario analyses involving 62 countries and 35 economic sectors. With over 9 years of experience in consultancy work with government and private agencies, such as PwC, ILO, EPU (currently known as the Ministry of Economy), MOHR (currently known as KESUMA),MASTIC, CIDB, SOSCO, WorldBank, JPAL, PE Research Sdn Bhd and etc), she also actively involved in research collaboration work with the University of Pennsylvania, World Bank, Harvard University, J-PAL, Singapore Food Agency and local/international Universities/Institutions. She has contributed to research and book publications, facilitate learning and programme development, and foster professional growth together with the stakeholders of the University.