Senior lecturer in the Department of Chinese Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya, as well as the Deputy Director of the Malaysian Chinese Research Centre (MCRC)at the Universiti Malaya. He obtained his PhD in History from Xiamen University, China. He has served as a research executive at a Chinese community-funded college and as a researcher at a Malaysian private academic institution, the Centre for Malaysian Chinese Studies (CMCS). His research interests include the left-wing movement in Malaysia, Malaysian Chinese culture and associations, and the Cold War in Asia. 

Dr Ina Ismiarti Shariffuddin is Professor and Senior Consultant Anaesthesiologist at the Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya. She obtained her MBChB from the University of Dundee, a Master of Anaesthesiology and a Master in Medical Education (Distinction) from Universiti Malaya, Fellowships in paediatric anaesthesia from KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, and certification in paediatric liver transplantation from Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Ina is a strong advocate for perioperative patient blood management, sustainable anaesthesia, and advanced airway management and patient safety.  Her leadership includes presidencies of the Malaysian College, Society, and Paediatric Society of Anaesthesiologists. She is the current President Elect for the Asian Society of Paediatric Anaesthesiologists and a member of the task force appointed by WFSA to develop its inaugural Leadership Module. During COVID-19, she led the Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Department at Universiti Malaya Medical Centre. Her pioneering work in Basic Life Support education earned her the “Ronald Harden  Innovation in Medical Education” and “Rogayah Jaafar Innovation in Health Professions Education” Awards in 2024. She holds two patents and one copyright in Anaesthesia and Critical Care, underscoring her commitment to patient safety and innovation.She currently serves as Chief Editor of the Malaysian Journal of Anaesthesiology.

Nader Ghaffari Khaligh received his Ph.D. in Organic chemistry from the University of Guilan, Iran, in 2013. Since 2015 he has worked as a researcher at the Nanotechnology & Catalysis Research Center, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia. His publications, including papers, reviews, and mini-reviews, are focused on heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis, sustainable chemistry, green chemistry, energy, synthesis of heterocycles, and multi-task reagents. ‎ He has been elected as World's Top 2% Scientist Career-Long Citation ‎Impact and World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. He received a Chinese Chemical Letter Excellent Paper in 2017 and the Best Research Award in International Research Award on Oncology, Cancer Research in 2022, the Advanced Materials Award in 2024, and the Green Materials Prize in 2024. He is the executive editor, section editor, and associate editor of three international journals. He is a member of the editorial board of several international journals.