Dr Sithi V Muniandy is currently Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Physics Department, University of Malaya. He received his BSc (Hons, 1st) and MSc (Theoretical Physics) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, and awarded a DPhil in Mathematics (Oxford, UK) for his work on wavelet multiscale theory of turbulence. His research specializations are in statistical physics and quantum dynamics with current research interest covering topics from anomalous transport processes, physics of information in noisy quantum systems. In addition to basic physics research, Dr Sithi actively collaborates with researchers from biological sciences, jointly exploring growth dynamics in complex networks, movement ecology and soundscape informatics for Nature conservation. Dr Sithi advocates holistic STEM education through the artscience approaches, focusing on indigenous knowledge.  He co-founded the Learning Enrichment Committee (LearnX) at the Department of Physics (2015) and the kuREKA (iDesign)@Sains movement that promote creativity and design thinking for open learning with students and researchers from different faculties. He advocates effective communication of science through a volunteer movement, 'SEMARAK' aiming to inspire, to inform and to influence artscience based advocacy of SDGs. Dr Sithi served as the Deputy Dean (Research) at Faculty of Science, Dean of Frontier Science Research Cluster (IPPP), the University of Malaya Senate member and currently heads the Center for Theoretical and Computational Physics, Faculty of Science and is a member of the UM Center of Excellence for Quantum Information Science and Technology (UM QIST).