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Prof. Wahab is currently the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation), Universiti Sains Malaysia. Her group particularly interested in applying the tools and technologies in computer aided drug design towards the discovery of novel chemotherapeutic against influenza and dengue as well as obesity and ageing-related disease. In addition, Her group use extensive molecular modelling technique to unravel the mechanisms of actions of drugs and their molecular targets.

Tao Deng is the “Zhi Yuan” Chair Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. He currently serves as the Associate Editor for Chemical Reviews. He obtained his B.S. in 1996 from University of Science and Technology of China and Ph.D in 2001 from Harvard University, both in Materials Chemistry. His current research focuses on energy materials and systems inspired by biological systems, especially thermal energy related materials and systems, including materials and systems for thermal energy generation, conversion, storage, and detection. He served as the Conference Co-Chair for the MRS Fall Meeting at Boston, Massachusetts (2017) and as the Conference Executive Chair for the 2014 IUMRS International Conference of Young Researchers on Advanced Materials. He is currently the board member of Chinese MRS, and also the Chair of the Commission on Development of the International Union of Materials Research Societies (IUMRS).

Dr. Mohd Firdaus is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). He obtained his Ph.D. from Imperial College London in 2012, in the field of chemical biology (specifically protein chemistry). Dr. Mohd Firdaus is also currently a visiting scientist at the Environmental Research Institute, National University of Singapore (NUS), working on plant-associated microbiomes. Dr. Mohd Firdaus is the founding member of the ACS Malaysia Chapter, serving as its first Secretary when the Chapter was set up in 2014 until 2018, before serving as its Co-chair (2018-2020). He recently succeeded Dr. Lee Hooi Ling as the Chair in July this year, becoming the fourth Chair of the Chapter. When not reading research papers, he likes to read books on popular science, history, and thrillers with historical facts. He also loves watching TV shows by David Attenborough and Neil deGrasse Tyson.