Hui Lin Ong is currently an Associate Professor at the School of Materials Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia. She was a Deputy Dean of Centre for Graduate Studies, Universiti Malaysia Perlis from year 2011 to 2013. She obtained her PhD in Advanced Materials, from Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia in 2010. Her research interests are on nanomaterials from agricultural waste and polymer based nanocomposites for packaging, membrane and energy storage applications. Dr. Ong has successfully complicated ten research projects funded by Malaysian government, L’Oreal and UNESCO, Malaysia, Toray, Japan and Ministry of Education, Taiwan. She received several innovation awards at national and international levels, which include Gold Medal at International Invention, Innovation Technology Exhibition, Malaysia, Special Award and Gold Medal at Malaysia Technology Expo, Malaysia, and Silver Medal at Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions, Switzerland. Dr. Ong served as Visiting Professor in De La Salle University, Philippines during year 2014 - 2019. She was also a Visiting Scholar at National Chiao Tung University (2017), National Tsing Hua University (2018) and National Kaohsiung University Science and Technology (2019), Taiwan. She has been invited as speaker to share her research in industries, conferences and universities in Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Taiwan, Japan and United States of America. She published more than 50 papers in international journals and conferences. Dr. Ong was named one of the three top young women scientists in Malaysia in 2011 and was awarded the For-Women-In-Science fellowship (FWIS) by L’Oreal and UNESCO Malaysia. In 2019, she received an Endeavour Australia Cheung Kong Research Leadership Award provided by Department of Education and Training, Australia.
Ruey-an Doong is a Chair Professor at the Institute of Analytical and Environmental Sciences, and the Dean for NTHU International College at National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), Taiwan. He was also the former Dean of the College of Nuclear Science at National Tsing Hua University in 2011, and Distinguished Professor at National Chiao Tung University before re-joining NTHU. Prof. Doong received his Ph.D. degree in environmental engineering from National Taiwan University, and now is internationally known for his research in environmental nanotechnology, energy materials, and biosensors and nanosensing devices. Prof. Doong has published over 250 papers in reputable journals with 10000+ citations. He is also serving as an editorial member of several reputed journals like Journal of Environmental Engineering and Management and Global Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. He has received many awards and honors for his contribution in research and teaching in the field of environmental engineering and science. In 2000, Prof. Doong was honored as a fellow of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany. He is a recipient of the International Honorable Member Award from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists in 2016 for his worthy and sustained contributions to the advancement of environmental protection and his eminence in the field of environmental engineering and sciences. He was also awarded several important and prestigious National Awards, including Outstanding Research Award of the Ministry of Science and Technology in 2008 and 2015, Y. Z. Hsu Scientific Award in Technology and Innovation (2017), and Outstanding Award provided by THS Foundation in 2018.
Raouf Naguib was awarded his BSc from Cairo University in 1979 and his MSc (with Distinction) and PhD from Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London, in 1983 and 1986, respectively. He is currently a Visiting Professor at Liverpool Hope University, UK. Prior to this he was Professor of Biomedical Computing and Head of the Biomedical Computing and Engineering Technologies Applied Research Group at Coventry University, UK, and subsequently the Director of BIOCORE Research & Consultancy International, UK. He has published over 400 journal and conference papers and reports in many aspects of health informatics, environmental health, social health, biomedical and digital signal processing, biomedical image processing and the applications of artificial intelligence and evolutionary computation in cancer research. He has also published a book on digital filtering, and co-edited a second book on the applications of artificial neural networks in cancer diagnosis, prognosis and patient management. He was awarded the Fulbright Cancer Fellowship in 1995-96 when he carried out research in the USA, at the University of Hawaii in Mãnoa, on the applications of artificial neural networks in breast cancer diagnosis and prognosis.
