Dr. Ong Meng Chuan is an Associate Professor in the Marine Science Program at the Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT). He holds a doctoral degree in Marine Pollution, specifically metals pollution, from the University of South Brittany, France. He is actively involved in teaching, research, and knowledge transfer programs for communities and school children. He is actively engaged in research and formed a Research Interest Group, Ocean Pollution, and Ecotoxicology (OPEC) Research Group, among UMT researchers and other institutions in Malaysia. He is currently mentoring 5 postgraduates pursuing their Ph.D. and M.Sc. degrees by research. He has successfully guided 12 postgraduate students (4 Ph.D. and 8 M.Sc.) as principal and co-supervisor until project completion and graduation. Besides, he has also supervised 80 undergraduate final-year research projects as the main and co-supervisor. He has published over 100 research outputs in scientific journals, book chapters, and conference papers. He was also appointed an Associate Fellow at the Institute of Oceanography and Environment, UMT. In September 2022, he was appointed Head of the Marine Science Program under the Faculty of Science and Marine Environment.
Dr. Naima Hamid is serving as a lecturer in the Marine Science Program at the University Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), Malaysia. She is actively involved in community and knowledge transfer programs, mentoring undergraduate students, and is a part of the Research Interest Group, Ocean Pollution and Ecotoxicology (OPEC) Research Group, UMT. Previously, from 2021 to 2022, she served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences at Lahore College for Women University, Pakistan. Her research interests primarily focus on ecotoxicology and health risk assessment of hazardous chemicals in environmental matrices. She holds the position of early-career editorial board member for two prestigious international journals, namely Science of the Total Environment and Journal of Hazardous Materials. Dr. Hamid received her doctoral degree from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), China. Dr. Hamid has authored or co-authored two books published by Springer Nature Publishers and Bentham Science Publishers. She has contributed significantly to her field with 45 plus research articles and book chapters published in high-impact factor journals.
Dr. Ade Yamindago is currently working as a lecturer at the Marine Science Study Program, Universitas Brawijaya, in Indonesia. He gets his doctoral degree in Ocean Science from the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea in 2020. He gets his double master degree in the field of aquatic science and aquaculture from Burapha University in Thailand, and Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia in 2013 and 2012, respectively. He graduated bachelor degree in marine science from Universitas Hasanuddin, Indonesia in 2007. Dr. Ade is interested to investigate the effects of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in both vertebrate and invertebrate marine and fresh water organisms at cellular and molecular levels which is generally known as toxicogenomics. This approach could give a comprehensive perspective about the effects of chemicals on the organisms. His works has been published in high-impact factor both national and international journals, and signicantly contributes to gain knowledge in the field of toxicology. In 2023, Dr. Ade was nominated as the third winner of the best lecturer with significant contribution in the field of science in Universitas Brawijaya, and the second winner of the best head bachelor study program in Universitas Brawijaya in 2024.
Dr. Naeem Abbasi is working as Assistant professor in environmental toxicology at the college of Earth and Environmental sciences, university of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. Dr. Abbasi is an environmental toxicologist with his expertise in assessing the level of heavy metals and organic pollutants in different species of birds in Pakistan. He has 6 year teaching experience of different subjects related to ecology, environment and conservation. He has published more than 30 research articles in peer reviewed journals and three book chapters. So far he has supervised 12 masters and one PhD thesis. Currently Dr. Abbasi is investigating the level of emerging organic pollutants in birds of Pakistan and their effects. This assessment will be replicated with seabird species in future.