Professor Ahmed Hashash has completed his PhD from Manchester University, UK. He was a fellow of the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) and New York University Medical School (MSSM), USA. Prof. Ahmed Hashash worked as a senior biomedical research scientist at Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. He was Assistant Professor and Principal Investigator of Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine at Keck School of Medicine and Ostrow School of Dentistry of the University of Southern California, USA. In August 2022, Prof. Hashash has joined Texas A &M University as Associate Professor of Biomedicine. From Jan 2017 to June 2022, Prof. Hashash joined the

University of Edinburgh (UK)-Zhejiang Univ. Joint Institute of Biomedicine (now known as ZJUUoE Institute), as Associate Professor of Biomedicine.

He is a member of the Research Group on Education, Character, and Citizenship, his research focuses on education for human flourishing, character education, and positive youth development.

Punithavili Mariappan works as an Art Educator for Form Six students in Form Six College, Malaysia. As a Government Scholar, she is currently doing her PhD in Art Education in Sultan Idris Education University, Malaysia. She has several papers published in international journals including Scopus and awarded numerous Gold Award for her teaching & learning innovation

He has a BS in Biochemistry and MS in Pharmacology from North Carolina, USA. He holds a PGCE (Post Graduate Certificate in Education) from University of Nottingham, UK & a PGCHE (Post Graduate Certificate Higher Education) from Harvard School of Education and finishing MA (Education) Nottingham, UK in September 2023. Currently, a member of RACI (Royal Australian Chemical Institute) and ACS (American Chemical Society) and working as British CAIE A-Level Chemistry External Examiner and Australian GAMSAT tutor.