Prof. Senthil Murugan Ganapathy received his Ph.D. (Photonic Materials) in 2001 from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He worked as a post-doctoral fellow from 2001 to 2005 at the University of Bordeaux, France, and the Toyota Technological Institute, Japan. He joined the Optoelectronics Research Centre at the University of Southampton in April 2005, where he is currently a Professor and Head of the Integrated Photonic Devices Group, and Deputy Head of School (ORC) for Education. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.

His expertise and research interests range from photonic materials to photonic systems, with a current focus on Mid-IR/high-contrast materials and devices for biomedical sensing, on-chip spectroscopy, on-chip nanoscopy, environmental monitoring and optical communication applications. He has made pioneering contributions in the field of novel optical micro-resonators.

Prof. Azhar Zam is an Associate Professor of Bioengineering. He holds a B.S. from the University of Indonesia, an M.Sc. from the University of Luebeck, Germany, and a Ph.D. from Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.

Zam's research interests focus on the development of smart devices for medical imaging, diagnostics, and monitoring using novel optical technologies, which include smart laser surgery, optical coherence tomography (OCT), photoacoustics, biomedical spectroscopy, AI-aided optical diagnostics and imaging, optical-based smart biosensors, and miniaturized systems. He has written over 85 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and books, and holds several patents.

Before joining NYUAD, Zam was an Assistant Professor in Medical Laser and Optics at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Switzerland, where he founded the Biomedical Laser and Optics Group (BLOG) and co-established the MIRACLE II flagship project. Prior to that, he held research positions at the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, the National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland, the Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly known as Ryerson University), Toronto, ON, Canada, and the University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA.

Dr.-Ing. Rajesh Kanawade is the head of the Hydrogen Engineering & Photonics Sensor Group, under the Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR–National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune, India. He obtained his M.Sc. in Physics (2006) from Savitribai Phule Pune University and his Doctor of Engineering (Dr.-Ing.) in 2013 from Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen–Nürnberg, Germany.

His interdisciplinary research integrates optics, photonics, spectroscopy, biomedical imaging, laser instrumentation, Raman spectroscopy, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), fiber-optic sensing, and optical diagnostics for healthcare and industrial applications. His work has produced important advances in biomedical spectroscopy and laser-based sensing technologies and has been published in leading journals in photonics and biophotonics.

Associate Prof. Dr. Piyasak Chaumpluk is currently a faculty member at the Genetics Program, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, where he also serves as the Head of the Laboratory of Plant Transgenic Technology and Biosensor. His research integrates plant science and genetics with cutting-edge biosensor technology to address challenges in agriculture and biosciences.

He finished his B.Sc. at Khon Kaen University, and earned his Master of Agriculture (Plant Pathology) in 1990 and his Doctor of Agriculture (1996), both from Kyoto University. Prior to his current position, he gained valuable international experience as a Researcher at the Iwate Biotechnology Research Center in Japan, where he worked for three years.

His diverse research interests encompass lab-on-a-chip technology, DNA aptamers for novel detection methods, bio/nano sensors for nucleic acid detection in agriculture and biosciences, in vitro cultivation of plants, and enhancing the value of local genetic resources through genetic and biochemical analysis.

For his outstanding contributions to science and innovation, he has received several prestigious international honors, including the United Kingdom Leadership Award (Knight Level) in 2019 and the Brussels Eureka Innova Award (Chevalier Level) in 2016.

Prof. Dr. Eng. Anto Satriyo Nugroho is a Research Professor in Artificial Intelligence and currently is the Head of Research Center for Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security of the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN).

He got his B.Eng (1995), M.Eng. (2000), and Dr.Eng. (2003) in Electrical and Computer Engineering, all were from the Nagoya Institute of Technology. His research interests are devoted to biometrics, pattern recognition, and image processing.

He has authored 84 Scopus-indexed papers, with a current h-index of 12. His Scopus ID is 6701506291 and his ORCID ID is 0000-0002-5457-8786.

Hery Suyanto graduated in Physics from the Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember Surabaya (ITS) in 1988, and earned his Master and Ph.D. (2003) in Optoelectronics from the Faculty of Optoelectronics and Laser Application, the University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia. In 2019, he was appointed Professor of Optoelectronics and Laser Application at Udayana University.

He has carried out many collaborative research works, mostly at the Maju Makmur Mandiri Research Centre (MMM) in Jakarta, related to numerous applications of LIBS. His research interest focuses on LIBS applications on biomaterial samples such as nail, hair and teeth for biomarkers and pedigree analysis in his laboratory. These works have been published in more than 40 articles in international journals, and some of them are also being proposed as patents.

Prof. Isnaeni is a Research Professor in Optics (since 2024) at the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia. He graduated in Physics from IPB University, earned his Master's degree in Physics from the University of Queensland in 2006, and his Ph.D. in Physics from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea (2012).

His research interests are in quantum dots, graphene dots and plasmonic nanoparticles, laser spectroscopy, nonlinear optics, metamaterials, and nano-bio-photonics.

He has authored more than 150 international publications during 2010–2026, and currently he is the Head of the Research Center for Photonics of the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN).

Andri Mahendra is the Co-Founder and CEO of Nicslab, a deep-tech company developing advanced test and measurement solutions for photonic integrated circuits, semiconductors, and emerging computing technologies. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Sydney, with a research background in electronics, photonics instrumentation, and control systems. Under his leadership, Nicslab has developed high-density multichannel source-measure and photonic testing technologies used by leading research institutions, semiconductor companies, and government laboratories worldwide.

Andri is actively involved in advancing the semiconductor and photonics ecosystem through technology development, intellectual property, industry collaboration, and international partnerships. He has also contributed to discussions and initiatives focused on strengthening Indonesia's semiconductor and deep-tech ecosystem.

His academic and research expertise centers on advanced functional materials, particularly for energy, environmental, and sensing applications. He leads the ENABLE research group working with the Advanced Functional Materials Laboratory (AFML), which recently became a research-based spin-off company from ITS. ENABLE focuses on innovation in sensor and biosensor technology, smart and functional materials, and sustainable energy systems.

He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Physics at Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), with an h-index of 17 and 84 Scopus-indexed publications. He currently serves as the Chair of the Graduate Program in Innovation of System and Technology at the School of Interdisciplinary Management and Technology, ITS.

Beyond his academic and industrial roles, he is passionate about community development, particularly in integrating renewable energy systems into smart farming and supporting sustainable production processes for small and medium enterprises. Through these efforts, he actively contributes to bridging research, technology innovation, and real-world societal impact, and was recently awarded an encouragement award by the Hitachi Global Foundation Asia.

Prof. Yulkifli graduated in Physics Education from IKIP Padang, and earned his Master (2002) and Ph.D. (2010) in Physics from the Bandung Institute of Technology. His fields of expertise are in sensors and sensor systems, physics of instrumentation, and physics education.

He has published numerous international research papers in his fields of expertise, with 83 Scopus-indexed papers and an h-index of 9 (Scopus) and 16 (Google Scholar). His Scopus ID is 36005049600 and his ORCID ID is 0000-0002-0909-6227.