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Wolters, O. W. (1982). History, culture and region in Southeast Asian perspectives. Singapore:
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
Wong Tze Ken, D. (2013). The Cham arrivals in Malaysia: Distant memories and rekindled links.
Archipel, 85, 151–165.
Wong, L. P., Ong, R. T., Poh, W. T., Liu, X., Chen, P., Li, R., et al. (2013). Deep whole-genome
sequencing of 100 southeast Asian Malays. American Journal of Human Genetics, 92, 52–66.
Xu, S., Pugach, I., Stoneking, M., Kayser, M., Jin, L., & HUGO Pan-Asian SNP Consortium.
(2012). Genetic dating indicates that the Asian-Papuan admixture through Eastern Indonesia
corresponds to the Austronesian expansion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
USA, 109, 4574–4579.
Abu Talib Ahmad was a Professor of Southeast Asian history at the School of Humanities,
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). His current research interest is Pahang state history. Major publications include Museum, History and Culture in Malaysia (2014) and Malay Muslims, Islam and
the Rising Sun, 1942-45 (2003).
Mahani Musa is a Professor of Malaysian History at the School of Humanities, Universiti Sains
Malaysia, Penang. Her research interest is in the sociopolitical history of Malaysia
Nazarudin Zainun is an Associate Professor in the School of Humanities, Universiti Sains
Malaysia. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in history from Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, and
Master’s Degree and Ph.D Degree in History from Universiti Sains Malaysia. He specializes in
Socio-economic history of Southeast Asia. His field of research involves the study of early Malay
Kingdoms as well as socio-economic history of Malaysia and Indonesia.
Nasha Rodziadi Khaw, PhD, is a senior lecturer in the Centre for Global Archaeological
Research, Universiti Sains Malaysia. He received his Bachelors Degree in Chemistry (minor in
Archaeology) and Master’s Degree in Archaeology from Universiti Sains Malaysia, and Ph.D
Degree in Archaeology from University of Peshawar, Pakistan. He specializes in Archaeohistory,
Archaeology and Epigraphy-Palaeography. His research interests cover the topics on early history
and cultures of Malay Polities as well as material culture of late-prehistoric societies of the Malay
Peninsula.
Hashim Atan Edinur is a Senior Lecturer at Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia. He has
completed his Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology from Victoria University of Wellington, New
Zealand. He has supervised 1 graduate student and currently supervising 2 MSc and 2 PhD students. His research has focused on using new and existing Molecular Technologies to survey
Immune Systems (HLA, KIR, cytokine and MICA), blood group, HNA and HPA genes in several
populations including Polynesians, Orang Asli and Malays, the data collected have significant
value in ancestry and health including tissue matching for transfusion and transplant surgery, disease resistance and the relative incidence of autoimmune disease in these populations. He has also
proposed several studies to search for candidate genes associated with Systemic Lupus
Erythematosus, Hypertensive Preeclampsia and Spina Bifida. He has published 28 research articles in journals contributed as author and co- author. He also completed 3 international grants.
Geoffrey Keith Chambers is a Senior Research and Teaching Fellow at the Victoria University
of Wellington, New Zealand, and Visiting Professor at Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang. His
general teaching interests include evolution, genetics and molecular biology. He teaches special
topics in comparative genomics, molecular biology of human disease, population genetics and
molecular evolution, as graduate level subjects at USM.
A. T. Ahmad et al.
Wolters, O. W. (1982). History, culture and region in Southeast Asian perspectives. Singapore:
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
Wong Tze Ken, D. (2013). The Cham arrivals in Malaysia: Distant memories and rekindled links.
Archipel, 85, 151–165.
Wong, L. P., Ong, R. T., Poh, W. T., Liu, X., Chen, P., Li, R., et al. (2013). Deep whole-genome
sequencing of 100 southeast Asian Malays. American Journal of Human Genetics, 92, 52–66.
Xu, S., Pugach, I., Stoneking, M., Kayser, M., Jin, L., & HUGO Pan-Asian SNP Consortium.
(2012). Genetic dating indicates that the Asian-Papuan admixture through Eastern Indonesia
corresponds to the Austronesian expansion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
USA, 109, 4574–4579.
Abu Talib Ahmad was a Professor of Southeast Asian history at the School of Humanities,
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). His current research interest is Pahang state history. Major publications include Museum, History and Culture in Malaysia (2014) and Malay Muslims, Islam and
the Rising Sun, 1942-45 (2003).
Mahani Musa is a Professor of Malaysian History at the School of Humanities, Universiti Sains
Malaysia, Penang. Her research interest is in the sociopolitical history of Malaysia
Nazarudin Zainun is an Associate Professor in the School of Humanities, Universiti Sains
Malaysia. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in history from Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, and
Master’s Degree and Ph.D Degree in History from Universiti Sains Malaysia. He specializes in
Socio-economic history of Southeast Asia. His field of research involves the study of early Malay
Kingdoms as well as socio-economic history of Malaysia and Indonesia.
Nasha Rodziadi Khaw, PhD, is a senior lecturer in the Centre for Global Archaeological
Research, Universiti Sains Malaysia. He received his Bachelors Degree in Chemistry (minor in
Archaeology) and Master’s Degree in Archaeology from Universiti Sains Malaysia, and Ph.D
Degree in Archaeology from University of Peshawar, Pakistan. He specializes in Archaeohistory,
Archaeology and Epigraphy-Palaeography. His research interests cover the topics on early history
and cultures of Malay Polities as well as material culture of late-prehistoric societies of the Malay
Peninsula.
Hashim Atan Edinur is a Senior Lecturer at Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia. He has
completed his Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology from Victoria University of Wellington, New
Zealand. He has supervised 1 graduate student and currently supervising 2 MSc and 2 PhD students. His research has focused on using new and existing Molecular Technologies to survey
Immune Systems (HLA, KIR, cytokine and MICA), blood group, HNA and HPA genes in several
populations including Polynesians, Orang Asli and Malays, the data collected have significant
value in ancestry and health including tissue matching for transfusion and transplant surgery, disease resistance and the relative incidence of autoimmune disease in these populations. He has also
proposed several studies to search for candidate genes associated with Systemic Lupus
Erythematosus, Hypertensive Preeclampsia and Spina Bifida. He has published 28 research articles in journals contributed as author and co- author. He also completed 3 international grants.
Geoffrey Keith Chambers is a Senior Research and Teaching Fellow at the Victoria University
of Wellington, New Zealand, and Visiting Professor at Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang. His
general teaching interests include evolution, genetics and molecular biology. He teaches special
topics in comparative genomics, molecular biology of human disease, population genetics and
molecular evolution, as graduate level subjects at USM.
A. T. Ahmad et al.