Dr. Fook Yee Chye is a full Professor at the Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, Universiti Malaysia Sabah. His areas of expertise are food safety, fermentation, probiotics, and food innovation. Professor Chye is currently serving as panel evaluator for several national research grants and innovation schemes. He has won several prestigious international and national research innovation awards and a few patents of inventions and trademarks have been registered as research outputs. He serves as editorial board member for various WoS/Scopus indexed journals in the field of food science and nutrition from the reputable publishers (Elsevier, Springer, etc.). Professor Chye is also a panel assessor of Malaysian Qualification Agency (MQA) that accredits and recognizes academic program at undergraduate and postgraduate levels offered by institutes of higher learning in Malaysia. He is also an external assessor for food science and technology program of several universities in Malaysia.