Umi Hartina Mohamad Razali is a lecturer at Universiti Malaysia Sabah's Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, where she specialises in food bioprocessing. She holds a master's degree from Universiti Putra Malaysia and is currently enrolled at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, where she is pursuing a PhD. During her tenure, she has taught core and elective courses in food science and nutrition, food science and bioprocessing, and food service. She is a certified trainer for food safety and halal training through the Malaysian Ministry of Health and the Malaysian Department of Islamic Development. She has worked on multiple of food safety and halal training and consultancy programmes. Since 2015, she has been the principal investigator on four research projects funded by the institution and the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education. She is also a member of six further research initiatives. She has published sixteen research articles and proceedings and has presented her work at various national and international conferences. She currently co-supervises two master's students.