Dr. Lee Ting Hun set up and currently heads the Edible Bird’s Nest Unit in the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. He is a pioneer in carrying out bird’s nest and swiftlet ranching research in Malaysia. He has led over 20 numerous government and private sector projects amounting to more than RM2 million. He has also published 30 over-indexed journals papers, conferences and seminars papers, books and book chapters. For over a decade, he invented numerous processes and innovated some noble products related to bird’s nest, nutraceutical and cosmeceutical. His contribution to the industry has won him the Malaysian Scientist Award and the Geneva Invention and Innovation Award. Dr. Lee has also co-authored the Malaysian SIRIM standards for Edible Bird’s Nest and Swiftlet Ranching Standards. More recently, he has also been appointed as Malaysia Bird’s Nest Expert.