Salwanis is a senior lecturer at Faculty of Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang. Her first and second degrees were in Chemical Engineering and Bioprocess Engineering, respectively, obtained from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). Later, she pursued her study at Newcastle University, UK focusing on the fermentation works using microreactor and awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 2013. Her knowledge on the fermentation techniques is outstanding and vast, ranging from microreactor (2 mL) to 5 L bioreactor utilising yeast and various types of bacteria.