Biography
I am a trained Geotechnical Engineer with over ten years’ experience of advanced geotechnical investigation of on-shore and off-shore soft sediments. I’ve held positions in both industry and academia in Malaysia, Iran and Germany.
Before joining Abertay University as a lecturer, I was a research associate in Geotechnical Engineering at Newcastle University.
I completed my PhD in Geotechnical Engineering jointly at the University of Bremen, Germany and University of Waikato, New Zealand. I also hold a MEng in Geotechnical Engineering from the University of Technology Malaysia.
My research interests are focused on applied geotechnics. I’m currently working on the SUCCESS project (Sustainable Urban Carbon Capture: Engineering Soils for Climate Change) to assess the impact of soil carbonation on flood risk and develop a system for measuring the carbonation process.
I am a co-leader at the Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment & Society (SAGES) for the theme ‘Carbon & Biogeochemical Cycles: Sustaining Life’.
I’m my free time, I’m involved in professional level taekwondo and kickboxing. I also enjoy amateur kite-surfing and fishing.
Qualifications
PhD – Geotechnical Engineering [Co-operative program – University of Bremen (Germany) & University of Waikato (New Zealand), 2014].
MEng – Geotechnical Engineering [University of Technology Malaysia, 2010].
Former professional experience
2014 – 2016: Research Associate, Newcastle University, UK.
2014: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Bremen, Germany.
2010 – 2011: Research Assistant, university of Technology Malaysia.
2006 – 2008: Geotechnical Engineer Technician, Kavoush Zamin Fars, Iran
Academic award
2015: International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) Award, London, UK.
2014: MARUM Funding Grant for Conclusion of Manuscripts, University of Bremen, Germany.
2013: LARAM Scholarship, International School on ‘Landslide Risk Assessment and Mitigation’, University of Salerno, Italy.
2011: PhD scholarship, Integrated Coastal Zone & Shelf Sea Research (INTERCOAST), University of Bremen, Germany.
2010: Best presenter of MICCE conference, Hassanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia.
2009: Invention/innovation of ECCAD, Engineering Characteristics of Coal Ash Database in Malaysia (INATEX 2009), University of Technology Malaysia, Malaysia.
Informal interests:
Full contact kick-boxing, taekwondo ITF (professionally)
CrossFit, kite-surfing, fishing (amateur)
