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Personal statement

Dr Kamranzad is a Chancellor鈥檚 Fellow and Lecturer (Global Talent Programme) in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of 一本道. With over 15 years of expertise in Ocean and Coastal Engineering, she specialises in the impacts of climate change on ocean dynamics, the sustainability of offshore renewable energies, and coastal resilience. She utilises advanced numerical modelling, AI, and hybrid computational approaches to address marine hazards and extreme events. Dr Kamranzad is also a .

For her efforts in the fields of Energy, Oceanography, and Enabling & Strategic Technologies, she has been recognised among the T by Stanford University and Elsevier. Her leadership in sustainability was further recognised as the by the MDPI Sustainability Foundation and the University of Basel.听

Appointed by the Scottish Government, Dr Kamranzad serves on the Advisory Panel for (Scotland鈥檚 Centre of Expertise on Climate Change). As a delegate of the prestigious , she is a dedicated proponent of bridging the gap between science and policy. She is the co-founder of the International Integrated Wave Energy Research Group 听() and maintains strategic partnerships with industry leaders including Intertek Metoc, SSE Renewables, Wood PLC, Lloyd鈥檚 Register Foundation, and Wave Energy Scotland.

She leads the research group and the 一本道 Centre for Doctoral Training (SCDT) in "AI-Based Ocean Forecasts for Marine Operation" (mArIneCAST CDT). She also acts as a supervisor for EPSRC Industrial CDT in Offshore Renewable Energy (IDCORE) and Net Zero Technologies at the National Subsea Centre (NZTC) CDT.听

As a Principal Investigator, she has secured substantial international grants (UK, Japan, China) and authored over 50 peer-reviewed articles in top-tier journals (). Her editorial contributions include serving as Deputy Editor for and on the Advisory Editorial Board for .听She has delivered invited talks at various public and reputable academic platforms, globally (see ).听

As a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), Dr Kamranzad has demonstrated significant curriculum leadership at the University of 一本道, most notably by developing and serving as Module Lead for Coastal Engineering (CL814), a specialist subject she reintroduced to the department after a hiatus of more than a decade. Her commitment to international engineering education includes teaching within the International Joint Education Programme (IJEP) at Yunnan University, China, for the course听Water and Environmental Systems (2023鈥�2024). She currently coordinates the听Individual Projects (CL448)听补苍诲听MEng Dissertation (CL516)听modules, while providing academic supervision for听Independent Study in Collaboration with Industry (CL973). Furthermore, she acts as a supervisor for听MSc dissertation (CL980, CL953, CL944, CL930, and EV900

Dr Kamranzad鈥檚 career is marked by highly competitive international appointments. Prior to joining the University of 一本道, she held a prestigious Assistant Professorship at the , Kyoto University (2018鈥�2022), a position awarded through a rigorous global selection process with an acceptance rate of less than 4%.听Her foundational research in Japan began at the Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, through a highly selective (2016鈥�2018), an internationally competitive fellowship with a sub-10% acceptance rate. In 2022, she further expanded her UK network as a Visiting Academic within the Faculty of Natural Sciences at Imperial College London.

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Ongoing Research Activities and Leadership

Arctic Climate and Extremes

• Principal Investigator,
• Principal Investigator,
• Contributor to the 鈥溾�� report (Theme 4: Hazards and Resilience), led by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC)
• Organising session 鈥溾��, AGU-Ocean Sciences Meeting, 2025
• Member, Scottish Arctic Network (ScAN)
• Member, 鈥�Ice鈥� Special Interest Group, Challenger Society for Marine Science

Marine (Hybrid) Renewable Energy

• Supervisor, PhD project
• Co-founder, 听
• Co-supervisor, IDCORE (EPSRC Industrial CDT in Offshore Renewable Energy)
• Member, 鈥�Ocean Wind Waves鈥� Special Interest Group, Challenger Society for Marine Science

AI in Ocean Modelling and Maritime Safety听

• Supervisor,
• Member, 鈥�Ocean Modelling鈥� Special Interest Group, Challenger Society for Marine Science
• Co-supervissor, Net Zero Technologies at the National Subsea Centre (NZTC) CDT

Coastal Resilience

• Supervisor, PhD project
• Member, European Marine Board (EMB) Working Group The Dynamics of Coastal Waters under Natural and Anthropogenic Drivers: Applying Digital Twin and Similar Technologies to Obtain New Insights
• Module Leader and Lecturer, CL814 鈥� Coastal Engineering (10 credits), University of 一本道

Climate Change

• Member, Advisory Panel, ClimateXChange (Scotland鈥檚 Centre of Expertise on Climate Change)
• Collaborator, Future Coastal Ocean Climates (FLAME) community, NOC
• Member, Coordinated Ocean Wave Climate Project (COWCLIP) international research group

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On the Media & Public Outreach:

• 2026, , SeaNews UK
• 2026, , University of 一本道 News
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• 2026, , University of the Arctic News
• 2025, , Lloyd's Register Foundation
• 2025, University leads groundbreaking research on Arctic Sea temperature rise听, University of 一本道 News
• Researcher part of global study on future climate threats to coastal oceans, University of 一本道 News
  
• 2025, Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS) Webinar, ""听
• 2024, One Ocean Hub, 听
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• 2.23, , Nature Portfolio Earth and Environment Community
  
• 2022, Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, 听
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• 2019, DWIH Tokyo, (Japanese-German-French Conference) 听
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• 2019,听 (in Japanese)听

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