Assoc. Prof. Sr. Gs. Dr. Nurul Hazrina binti Idris

Dr. Nurul Hazrina Idris is an Associate Professor of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in the Geoinformation Department of Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying (FABU) since 2005. She received her doctoral degree from the University of Newcastle, Australia in 2014. Currectly, she is the Assistant Dean of External and Global Engagement of FABU, and  a Fellow member of the Geoscience and Digital Earth Centre, UTM. 

She was a proud recipient of the prestigious Fulbright Malaysian Scholar 2022/2023 holding a 3-month research program at the Ohio State University, United States. In 2017, she received the Australian Awards (Endeavour Research Fellowship) from the Australian Government holding a 6-months fellowship program at the University of Newcastle, Australia.

She has published 30 peer-reviewed papers with a cumulative impact factor of more than 10, 10 chapters in research books, and four edited research books in various national and international outlets. In support of her research, she garnered RM2 million through 29 international, national, and institutional grants. She recently published an edited book ‘Coastal Altimetry Selected Case Studies from Asian Shelf Seas’ with Elsevier Publishing.

Her research interests primarily involve marine remote sensing with foci on 1) coastal altimetry, 2) sea-level rise and climate change and 3) artificial intelligence and expert systems in Remote Sensing. International institutions recognize her expertise by supervising international research internships and visiting researchers inbound to UTM. 

Other noteworthy accomplishments include an appointment as the Chair of the Local Organizing Committee of 15th Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference and Tutorial Capacity Building in Malaysia (2020/2021); the Chair of Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Ocean Remote Sensing towards Climate Resilience (2021); she was elected to be an Exco Member of IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Malaysia Chapter.