欧美高清

Doctor Bahareh Kamranzad

欧美高清 Chancellor's Fellow

Civil and Environmental Engineering

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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 欧美高清. 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 欧美高清 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 欧美高清, 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 欧美高清, 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.

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 欧美高清

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

On the Media & Public Outreach:

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Prize And Awards

Recipient
16/3/2026
Recipient
2024
Recipient
7/2023
Recipient
2022
Recipient
2021
Recipient
2020

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Publications

, Blockley Ed
45th International Ocean Offshore and Arctic Engineering Conference (2026)
JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2026 (2026)
Arju , Kumar Prashant, , Balakrishnan TM, Rajni
Ocean Engineering Vol 357 (2026)
Kumar Rajesh, Amarouche Khalid, Akpinar Adem, , Lemos Gil
Global and Planetary Change Vol 257 (2026)
Hopkins Joanne, Mahaffey Claire, Blockley Ed, Lincoln Ben, Mayor Daniel, Hobbs Laura, Barnes Dave, Tarling Geraint, , Blondel Phillipe, Coppock Rachel, Loveridge Alex, Narayanaswamy Bhavani E, Popova Katya
(2025)
, , Evans Paul, Lewis Matt
The 16th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (2025)

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Professional Activities

Speaker
5/3/2026
Speaker
3/3/2026
Participant
26/2/2026
Participant
23/2/2026
Chair
22/2/2026
Participant
2/2026

Projects

White, Chris (Principal Investigator) Kamranzad, Bahareh (Co-investigator) Tubaldi, Enrico (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2028
Kamranzad, Bahareh (Principal Investigator) Henriquez-Mui, Fiona (Co-investigator) Zou, Qingping (Co-investigator) Evans, Paul (Co-investigator)
John Anderson Research Studentship Scheme (JARSS)-Research Excellence Award
01-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2028
Kamranzad, Bahareh (Principal Investigator)
31-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2027
Kamranzad, Bahareh (Principal Investigator)
01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
Kamranzad, Bahareh (Principal Investigator) Suryasentana, Stephen (Co-investigator) McWhirter, John-Luke (Research Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2028
Kamranzad, Bahareh (Principal Investigator) Suryasentana, Stephen (Co-investigator) Jia, Laibing (Co-investigator) Arredondo Galeana, Abel (Co-investigator)
EPSRC Research Excellence Award Studentship
01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2028

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Contact

Doctor Bahareh Kamranzad
欧美高清 Chancellor's Fellow
Civil and Environmental Engineering

Email: bahareh.kamranzad@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted