Dr Kamranzad is a Chancellor's Fellow (appointed under the Global Talent Programme) in the ​Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Strathclyde, and a Fellow of UArctic x Lloyd’s Register Foundation.

She is the head of the "Coastal Engineering & Ocean Climate" research group and a leader within Strathclyde Centre for Doctoral Training in "AI-Based Ocean Forecasts for Marine Operation" mArIneCAST CDT.

With over 15 years of research experience in Physical Oceanography and Coastal Engineering, she specialises in investigating the impacts of climate change on oceanic conditions and coastal processes, ocean renewable energies (mainly wave energy and offshore wind), extreme events, and coastal hazards, protection and resilience. To advance these research interests, she employs a range of computational tools, including numerical models, soft computing methods, and hybrid approaches for the simulation of oceanic conditions, data assimilation, and regional downscaling of climate projections.

Dr Kamranzad has secured international research grants as Principal Investigator (PI), for diverse projects funded by UK, Japan and China, and has contributed to publishing over 80 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings, predominantly in top-tier journals such as Nature Climate Change, Scientific Reports, Energy, Renewable Energy, Ocean Engineering, and Ocean Dynamics, in collaboration with international research groups, and has delivered presentations at a variety of public and reputable academic platforms, globally (see public and academic talks). For her efforts in the fields of Energy, Oceanography, and Enabling & Strategic Technologies, she has been recognised as top 2% of Scientists Globally for 2023 by Elsevier and Stanford University, as well as achieving several international awards and recognition. She is also a 2023 Emerging Sustainability Leader awarded by the MDPI Sustainability Foundation & University of Basel.

Dr. Kamranzad currently serves as the Deputy Editor for Ocean Engineering (Elsevier) and Advisory Editorial Board for Coastal Engineering (Elsevier). She is also the chair and co-founder of the International Integrated Wave Energy Research Group (IIWER).

Before joining the University of Strathclyde, she worked as an Assistant Professor at the Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University (acceptance rate < 4%) from 2018 to 2022. Prior to this, she worked at the Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University under the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship (acceptance rate < 10%) from 2016 to 2018. Furthermore, in 2022, she was a visiting researcher at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College, London.

Dr. Kamranzad is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), and teaches in the International Joint Education Programme (IJEP), for the course CL338: Water and Environmental Systems. She is also the Deputy Director of Postgraduate Research in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

ON THE MEDIA:

University leads groundbreaking research on Arctic Sea temperature rise, https://www.strath.ac.uk/whystrathclyde/news/2025/universityleadsgroundbreakingresearchonarcticseatemperaturerise/

Interview with 2023 Emerging Sustainability Leader Award Finalists https://blog.mdpi.com/2023/08/09/emerging-sustainability-leader-2023/  

Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS) Webinar, "Coastal Resilience in a Changing Climate Challenges and Opportunities" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKvV0PSEk1o

MDPI Sustainability Talks, University of Basel,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs1NRUkt4X8

One Ocean Hub, From the coast to the ocean depths: co-developing innovative solutions for sustainable development https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUXkUkoXIm0

DWIH Tokyo, AI for SDGs – How Can AI Help Solve Environmental Challenges? (Japanese-German-French Conference)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yial14gH3W0&t=24986s

Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, Reaching Net-Zero Emissions with Ocean Renewable Energies  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh_cNMJ05BU

Japan-China High-level Expert Symposium on Energy Transition, https://h5.vzan.com/live/page/294724680?shauid=undefined&vprid=0&v=1742224769201

DAAD-Kyoto University partnership programme towards SDGs  https://www.oc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/exchange/aida/post_624/

Kyoto University IPCC weeks 2019 Report, https://www.kura.kyoto-u.ac.jp/wp-content/themes/kuraweb/_data/_files/_ck/files/ipccweeks2019-finalreport.pdf

Roundtable discussion with the president of Kyoto University (in Japanese) https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ja/news/2019-05-29-0?fbclid=IwAR1HqFZ8w4X3w76lfxfLswnhFYNLP-sEVz86mpkC5J_0k8NlC_E2-shz5R8

Main research interests: 

• Ocean and Coastal Modelling (Numerical, Soft Computing and Hybrid)
• Climate Projections and Regional Downscaling
• Ocean Renewable Energies (OREs), Resource Assessment and Sustainability
• Extreme Events in Coastal Areas
• Novel Methods for Coastal Protection

The focus of this research is to contribute towards achieving net-zero emission targets through the development of sustainable OREs while considering the effects of a changing climate. The significance of this research extends to the human condition, including the well-being and livelihoods of coastal populations, by providing robust estimates of clean energy production, enhancing the resilience and protection of coastal environments, and supporting a sustainable Sato-Umi (the Japanese term for the coastal areas affected by human interaction with the sea), in line with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

For potential collaborations or any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Broad Area of Interest

• Physical Oceanography, Coastal Engineering and Ocean Climate
• Coastal Hazards, Protection and Resilience

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Specific Research Topics:

• Climate Change Impact: on oceanic conditions and coastal processes, regional downscaling of climate projections
• Ocean Renewable Energies (OREs): wave energy, offshore wind, and hybrid energy, sustainability of OREs in a changing climate
• Long-Term Variations: long-term changes in coastal ocean climate, coastal zone classification
• Extreme Events: extreme wind and wave climate, coastal hazards, Extreme Value Analysis (EVA)

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Methodologies:

• Advanced numerical modelling
• Soft computing methods and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Hybrid models
• Data assimilation methods