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Dr Bahareh Kamranzad

勛圖tv Chancellor's Fellow

Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Personal statement

Dr Kamranzad is a Chancellors Fellow and Lecturer (Global Talent Programme) in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the 勛圖tv. 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.泭

Appointed by the Scottish Government, Dr Kamranzad serves on the Advisory Panel for (Scotlands 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 泭() and maintains strategic partnerships with industry leaders including Intertek Metoc, SSE Renewables, Wood PLC, Lloyds Register Foundation, and Wave Energy Scotland.

She leads the research group and the 勛圖tv 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.泭

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 .泭She has delivered invited talks at various public and reputable academic platforms, globally (see ).泭

As a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), Dr Kamranzad has demonstrated significant curriculum leadership at the 勛圖tv, 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泭Water and Environmental Systems (20232024). She currently coordinates the泭Individual Projects (CL448)泭硃紳餃泭MEng Dissertation (CL516)泭modules, while providing academic supervision for泭Independent Study in Collaboration with Industry (CL973). Furthermore, she acts as a supervisor for泭MSc dissertation (CL980, CL953, CL944, CL930, and EV900

Dr Kamranzads career is marked by highly competitive international appointments. Prior to joining the 勛圖tv, she held a prestigious Assistant Professorship at the , Kyoto University (20182022), a position awarded through a rigorous global selection process with an acceptance rate of less than 4%.泭Her foundational research in Japan began at the Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, through a highly selective (20162018), 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 report (Theme 4: Hazards and Resilience), led by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC)
  • Organising session , AGU-Ocean Sciences Meeting, 2025
  • Member, Scottish Arctic Network (ScAN)
  • Member, Ice Special Interest Group, Challenger Society for Marine Science

Marine (Hybrid) Renewable Energy

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

AI in Ocean Modelling and Maritime Safety泭

  • Supervisor,
  • Member, Ocean Modelling 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 Coastal Engineering (10 credits), 勛圖tv

Climate Change

  • Member, Advisory Panel, ClimateXChange (Scotlands 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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Prize And Awards

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

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Publications

Saha Kamlesh Kumar, Kumar Prashant, Singh Anurag, , Balakrishnan Nair TM, Rajni
Ocean Engineering Vol 362 (2026)
, Blockley Ed
45th International Ocean Offshore and Arctic Engineering Conference (2026)
Arju , Kumar Prashant, , Balakrishnan TM, Rajni
Ocean Engineering Vol 357 (2026)
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JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2026 (2026)
, , Lavidas George
JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2026 (2026)
JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2026 (2026)

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Professional Activities

Recipient
7/2026
Host
30/6/2026
Organiser
30/6/2026
Visiting researcher
4/6/2026
Visiting researcher
2/6/2026
Invited speaker
2/6/2026

Projects

Dethlef, Nina (Principal Investigator) Kamranzad, Bahareh (Co-investigator) Patelli, Edoardo (Co-investigator) Carroll, James (Co-investigator)
Europe requires a seven-fold expansion of offshore wind (OSW) capacity by 2030 to achieve its ambitious net zero goals. Meeting this target in a way that is safe, resilient and sustainable requires new turbine structures but also solutions to bottlenecks in grid and port infrastructure, streamlined regulatory processes and optimisation of socio-economic benefits for coastal communities. Co-existence adds further complexity through OSW interactions with fisheries, sea users and marine ecosystems, where long-term impacts remain poorly understood. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has potential to enable transformative change to OSW site planning and logistics, impact assessment and workforce training. It can inform processes to overcome barriers across regulation, infrastructure, and coexistence. However, with growing automation of operational infrastructure, new vulnerabilities arise. Cybersecurity risks, such as external model manipulation, data theft, and unsafe agent behaviour, pose threats to turbines, grids, and autonomous vessels, and could undermining energy security. AIs own environmental footprint has also come under scrutiny, highlighting the need for low-cost, energy-efficient algorithms. Moreover, climate change introduces deep uncertainty for OSW design and operations through shifts in wind patterns, rising sea levels, and intensifying storms that can complicate energy yield forecasts, structural health monitoring, and vessel access. AI can support adaptation by downscaling climate models, forecasting extreme events, and embedding risk-aware learning into digital twins. This COST Action convenes a balanced, inclusive, geographically-diverse network of experts. By highlighting gaps in data, knowledge, regulation, and best practice, it will create roadmaps towards safe, sustainable, digitally-enabled OSW growth and strengthen Europes OSW leadership.

Funding: 140K per year (duration: 4 years)
19-Jan-2026 - 18-Jan-2030
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 | EPSRC

This project focuses on using advanced monitoring technologies to study coastal dunes and shoreline dynamics, which are critical habitats and buffers against coastal hazards. Coastal dunes play a dual role in biodiversity conservation and as natural defences for inland areas. Climate change, through processes such as sea-level rise, increased storm intensity, and sediment instability, threatens these dynamic systems. By utilising high-resolution remote sensing technologies, this project will provide a detailed evaluation of sediment transport, shoreline morphology, and dune system dynamics over a 2030 year timescale. It will generate actionable insights to support conservation and sustainable management of Scotland's coastal regions.

Funding: 瞿78,914
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
Phoenix, Vernon (Principal Investigator) Kamranzad, Bahareh (Co-investigator) Carr, Rebecca (Research Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2028

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Dr Bahareh Kamranzad
勛圖tv Chancellor's Fellow
Civil and Environmental Engineering

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