Key details
Dr Israa Kadhim
Lecturer in Digital Engineering
Dr Israa Kadhim is a Lecturer in Digital Engineering at the University of Greenwich. Previously, she worked as a Lecturer at the University of Derby (2025-2026) and as a Teaching Fellow at the University of Salford (2023-2025). Prior to these, she worked at the University of Exeter as a Research and Teaching Assistant (2018-2023), whilst completing her PhD in GIS and Remote Sensing (2018-2022). She also holds an MSc degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Southampton (2016-2017). Israa is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
Israa has worked extensively on multi-scale remote sensing (drones, laser scanners, and satellites) in interdisciplinary fields. She developed several approaches in remote sensing, which have been applied in construction management, archaeological buildings, and sustainability in the UK and overseas. She has solid experience to undertake impactful research, with a track record of publications. Israa has also acted as an academic supervisor for undergraduate and postgraduate students, and she serves as Associate Editor for the Climate Interactions Journal.
Responsibilities within the university
- Lecturer in Digital Engineering - Infrastructure and Built Environment.
- Early Career Researcher (ECR) Network – School of Engineering Committee Member.
- School of Engineering Ethics Sub Committee Member.
Recognition
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
- Associate Editor for the “Climate Interactions Journal”, Taylor & Francis.
Research / Scholarly interests
- Remote sensing (satellites, laser scanners, and drones)
- Spatio-temporal data modelling
- Impact of climate change on built cultural heritage/ archaeological buildings
- Sustainable construction
- Deep learning
- Construction management
- Climate change in built environment
- Sustainability
- Climate resilience of critical infrastructure
Israa welcomes potential opportunities for industrial and academic collaborations, as well as applications and enquiries from prospective PhD students interested in the areas of research listed above and/or related areas.
Recent publications
For a full list of publications, please refer to my Google Scholar profile.