Dr Najma Taimoor BSc, MSc, Dipl.-Ing., PhD, FHEA

Najma Taimoor is a Lecturer in Computer Science and a member of the Centre for Sustainable Cyber Security (CS²) at the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Greenwich, UK. She contributes actively to research and teaching at the intersection of cyber security, healthcare informatics, and critical infrastructure protection. Her research focuses on designing safe, secure, and sustainable healthcare systems by employing both empirical and formal methods to address cyber safety, security, and privacy challenges in socio-technical systems.

Najma recently completed her PhD in Computer Science at the University of Greenwich, where her work advanced methodologies for secure and trustworthy healthcare technologies. Prior to that, she was a Research Assistant in the School of Design and Creative Industries at Greenwich, playing a key role in the EU-funded EYES project.

She also holds a master’s degree in healthcare and IT (with Distinction) from the University of Applied Sciences, Austria. Her Erasmus-funded thesis was developed under the supervision of Prof. Lilian H. Tang at the University of Surrey, UK. Alongside her academic work, Najma has industry experience with companies such as Technocert (Austria), where she was involved in developing smart cyber-physical systems for critical infrastructures.

Her research has been published in esteemed journals and conferences including IEEE Access and DSD. In addition to leading several undergraduate and postgraduate modules at the University of Greenwich, she is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA), UK and has successfully mentored staff members in achieving HEA fellowships. Najma has taught culturally and technically diverse cohorts at institutions in Pakistan, Qatar, Austria, and the UK, with a strong commitment to inclusive, practice-informed computing education.