Kasturi Devi Kanniah

Prof. Dr. Kasturi Devi Kanniah, is a full member of IPASA (Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Water Security), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and a member of the TropicalMap research group (Sustainability Research Alliance). She is currently serving as an Assistant Dean (Quality and Strategy) in the Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying. Kasturi has been actively involved in research, teaching, consultancy, networking and publication activities since she joined UTM in 1999. She has been involved in 32 research (worth RM 10,888,918.00) and consultancy projects (worth of RM 4,806,448.15). Her main research interest is to link field data with Earth Observation/Remote Sensing technology to study large scale (on land and in urban areas) vegetation processes and functioning including their role to achieve low carbon cities and managing atmospheric pollution. She has published nearly 100 publications consisting of refereed journals (46), books (5), book chapters (3), policy papers (6), ISI and scopus-indexed conference papers (28), refereed conference proceeding (13), magazine article (1), and monograph (1).  Dr Kasturi has also produced 10 copyrights. Her H index is 20 with a cumulative impact factor of journal articles ~130.

She is the Associate Editor of the International Journal of Earth Observation/Remote Sensing (IJRS, a Q2 journal) and an Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Geoinformatics (IJG) (cited in Scopus). She has been the Guest Editor for special issues in both IJG and IJRS. She is a continuous reviewer for 23 international journals and has reviewed articles from some leading journals in the field of Earth Observation/Remote Sensing such as Earth Observation/Remote Sensing of Environment, International Journal of Earth Observation/Remote Sensing, SPIE Journal of Applied Earth Observation/Remote Sensing, Earth Observation/Remote Sensing etc. She has been appointed as scientific and technical committee members for several international conferences.

She is also serving as the Committee member (chair for student activities) for IEEE Geoscience and Earth Observation/Remote Sensing Society, Malaysia chapter since 2012. Her other professional memberships include IEEE Geoscience and Earth Observation/Remote Sensing Society (IEEE GRSS), International Association for Urban Climate, International Association of Vegetation Science, International Association for Ecology, Associate Member of Committee for Space Research and a fellow of Cambridge Commonwealth Society. She has also received several national and international awards for research such as Marqui’s who’s who in the world 2012, 2013, 2014, Marqui’s who’s who in Science & Engineering 2016, Low Carbon City Framework Diamond Recognition Award by Malaysia Green Technology Corporation, several recognitions for publications by the National Space Agency, Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation, Malaysia, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, and scholarships to undertake postgraduate studies such as the International Postgraduate Research Scholarship by the Faculty of Arts, Monash University (for PhD), Monbusho Scholarship to undertake Research in Osaka University of Foreign Studies, Japan and Cambridge Commonwealth Trust & Ex-Gratia grant to undertake M.Phil degree in Cambridge University, UK.

Educational background

May 24 to June 8, 2019

Visiting Researcher to Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University Funded by the Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University

2016-2017

Visiting Research Fellow MIT-UTM

UTM Johor Bahru (1 September 2016 – 31 January 2017) & Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Boston, USA (1 February 2017 – 31 May 2017)

Research Programme: Malaysia Sustainable Cities

June 2010-Nov 2011

Honorary Research Fellow, Monash University, Australia

2005-2009

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Geography & Environmental Science

Monash University, Clayton Campus, Melbourne, Australia

Thesis Title: Environmental controls on the spatial and temporal variability of savanna productivity in the Northern Territory, Australia

Advisors: Prof. Dr. Jason Beringer, Prof. Nigel Tapper and Dr. Xuan Zhu

1997-1998

Master of Philosophy (M.Phil)

GIS and Earth Observation/Remote Sensing Cambridge University, UK

Thesis Title: Temperature and colour analysis of volcanic crater lake using Earth Observation/Remote Sensing techniques

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Clive Oppenheimer

1996-1997

Certificate

Industrial Geography

Osaka University of Foreig Studies,Osaka,Japan

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Takayama Masaki

1991-1995

Bachelor of Arts (First class honors)

Geography

Universiti Malaya, Malaysia