Hemza Azri is currently a senior lecturer at the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya. His research interests lie broadly in high energy physics, with a focus on various aspects of gravity and the interplay between elementary particle physics and cosmology.

Over the course of his academic career, he has visited leading research institutions, including the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy; the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (Nordita) in Stockholm, Sweden; and the Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT) in Madrid, Spain. He has also contributed to the UAE–ATLAS (CERN) collaboration.

Teaching has always held a very important place in his career. A challenging part of teaching is maintaining students' interest at every stage, as this can be lost from the very beginning. Therefore, whether the subject is mathematically complex or requires deep understanding, his approach is to first introduce the key concepts and principles of the topic using only what students already know from other areas. This allows the rest of the material to flow smoothly and easily, and above all, it facilitates the flexible use of the acquired knowledge. He also enjoys making physics appealing to the general public and encouraging them to take a greater interest in science.