She has vast knowledge in the geospatial industry and agriculture and has been working in R&D work for more than 15 years in geospatial technologies at the University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur. She is an energetic researcher with an ardent desire to build a career within the research industry. Enthusiastic, initiative-taking individual with a drive to succeed, having excellent organizational skills. Her research interests are hyperspectral remote sensing and GIS in precision agriculture, especially in oil palm, land use mapping, landfill siting, tourism, watershed, utilities, and forestry in remote sensing. Her transdisciplinary research has across the science, geography, social, and engineering fields. She is a highly efficient and organized strategist with an initiative-taking approach to analytical performance and data accuracy.

09/2023 - 12/2024, City University of Hong Kong (HK, CN)Research Associate. Quantum nanophotonics and molecular plasmonics. Ultrafast exciton dynamics in 2D semiconductors. 10/2020 - 09/2023, University of Białystok (PL)Assistant Professor, PI. Laser-driven femtosecond spin currents for non-equilibrium, ultrafast quantum plasmonics. 06/2018 - 10/2020, Radboud University, Nijmegen (NL)Post-doctoral researcher. Nonlinear time-resolved spectroscopy in the mid-IR at the free electron laser facility (FELIX). 12/2014 - 06/2018, Fritz-Haber Institute of Max-Planck Society (DE)Max-Planck-Society fellow. Laser-induced femtosecond spin currents. Spin transfer torque-mediated excitation of high-frequency spin waves. Nonlinear strong coupling of surface phonon-polaritons in the mid-infrared. 12/2010 - 12/2024, Radboud University, Nijmegen (NL)Post-doctoral researcher. Ultrafast laser-induced spin dynamics. Nonlinear magneto-plasmonics.

Associate Professor Dr. Hanizah Idris is an academic staff at the Department of Southeast Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, currently serve as the Head of Department. She also had an experience in holding other administrative post at the faculty level and has been appointed as a Deputy Dean (undergraduate) from 2010-2014. Her area of research is on maritime development in Southeast Asia focusing on port and shipping as well as policy and governance of maritime sector in the region. Her area of research also covers other interesting area such as maritime tourism and sustainable development of the maritime sector. Dr. Hanizah has always been invited as a speaker in international conference and seminar and working closely with the Maritime Institute of Malaysia (MIMA), a think tank for Malaysia's maritime industry, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Department of Maritime Affairs), and port authorities in Malaysia. She has also contributed in sharing her expertise with government agencies on various issues related to maritime affairs in the region, including the Ministry of Foreign affairs, Maritime Division, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Department of Statistic, Malaysia, Institute of Strategic Studies (ISIS), Malaysia and with industries as well. Dr. Hanizah has involved in collaborations with foreign universities including Miami University, USA, Yonsei University, Korea, Soka University, Japan and Sindh University, Pakistan in terms of academic activities, students mobility programs and conferences. Her latest publications including a chapter in book titled "Realizing Blue Economy Potential in Malaysia, Opportunities and Challenges".(2023). Routledge, CRC Press, a book titled "Sustainable Maritime Tourism in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia". (2017). UM Press, a chapter in book titled "Social-Cultural Aspects of Maritime Malaysia'. (2021), MIMA publisher, and a book titled "Sustainable Port Development in Southeast Asia". (2023). DBP.  (forthcoming).