pensyarah universiti
institut perubahan iklim (ipi)
wanshafrina@ukm.edu.my
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Wan Shafrina Wan Mohd Jaafar is an Associate Professor of Environmental Remote Sensing at the Institute of Climate Change (IPI), National University of Malaysia (UKM), and currently serves as the Head of the Earth Observation Centre at IPI, UKM. She received the prestigious Fulbright Visiting Scholar Award (2024/2025) and served as a Visiting Assistant Research Professor at the University of Maryland, USA from November 2024 to April 2025.
She obtained her PhD in Environmental Remote Sensing (Geology & Geophysics) from the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, in 2018. Her research focuses on remote sensing and geospatial analysis for forest monitoring, aboveground biomass modelling, carbon stock assessment, and land-use/land-cover change, particularly in tropical forest ecosystems. Her work also explores the application of LiDAR and advanced remote sensing technologies for sustainable forest management and landscape restoration.
Wan Shafrina has actively led and participated in numerous research projects supported by international, national, and university funding, serving as Principal Investigator and collaborator on projects involving airborne laser scanning, high-resolution satellite imagery, and geospatial analytics for environmental monitoring. She has received several national and international research awards. During her doctoral studies at the University of Edinburgh, she was awarded the Lamb Fund, Geography Centenary Research Fund, and the Elizabeth Sinclair Irvine Bequest & Centenary Agroforestry 89 Award, recognising her outstanding contributions in geosciences research.
Wan Shafrina is a Professional Member of the Malaysia Board of Technologists (MBOT) and a member of the Institution of Geospatial and Remote Sensing Malaysia (IGRSM) and the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS). She also serves as an Expert Panel Member of the Technical Working Group on Integrated Land Resource Management under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability
khairul nizam abdul maulud, syed ahmad fadhli syed abdul rahman, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, wan hanna melini wan mohtar, rasyikah md khalid, ahmad shakir mohd saudi. (2026). an integrated machine learning remote sensing gis framework for flood-resilient residential. - 13th international real estate research symposium (irers 2026). .
syed ahmad fadhli syed abdul rahman, khairul nizam abdul maulud, uznir ujang, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, lam kuok choy and sharifah nurul ain syed mustorpha. (2026). optimizing 3d urban modelling: integrating land lot and building footprint geometries in dual-iteration morphometric algorithms. - the international archives of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences. 331 - 337.
wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar. (2026). waspada pulau haba bandar. - harian metro. .
syeda maria zafar, aisha shabbir, qurat-ul-ain babar, ammara mobeen, ricky anak kemarau, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar. (2026). modeling land use dynamics and land surface temperature using gee and ca-ann: a case study of pakistan's freshwater basins. - geocarto international. 1 - 26.
toby d jackson, lucy v beese, andy hector, eleanor e jackson, michael j o’brien, gianluca cerullo, david a coomes, david f burslem, fabian j fischer, christopher d philipson, elia godoong, charissa j wong, martin svátek, michele dalponte, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, tommaso jucker. (2026). liana cutting accelerates the structural recovery of once-logged tropical forests at a fraction of the cost of tree planting. - current biology. 2787 - 2794.
carlos alberto silva, amy neuenschwander, caio hamamura, sérgio godinho, kody m. brock, lonesome malambo, lana narine, jeff w. atkins, jordan s. borak, sorin popescu, inacio t. bueno, lucas bielak rezende, giulio brossi santoro, ana paula dalla corte, cesar ivan alvites diaz, nooshin mashhadi, adrián cardil, andrew t. hudak, lauri korhonen, ajay sharma, jeffery b. cannon, midhun mohan, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, veraldo liesenberg, carine klauberg. (2026). beyond ice: nasa’s icesat-2 spaceborne lidar mission for land and vegetation applications. - ieee geoscience and remote sensing magazine. 442 - 473.
syeda maria zafar, aisha shabbir, qurat-ul-ain babar, ammara mobeen, ricky anak kemarau, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar. (2026). modeling land use dynamics and land surface temperature using gee and ca-ann: a case study of pakistan's freshwater basins. - geocarto international. 1 - 26.
toby d jackson, lucy v beese, andy hector, eleanor e jackson, michael j o’brien, gianluca cerullo, david a coomes, david f burslem, fabian j fischer, christopher d philipson, elia godoong, charissa j wong, martin svátek, michele dalponte, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, tommaso jucker. (2026). liana cutting accelerates the structural recovery of once-logged tropical forests at a fraction of the cost of tree planting. - current biology. 2787 - 2794.
ricky anak kemarau, wee hin boo, nurul asyiqin abu bakar, zulfaqar sa'adi, zaini sakawi, muhammad ammar fakhry norzin, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, stanley anak suab, oliver valentine eboy, noorashikin md noor. (2025). remote sensing technologies for monitoring coral reef health under climate change. - marine environmental research. 1 - 20.
nurul asyiqin abu bakar, hamdan omar, khairul nizam abdul maulud, siti mariam muhammad nor, aisyah marliza muhmad kamarulzaman, midhun mohan, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar. (2025). development of a new mangrove integrity index (mii) using multi-sensor remote sensing approaches. - ecological indicators. 1 - 20.
quan tran-anh, ngoc nguyen-thi-hong, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, nurul asyiqin abu bakar, maggie chel gee ooi. (2026). regional patterns of heatwave intensification in vietnam under global warming levels based on cmip6 projections. - journal of earth system science. 174 - 174.
tanzil gaffar malik, sudhir kumar pandey, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, andrea clavijo mccormick, lokesh kumar sahu, ankesh tiwari, rashmi dubey, bilal ahmad mir, khalid rehman hakeem, annisa utami rauf. (2026). seasonality of isoprene emission from sixteen dominant tropical tree species in central india. - journal of atmospheric chemistry. 13 - 23.
siti nor maizah saad, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, khairul nizam abdul maulud, aisyah marliza muhmad kamarulzaman, hamdan omar. (2022). determination of emission factor from logging operations in ulu jelai forest reserve, pahang using the integration of uav and high-resolution imageries. - journal of tropical forest science. 247-257.
midhun mohan, rodrigo vieira leite, eben north broadbent, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, shruthi srinivasan, shaurya bajaj, ana paula dalla corte, cibele hummel do amaral, gopika gopan, siti nor maizah saad, aisyah marliza muhmad kamarulzaman. (2021). individual tree detection using uav-lidar and uav-sfm data: a tutorial for beginners. - open geosciences. 1028-1039.
chandran raynusha, mohammad rozaimi, nur hidayah, kuhan chandru, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, noor liana mat yajit, mohd shahrul mohd nadzir. (2019). kadar pelepasan bromokarbon jangka hayat pendek oleh rumpai laut tropika menggunakan simulasi laut tropika. - sains malaysiana. 2415-2425.
syed ahmad fadhli syed abdul rahman, khairul nizam abdul maulud, uznir ujang, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, lam kuok choy and sharifah nurul ain syed mustorpha. (2026). optimizing 3d urban modelling: integrating land lot and building footprint geometries in dual-iteration morphometric algorithms. - the international archives of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences. 331 - 337.
carlos alberto silva, amy neuenschwander, caio hamamura, sérgio godinho, kody m. brock, lonesome malambo, lana narine, jeff w. atkins, jordan s. borak, sorin popescu, inacio t. bueno, lucas bielak rezende, giulio brossi santoro, ana paula dalla corte, cesar ivan alvites diaz, nooshin mashhadi, adrián cardil, andrew t. hudak, lauri korhonen, ajay sharma, jeffery b. cannon, midhun mohan, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, veraldo liesenberg, carine klauberg. (2026). beyond ice: nasa’s icesat-2 spaceborne lidar mission for land and vegetation applications. - ieee geoscience and remote sensing magazine. 442 - 473.
syeda maria zafar, aisha shabbir, qurat-ul-ain babar, ammara mobeen, ricky anak kemarau, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar. (2026). modeling land use dynamics and land surface temperature using gee and ca-ann: a case study of pakistan's freshwater basins. - geocarto international. 1 - 26.
toby d jackson, lucy v beese, andy hector, eleanor e jackson, michael j o’brien, gianluca cerullo, david a coomes, david f burslem, fabian j fischer, christopher d philipson, elia godoong, charissa j wong, martin svátek, michele dalponte, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, tommaso jucker. (2026). liana cutting accelerates the structural recovery of once-logged tropical forests at a fraction of the cost of tree planting. - current biology. 2787 - 2794.
quan tran-anh, ngoc nguyen-thi-hong, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, nurul asyiqin abu bakar, maggie chel gee ooi. (2026). regional patterns of heatwave intensification in vietnam under global warming levels based on cmip6 projections. - journal of earth system science. 174 - 174.
nurul asyiqin abu bakar, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, hamdan omar, siti mariam muhammad nor, aisyah marliza muhmad kamarulzaman, ricky anak kemarau. (2025). modelling above-ground biomass using machine learning algorithms in mangrove forests of peninsular malaysia. - 6th international conference on science and technology applications in climate change (staclim 2024) . 1 - 9.
aisyah marliza muhmad kamarulzaman, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, nurul asyiqin abu bakar, kelvin chew, nazarul ikram khairi anuar, alif izzuddin anuar, ahmad fikrie mat som, sofiah mohamad zamri, muhammad zahirul hafiz zainorzuli. (2025). comprehensive analysis of solar photovoltaic system defects and inspection techniques in tropical environments using thermal uav: study case in marang, terengganu. - e3s web of conferences. 1 - 10.
a luber, v ramachandran, w s w m jaafar, s bajaj, s de-miguel, a cardil, w doaemo, m mohan. (2023). uavs for monitoring responses of regenerating forests under increasing climate change-driven droughts - a review. - international conference on science and technology applications in climate change (staclim). 1-4.
s m mazlan, w s wan mohd jaafar, h omar, y a teh, m e j cutler. (2023). assessing forest carbon accumulation potential across different treatments using field inventory data. - international conference on science and technology applications in climate change (staclim). 1-11.
ahmad tarmizi mohd azmi, khairul nizam abdul maulud, aslinda oon, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar. (2021). development of e-waste mobile application system using integrated location- based approach. - 41st asian conference on remote sensing (acrs 2020). 1597-1608.
khairul nizam abdul maulud, rawshan ara begum. (2025). geomorphology and hydrodynamic characteristics of selangor and pahang coasts. - . 27 - 38.
wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, rawshan ara begum, khairul nizam abdul maulud & nor diana abdul halim. (2025). way forward towards enhancing coastal resilience in malaysia. - . 77 - 93.
wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, nurul asyiqin abu bakar, aisyah marliza muhmad kamarulzaman. (2025). perubahan iklim dan guna tanah: cabaran dan peluang. - . 42 - 54.
syed ahmad fadhli syed abdul rahman, khairul nizam abdul maulud, and wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar. (2024). bim-gis in catalyzing 3d environmental simulation. - . 183-200.
khairul nizam abdul maulud, fazly amri mohd, noorashikin md noor, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, wan hanna melini wan mohtar, nor aizam adnan, and syed ahmad fadhli syed abdul rahman. (2024). vulnerability assessment and management for coastal erosion. - . 91-106.
wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar. (2026). waspada pulau haba bandar. - harian metro. .
nurul asyiqin abu bakar, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar. (2025). peningkatan paras laut, tenggelam bakau: kesan terhadap hutan & komuniti. - e-estidotmy. .
wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, nurul asyiqin abu bakar, aisyah marliza muhmad kamarulzaman. (2025). perubahan iklim dan guna tanah: cabaran dan peluang. - . 42 - 54.
aisyah marliza muhmad kamarulzaman, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, mohd nizam mohd said, hamdan omar, nurul asyiqin abu bakara, siti nor maizah saad. (2024). mengekstrak parameter fungsi skala kanopi di kawasan konservasi lembah danum, sabah menggunakan data pesawat udara lidar. - jurnal kejuruteraan. 1263-1279.
aisyah marliza muhmad kamarulzaman, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, khairul nizam abdul maulud. (2023). penderiaan jauh dan pembalakan memilih di hutan hujan tropika. - . 160.
khairul nizam abdul maulud, syed ahmad fadhli syed abdul rahman, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, wan hanna melini wan mohtar, rasyikah md khalid, ahmad shakir mohd saudi. (2026). an integrated machine learning remote sensing gis framework for flood-resilient residential. - 13th international real estate research symposium (irers 2026). .
wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar. (2026). waspada pulau haba bandar. - harian metro. .
syed ahmad fadhli syed abdul rahman, khairul nizam abdul maulud, uznir ujang, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, lam kuok choy , sharifah nurul ain syed mustorpha. (2025). optimizing 3d urban modelling: integrating land lot and building footprint geometries in dual-iteration morphometric algorithms. - 10th international conference on geo-information advances. .
teh wai leong, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, nurul hajijah hair, siti norliyana harun, khirunnisa mazelan, tuan noraida tuan hamzah, noridawaty mat daud, noor shuhaira rejab. (2025). institute of climate change e-bulletin vol 16 (jul-dec 2024). - earth to space. .
teh wai leong, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, nurul hajijah hair, siti norliyana harun, khirunnisa mazelan, tuan noraida tuan hamzah, noridawaty mat daud, noor shuhaira rejab. (2025). institute of climate change e-bulletin vol 17 (jan-june 2025). - earth to space. .
GEOSCIENCE :PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCES
Optical remote sensing, GIS, LiDAR
Pengalaman / Experience : 12 tahun/years(s)
GEOSCIENCE :PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCES
LiDAR Remote Sensing
Pengalaman / Experience : 5 tahun/years(s)
GEOSCIENCES :NATURAL DAN CULTURAL HERITAGE
Machine Learning - forestry modelling
Pengalaman / Experience : 5 tahun/years(s)