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
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.
wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar. (2026). waspada pulau haba bandar. - harian metro. .
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.
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. .
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.
ricky anak kemarau, zaini sakawi, khairul nizam abdul maulud, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, stanley anak suab, oliver valentine eboy, nik norliati fitri md nor, zulfaqar sa’adi. (2025). advancements and applications of space borne of remote sensing in climate change research: a scoping review. - egyptian journal of remote sensing and space sciences. 468 - 483.
syed ahmad fadhli syed abdul rahman, khairul nizam abdul maulud, uznir ujang, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, biswajeet pradhan. (2025). a framework for extracting and characterizing landform structures under buildings using elevation thresholds and k-means algorithm. - ksce journal of civil engineering. 1 - 15.
amare gebrie, midhun mohan, daria agnieszka karpowicz, abhilash dutta roy, varsha varsha, jenny zambrano, ewane basil ewane, michael s. watt, peter i. macreadie, ashraf jaffar, kim calders, sanjana dutt, eben north broadbent, p. pandi selvam, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, nenibarini zabbey, kuno kasak, ian hendy. (2025). potential benefits of biodiversity corridors for fragmented mangrove ecosystems. - biological conservation. 1 - 10.
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.
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.
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.
ewane basil ewane, pandi p. selvama, reem almealla, michael s. watt, pavithra s. pitumpe arachchige, barbara bomfim, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, soheil salehian, tarig ali, nithyanandan manickam, meshal m. abdullah, sophie westover, midhun mohan . (2025). mangrove-based carbon market projects: what stakeholders need to address during pre-feasibility assessment. - journal of environmental management. 1 - 11.
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.
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). urban rainfall modelling refined: the crucial impact of digital terrain model resolutions in 3d city models. - geografia-malaysian journal of society and space. 24 - 38.
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.
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.
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.
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.
esmaeel adrah, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, shaurya bajaj, hamdan omar, rodrigo viera leite, carlos alberto silva, adrian cardil, midhun mohan. (2021). analyzing canopy height variations in secondary tropical forests of malaysia using nasa gedi. - the 2021 international conference on science & technology applications in climate change (staclim 2021). 1-11.
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.
khairul nizam abdul maulud, rawshan ara begum. (2025). geomorphology and hydrodynamic characteristics of selangor and pahang coasts. - . 27 - 38.
wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, nurul asyiqin abu bakar, aisyah marliza muhmad kamarulzaman. (2025). perubahan iklim dan guna tanah: cabaran dan peluang. - . 42 - 54.
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.
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.
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.
wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar. (2026). waspada pulau haba bandar. - harian metro. .
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, ooi chel gee, nurul asyiqin abu bakar, tran anh quan, natsumi kawano, nguyen thi tuyet, parwati sofan, trinah wati, nguyen xuan thanh, doan quang van, gatot nugroho, xue ling bo, truong ba kien. (2025). assessing urban heat islands in southeast asia megacities: an integrated study of land use, climate change and heatwave occurences. - . .
nurul asyiqin abu bakar, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar. (2025). peningkatan paras laut, tenggelam bakau: kesan terhadap hutan & komuniti. - e-estidotmy. .
khairul nizam abdul maulud, wan shafrina wan mohd jaafar, noorashikin md noor, ricky anak kemarau, wee hin boo, khirunnisa mazelan, nur khairun ayuni jusoh sukri, muhammad ammar fakhry norzin, aslinda oon ridzuan oon. (2025). program data alam sekitar di sepanjang selat johor di bawah obligasi settlement agreement dan sekitar batuan tengah serta tubir selatan tahun 2024/2025. - . .
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)