Dr. Morteza Namvar is a Senior Lecturer at the UQ Business School and a member of Future of health - Business School - University of Queensland. He specializes in Machine Learning (ML), Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Large Language Models (LLMs) in business contexts. With a strong foundation in computer science and IT engineering, he brings interdisciplinary expertise to his research, focusing on the application of ML-driven solutions in organizational and healthcare settings.
Morteza is deeply committed to advancing ML, NLP, and LLM research in business and healthcare, mentoring PhD and HDR students in leveraging these technologies to drive innovation, automation, and efficiency across various industries. He has successfully secured competitive funding for multiple ML and NLP projects and has published extensively in leading IS and computer science journals and conferences.
Beyond research, Morteza is passionate about educating the next generation of ML practitioners. His teaching focuses on hands-on ML development using Python, equipping students with the technical skills and confidence needed to excel in the rapidly evolving field of machine learning.
Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
Faculty of Science
Associate Professor
School of the Environment
Faculty of Science
Availability:
Available for supervision
Media expert
Research interest: Monitoring ecosystem health of coral reefs and seagrass habitats, integrating field and remote sensing image datasets, and the developing applied cost-effective mapping and monitoring approaches. Developed approaches have been adopted as standard practice globally, making a difference in conservation of these valuable habitats. The long term monitoring studies at Heron and Moreton Bay formed the basis for the development of mapping and monitoring over time and space at local to global scale. See here major research impact
Major projects:
Long term monitoring of benthic composition at Heron Reef (2002-ongoing).
Long term monitoring of seagrass composition and abundance in Moreton bay Marine Park (2000-ongoing).
Smart Sat CRC Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Seagrass and Coral Reefs 2023-2027.
Developement of Underwater Field Spectrometry and Benthic Photo Collection and Analysis
3D GBR Habitat Mapping Project 2015 - ongoing:
Global habitat mapping project 2019-2023 Allen Coral Atlas .
Current position: Associate Professior in Marine Remote Sensing leading the Marine Ecosystem Monitoring Lab. . Academic Director Heron Island Research Station and affiliated researchers with Centre for Marine Science and Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
Capacity Building and Citizen Science: Capacity: under/post graduate courses; Msc/PhD supervision, workshops/courses; Remote Sensing Educational Toolkit, and online courses (e.g. TNC).Strong supporter of citizen science based projects, as trainer, organiser and advisor for Reef Check Australia, CoralWatch, Great Reef Census and UniDive.
