Mandana Ghanavati

Senior Research Fellow and Data Scientist · UNSW Sydney · company speakers →

Dr Mandana Ghanavati is a Senior Research Fellow and Data Scientist at the University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney), working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, earth and environmental systems, and public safety. Her work focuses on developing operational AI systems for coastal hazard detection, environmental forecasting, and climate resilience applications.<br /> <br /> Mandana currently leads and contributes to several AI driven coastal safety initiatives in collaboration with Surf Life Saving Australia, including RipEye, a real-time rip current detection smartphone application designed to improve beach safety and public awareness. Her broader research includes AI for bluebottle arrival forecasting, coastal erosion monitoring, and environmental early warning systems.<br /> <br /> She has over ten years of combined industry and research experience across Earth and environmental science, and artificial intelligence. Prior to academia, she worked as a Lead geophysicist and Data Scientist in the energy sector. She holds a PhD in Petroleum Exploration Engineering and a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Melbourne.<br /> <br /> Mandana specialises in transforming large scale environmental datasets into operational, high impact AI systems with real-world applications for community safety, preparedness, and resilience.<br /> &nbsp;

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