Dr Duaa Zuhair Al-Hamid is a Lecturer in the Computer and Information Sciences Department at Auckland University of Technology (AUT). Previously, she was a Lecturer in Software Engineering at Yoobee College of Creative Innovation in Wellington, New Zealand. She has also served as a Visiting Scholar at the AUT Centre for Wireless and Intelligent Systems Engineering (WISE).

Dr Al-hamid earned her PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from AUT, a Master's degree in Data Telecommunication Networks. with Distinction, from the University of Salford, Manchester, UK, and a Bachelor's degree in Electromechanical Engineering from the University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq.

Her research interests are specialized in Wireless Communication, Wireless Sensing, Internet of Things (IoT), Software Defined Networks, and Network Digital Twin, which support the design of end-to-end systems. She applies her expertise in various applications such as Vehicular Networks (VN), Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), healthcare, environmental monitoring, and disaster management. Her interdisciplinary approach enables her to address complex challenges across these domains.