She has been teaching in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences at UOWD since 2001. She has completed her PhD under full fee-waiver scholarship from University of Wollongong in Australia in Ethics and E-cheating among Students which was nominated for the Emerald Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award 2016. Dr Khan’s research interests are in community informatics, ethics in IT, teaching and learning, and STEM for girls and has been nominated thrice for the Research Excellence Award by UOWD’s Research Committee. She is the winner of UOWD Teaching Excellence, BE Excellence in Teaching by Bangladesh Consulate in Dubai, Sony Gulf Federal Environment Award, Turnitin Global Innovation Awards: Africa and Middle East Region – Academic Integrity Category and recently Wollongong VC Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning 2016. She is currently a Fellow of Wollongong Academy of Tertiary Teaching Excellence (WATTLE).