Previously she was an Assistant Professor of Architecture and the Chairperson of the Department of Architectural Engineering at Dhofar University, Salalah, Sultanate of Oman. Her research interests focus in sustainable housing, cultural heritage study and built heritage conservation. Besides her administrative and academic duties, she is currently leading two large research projects. SoLLite-Salalah project is a part of Solar Decathlon Middle East 2018 International Competition, organized by Department of Energy, USA and DEWA, Dubai, UAE, in which 21 teams from 16 countries are competing in designing and building full-size solar-powered houses. Dhofari Eco-house project is a part of National Eco-House Design Competition II organized by the Research Council of Oman, in which 5 teams are competing in improving the performance of the full-size eco-houses built during the first phase of the competition.