Professor Dr Kasturi Devi Kanniah is an expert in remote sensing in Malaysia. Her primary research expertise links the data field to Remote Sensing and Geospatial Technology. Linking field data with remote sensing technology to study large scale (on land and in urban areas) vegetation processes and functioning, including their role in achieving low carbon cities and managing atmospheric pollution. Her research projects and consultancy has produced policy documents to guide the local authorities, i.e. the Kuala Lumpur City Hall and Iskandar Malaysia Development Authority (IRDA), towards CO2 reduction and sustainable practices. The research is applied in nature, and her expertise in remote sensing, climate, and ecosystems assisted in providing quantitative estimates of the carbon sequestration of various ecosystems and finding suitable locations to plant trees to augment the green cover and water bodies. She also contributed to society via knowledge and experience gained through this research theme. She collaborated with nongovernmental organisations to organise tree planting events in schools. The “GeoTreeS”, a web-based system developed by her research team (UTM.J.14.01/27.13/1 JLD94(20) is used to serve the community in tagging and monitoring newly planted trees in various locations in Malaysia. She has been involved in 32 national and international research and consultancy projects related to her expertise. She has also maintained an excellent international collaboration with researchers from NASA, the USA, Tsinghua University, Dundee University and the National Observatory of Athens through research, publication and student supervision activities. She has published more than 140 publications consisting of six refereed journal articles, five books, six book chapters, six policy documents, two magazine articles, 35 ISI/ Scopusindexed conference papers and 11 refereed conference proceedings. From 62 indexed journal publications, 39 as corresponding author and 15 as first UTM author. Her publications are well-cited, with a Scopus H-index of 23. She is the Associate Editor of the International Journal of Remote Sensing (Q2 journal) and an Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Geoinformatics (cited in Scopus). She is also the chief editor of UTM’s Advanced Geospatial Science and Technology journal.