Dr. Yasmeen Gul obtained her Doctorate in Urban Planning from University Technology Malaysia in 2018, Dr. Gul did her master's in urban and Regional Planning and bachelor's in architecture from NED university of Engineering and Technology Karachi, Pakistan in 2011 and 2002, respectively. Dr. Gul has ten years of experience working as Architect and Planner at Gwadar City Development Authority, Pakistan. During her stint at Gwadar Development Authority, Dr. Gul designed and executed many buildings such as Gwadar General Hospital, Gwadar Secretariate Building, Gwadar Grand Mosque, Gwadar High School, Herboi Public Park in Gwadar, GDA office buildings and many more small-scale projects. She also worked on the Master plan of Gwadar city. She is a lifetime technical committee member for planning and execution of Gwadar Smart Port City Master Plan with Chinese consultants. Dr. Gul started her academic career after her PhD in 2018 at National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Islamabad which is the No. 1 university of Pakistan and No. 334 in the world as per QS world university rankings. She also got a chance to teach at Prince Mugrin University in the Holy City of Madina for a semester and then she joined AlGhuriar University as full time Assistant Professor from 2019 till 31st August 2022. During her academic career Dr. Gul has published more than 30 high ranked journal papers and spoken at about 20 international conferences. She has obtained three research grants as well for her ongoing research projects in Dubai. Due to high ranked journal publications and interest in research Dr. Gul was selected a Research Committee member of Al Ghurair University. Dr. Gul's research interests include sustainable development, residents' well-being, smart cities development and smart waste management.