Samah Elkhateeb is a full professor of sustainable urbanism at the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University. She is also a research lead and visiting professor at the University of Business and Technology, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She is also the founder and the principal investigator of the Smart and Future Cities Laboratory for Sustainable Urban Solutions (SFCL). She combines her academic expertise and research skills to develop innovative and sustainable solutions to urban challenges. She has more than two decades of experience in teaching, research, and consultancy in the fields of urban design, smart cities, climate change, and environmental sustainability. She is passionate about creating resilient and liveable urban environments that leverage artificial intelligence and data-driven approaches to address the complex and interrelated issues of urbanization, climate change, and social equity. She has led and contributed to several collaborative projects with national and international partners, such as the UK–Egypt HE Partnership for Climate Change, where she is a co-PI of a project on climate numeracy and urban resilience. She is also a certified trainer, a frequent speaker, and a published author on topics related to urban AI, smart cities, responsible AI, and people-centered design.