Samira Mahmoudkelayeh is a Ph.D. student of Project and Construction Management at the University of Tehran. Her work experience is related to planning, controlling, designing, and supervising construction projects in both the public and private sectors. In addition, as a Teaching Assistant and lecturer, she teaches several Architecture and Project Management courses. Her research interests include sustainability in project management, green buildings, sustainable construction, and infrastructure projects. In her MSc research, she developed a model to choose sustainable material, from which she published a peer-reviewed journal paper. Currently working in Smart-In Research Lab, she is collaborating on a research project to develop a Sustainability and Resilience Enhancement System for Infrastructures in developing and least developed countries. Additionally, she is interested in studying about women empowerment through sustainable project management.