Dr Zara Hassan

Dr Zara Hassan is a researcher and academic in Software Engineering, specialising in reproducibility in scientific software and research systems. She holds a Master’s degree in Information Technology from the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS), and a PhD in Software Engineering from the Australian National University (ANU), School of Computing. With over 10 years of experience in tertiary education, Dr Hassan has taught across Australian and international universities, including the Australian National University, and has contributed to course coordination, curriculum development, research-led teaching, student mentoring, and project supervision.

Her research focuses on Reproducibility Debt (RpD) in scientific software and research systems. Through her PhD research at ANU, she established Reproducibility Debt as a socio-technical framework for understanding, assessing, and managing the factors that undermine the long-term reproducibility of scientific software. Her work integrates software engineering, empirical research, and practical approaches to support reproducible and sustainable research systems.

Dr Hassan is also interested in translating research into practice through collaboration with research organisations and industry, with a focus on developing practical tools and approaches for managing reproducibility challenges in real-world research environments.