Saumi Syahreza Anwar is a lecturer and researcher at the Department of Physics, Syiah Kuala University (USK). Currently, he is posted as the coordinator for Hydrometeorological Hazards and Climate Change Research Cluster of Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Research Center (TDMRC) Unsyiah. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in Computational Physics at Unsyiah and Master of Science in Physics Instrumentation from Institute Technology Bandung (ITB) in 2001 and 2005, respectively under the guidance of Prof. Syamsul Rizal (BS) and Prof. Zaki Su'ud (MS). In 2015, he earned his Ph.D. in Remote Sensing of Environmental Studies from the School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, which was fully funded by the Dikti Scholarship Program. During doctoral studies, he proposed an algorithm by coupling principal component analysis (PCA) and Machine Learning to retrieve ocean color remote sensing, under the supervision of Prof. Mohd. Zubir Mat Jafri. He has also successfully studied several satellites, such as the LANDSAT series, ALOS/AVNIR-2, ALOS/PALSAR,  SAR Sentinel-1, SPOT, THEOS, Oceansat-2, and MODIS satellite. His research interests include electronic, optical, and radar remote sensing and GIS to monitor and maps natural resource. Computer and software based on modeling and image processing (e.g., MATLAB, PCI Geomatica, and ENVI-IDL). Statistical analyses such as multiple regression and PCA, as well as modeling based on optical properties and ANN, are studied for information extraction of image data acquired by in-situ sensors or onboard airborne and space-borne. His goal is to develop an effective and efficient method base on the physical principle of remote sensing that can provide spatial evidence of spatial information for scientists, policymakers, and decision-makers. Such information can be used for a better understanding of environmental changes, to make better policies in the context of environmental protection, and make wiser decisions on the use of resources for sustainable human development. He had awarded an amount of funding for his research and innovation. He is a member of the Malaysian Remote Sensing Society(MRSS), Pan Ocean Remote Sensing (PORSEC), and International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) student consortium members since 2011 and 2012.