WRC Members - Demo

Director - Dr Carina Fearnley

Professor of Disasters and Health (Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction and Institute of Global Health)

llan Kelman http://www.ilankelman.org and Twitter/Instagram @ILANKELMAN is Professor of Disasters and Health at University College London, England and a Professor II at the University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway. His overall research interest is linking disasters and health, including the integration of climate change into disaster research and health research. That covers three main areas: (i) disaster diplomacy and health diplomacyhttp://www.disasterdiplomacy.org ; (ii) island sustainability involving safe and healthy communities in isolated locations http://www.islandvulnerability.org ; and (iii) risk education for health and disasters http://www.riskred.org

Full profile: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-reduction/people/dr-ilan-kelman 

Lecturer in Risk and Disaster Science (Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction)

My background includes research into the field of landslide early warning system development, community vulnerability assessment, GIS and remote sensing, climate change adaptation, and forced migration. I obtained a PhD in Disaster Risk Reduction from UCL, a joint MSc degree in Geospatial Technologies from Spain, Germany, and Portugal; and a Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning degree from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). 

Full profile: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-reduction/people/bayes-ahmed 

Associate Professor of Catastrophe Risk Engineering (Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering)

My research focuses on the development and use of probabilistic and statistical tools for modelling and managing risk caused by extreme loads on the built environment, with emphasis on developing new tools for hazard-consistent seismic input assessment, engineering applications of earthquake early warning systems, structural reliability, wind and flood risk assessment.

Full profile: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-reduction/people/dr-carmine-galasso

Professor of Security and Crime Science (Department of Security and Crime Science)

Conducts inter-disciplinary research on the behavioural underpinnings of violent extremism with a view to optimising risk assessment and management processes. 

Full profile: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/security-crime-science/people/dr-paul-gill 

Professor of Physics (Department of Physics)

A solar physicist and space weather scientist whose research focuses on the origin of solar activity and its impact on the geomagnetic environment. Lucie is also heavily active in public engagement and public policy.

Full profile: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/people/prof-lucie-green

Professor of Geographical Information Science

Prof Muki Haklay has extensive experience in interdisciplinary research, and he is the co-director of the Extreme Citizen Science (ExCiteS) research group. His research interest includes participatory mapping and GIS, Citizen Science, Human-Computer Interactions (HCI) and usability aspects of GIS, and public access to environmental information.

Full profile: https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=MHAKL64

Dr Sarah Jenkins

Research Associate, UCL Dept of Experimental Psychology.

I am an interdisciplinary researcher investigating the communication of risk and uncertainty across a variety of contexts, including natural hazards, food safety and medicine. Using a variety of social science methods, I am interested in exploring how such communications can be improved to guide decision-making. I am currently working with the UK Met Office on a project investigating impact-based forecasting and warnings in South East Asia. I am specifically exploring  the interpretation of these warnings by both forecasters and stakeholders, with the aim of developing ways to enhance their effectiveness.

Full profile: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/research/experimental-psychology/person/sarah-jenkins/

Professor of Urbanism and Disaster Risk Reduction (Bartlett Development Planning Unit)

My academic interests are linked by a commitment to improve the quality of life and livelihoods of low-income groups living in urban areas. My research contributes to the area of disaster risk reduction and recovery and to the role of local governments and civil society in this – and to integrating an understanding of disaster-risk into development.

Full profile: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/development/dr-cassidy-johnson 

Professor of Digital Health (Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction)

Prof Patty Kostkova is Professor in Digital Health and the Director of UCL IRDR Centre for Digital Public Health in Emergencies. She is a world leading researcher in the novel interdisciplinary domain of digital public health.

Full profile: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-reduction/people/dr-patty-kostkova

Professor of Climatology (Department of Geography)

Mark Maslin is a Professor of Earth System Science at UCL. He also co-founded Rezatec Ltd which is one of the world’s leading geospatial analytics company providing AI “big data” environmental solutions for companies, NGOs, and local and national Governments and is currently valued at £30-50m.  Maslin is a leading scientist with particular interest in understanding the Anthropocene and the major challenges facing humanity in the 21st century.  

Full profile: http://www.geog.ucl.ac.uk/~mmaslin/

Honorary Visiting Researcher (Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction)

Indrani is a climate scientist and undertook her PhD at Imperial College, London, within the Space and Atmospheric Physics Group. Since receiving her PhD, she has worked in various research organisations including Imperial College and the University of Exeter and has also previously worked for the India Meteorological Department.

Full profile:https://publons.com/researcher/1354116/dr-indrani-roy/

Honorary Professor (EPICentre)