People

Co-director

Peng Cui

Professor Peng Cui

Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Chinese Academy of Sciences

Mountain hazards, debris flows, landslides, disaster risk reduction, soil and water conservation

Hongyuan Fang

Professor Hongyuan Fang

Dean, School of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, Zhengzhou University

Underground pipeline engineering, trenchless technology, water infrastructure disaster prevention

Professor Qiuhua Liang

Professor Qiuhua Liang FREng

UNESCO Chair in Informatics and Multi-hazard Risk Reduction

Multi-hazard modelling, disaster risk assessment and management

Nobuhito Mori

Professor Nobuhito Mori

Vice-Director, Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University

Coastal engineering, storm surges, ocean waves, climate change impacts on coastal hazards

Tiziana Rossetto FREng

Tiziana Rossetto FREng

Professor of Earthquake Engineering, Delft University of Technology

Earthquake engineering, tsunami risk assessment, structural vulnerability, multi-hazard resilience

-Ing. Holger Schüttrumpf

Professor Dr.-Ing. Holger Schüttrumpf

Director of the Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management (IWW), RWTH Aachen

Food risk management, coastal protection, and ecohydraulics

Deputy director

Dr Huili Chen

Dr Huili Chen

Reader in Water Engineering, Loughborough University

Remote sensing, GIS and data analytics for disaster risk reduction

Dr Danyang Di

Dr Danyang Di

Professor, Zhengzhou University

Urban waterlogging prevention, hydrodynamic modelling, green-grey infrastructure, pipeline siltation, computational fluid dynamics, and machine learning in hydrology

Dr Yan Wang

Dr Yan Wang

Associate Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Mountain meteorology, numerical weather prediction, climate change, disaster effects, and artificial intelligence

Dr Yifei Zong

Dr Yifei Zong

Assistant Professor, Zhengzhou University

Scientific machine learning, high-dimensional physics-constrained uncertainty quantification, environmental fluid processes, digital twins, and urban flood management

Core members

Professor Ksenia Chmutina

Professor Ksenia Chmutina

Professor of Disaster Studies

Processes of urban disaster risk creation and systemic implications of sustainability and resilience in the context of neoliberalism

Dr Hui Fang

Dr Hui Fang

Senior lecturer in Computer Science, Loughborough University

Visual computing and AI technologies for digital healthcare, precision agriculture, business intelligence, environment change monitoring, and contemporary transportation systems

Dr Jian Guo

Dr Jian Guo

Assistant Researcher, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Landslides, debris flows, disaster chains, engineering geology, mountain hazard risk

Dr Jinghua Jiang

Dr Jinghua Jiang

Vice-Chancellor Independent Research Fellow, Loughborough University

Runoff water quality modelling in urban areas, and simulation and assessment of low impact development (LID) practices

Dr Tim Marjoribanks

Dr Tim Marjoribanks

Senior Lecturer in Water Engineering, Loughborough University

Numerical models and analysis methods to understand the hydrodynamics of open channel flows

Dr Asya Natapov

Dr Asya Natapov

Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning and Design, Loughborough University

Urban planning, spatial cognition, and complexity

Professor Dan Parsons

Professor Dan Parsons

Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation & Professor in Geosciences, Loughborough University

Geosciences, estuarine and coastal morphodynamics, hydro-geomorphological modelling and flood risk management

Dr Katie Parsons

Dr Katie Parsons

Lecturer in Human Geography, Loughborough University

Place-based participatory action research, climate and environmental education, child and youth disaster preparedness, and flood education

Dr Monia Del Pinto

Dr Monia Del Pinto

Lecturer in Sustainable and Resilient Urbanism, Loughborough University

Architecture, urban planning, heritage studies, and disaster studies

Dr Varuna De Silva

Dr Varuna De Silva

Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies, Loughborough University

Multi-agent reinforcement learning, deep generative modelling, and neuro-symbolic approaches for computer vision

Dr Alister Smith

Dr Alister Smith

Reader in Geotechnics, Loughborough University

Geotechnical engineering, slope stability, smart infrastructure, monitoring

Dr Xue Tong

Dr Xue Tong

Research Associate in flood modelling, Loughborough University

Real-time flood forecasting, non-point source pollutants, interactive dynamics of flooding and floating debris, and flood risk assessment

Dr Joshua M. Wolstenholme

Dr Joshua M. Wolstenholme

Lecturer in Physical Geography, Loughborough University

Hydro-geomorphological modelling, landscape evolution models, sediment transport, flood hazard assessments

Dr Yuqiao Wu

Dr Yuqiao Wu

Postdoctoral Researcher, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Disaster risk modelling, infrastructure resilience, cascading effects and disaster risk management

Professor Yunhe Yin

Professor Yunhe Yin

Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Climate change impacts and risks, human–environment systems, disaster risk management, climate adaptation, integrated physical geography

Dr Chendi Zhang

Dr Chendi Zhang

Assistant Researcher, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Fluvial geomorphology, flash floods, hydraulics, sediment transport, and river basin management

Dr Guotao Zhang

Dr Guotao Zhang

Associate Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Flash floods, debris flows, watershed hydrology, runoff generation, and mountain hazards