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Meet the Speakers

Chris White | University of Strathclyde | ORCID iD

Professor Chris White is Head of the Centre for Water, Environment, Sustainability and Public Health at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. His research quantifies and predicts complex cascading and interconnected multi-hazard risks across systems and critical infrastructure. He leads several projects and activities including the new ANTICIPATE European COST Action network CA24144 on extended-range multi-hazard predictions and early warnings (2025-29). He led multi-hazard interactions and cascading impacts work package of the MEDiate (Multi-hazard and risk-informed system for enhanced local and regional disaster risk management) project (2022-25) and is a partner in the TOGETHER (Towards enhanced coordination of disaster risk management and governance through a holistic framework for multi-level interaction and communication) project (2025-28), both funded by the Horizon Europe programme of the European Commission. He was also previously co-lead of the applications sub-project of the World Meteorological Organization’s WWRP/WCRP S2S Prediction Project application sub-group.


Marleen de Ruiter | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | ORCID iD

Marleen de Ruiter is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Water and Climate Risk at the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Her research focuses on multi-hazard risk modelling, early warning systems, and the temporal dynamics of disaster vulnerability. She is an expert on consecutive disasters and systemic risk, currently serving as the co-chair of the RiskKAN network and co-leading the Amsterdam Sustainability Institute (ASI) cluster on Natural Hazards & Society. In 2024, she was honored with the EGU Natural Hazards Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist award.


Judith Claassen | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | ORCID iD GitHub

Judith Claassen is a researcher at the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She earned her bachelor degree in Earth and Environmental Sciences at the Amsterdam University College, and holds a master in Civil Engineering: Water Management from TU Delft. Her research focuses on modelling multi-hazard events using probabilistic methods, such as vine copulas. Her PhD was funded by the Horizon 2020 MYRIAD-EU project, where she also served as the first chair of the Early Career Researcher board.


Taís M. Nunes Carvalho | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) | ORCID iD GitHub

Taís M. Nunes Carvalho is a researcher in the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research. Taís’ research integrates data science methods, including machine learning, optimization, and text mining, to support water resources planning and management. Her current work is focused on identifying the cascading impacts of natural hazards using text data, and currently leads the Junior Research Group navigate, focusing on sustainable water management and decision-making.

Conveners

  • Guilherme Mendoza Guimarães | INRAE, HYCAR, France
  • Joren Janzing | WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Switzerland
  • Leonore Boelée | Water and Environment, HR Wallingford, United Kingdom
  • Ilias Pechlivanidis | SMHI (Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute), Sweden |
  • Maria-Helena Ramos | INRAE, HYCAR, France

Co-organized by: AS6 · CL6 · HS11 · NH14