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IHRR Fellows

The list below includes Durham University staff who are Fellows of the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience. Our fellows come from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds within the university.

Interested in becoming an IHRR fellow? Look at our fellowship programme information page.

Dr Bartolomeo Panto

[IHRR Fellow 11/2024- ] Assistant Prof. in the Department of Engineering. Structural Engineer focused on Seismic Risk, Cultural Heritage Conservation, and Sustainability.
Dr Bartolomeo Panto

Dr Ben Campbell

[IHRR Fellow 11/2024- ] Associate Prof. in the Department of Anthropology. Environmental anthropologist for energy, food and livelihood resilience among climate-impact.
Dr Ben Campbell

Dr Wangcheng Zhang

[IHRR Fellow 12/2024- ] Assistant Prof. in the Department of Engineering. Geotechnical engineer for marine geohazard and rainfall-induced landslides.
Dr Wangcheng Zheng

Dr Isabella Bovolo

[IHRR Fellow 01/2025- ] Assistant Prof. in Physical Geography. Hydro-climatologist interested in climate change, flood risk, ecosystem services and community resilience.
Dr Isabella Bovolo

Dr Sravan Muguda Viswanath

[IHRR Fellow 02/2025-] Assistant Prof. in Resilient & Sustainable Infrastructure. Geotechnical researcher advancing sustainable, resilient infrastructure.
Sravan2

Dr Omar AlThuwaynee

[IHRR Fellow 03/2025-] Expert in geospatial modelling and ML applications for geohazard risk assessment.
Omar AlThuwaynee