Dr. Maricar Rabonza is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Asian School of the Environment and the Disaster Analytics for Society Lab at Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU). She obtained her PhD from NTU and has conducted research on time-dependent disaster risk modelling and quantification of risk reduction benefits. Her work led to the creation of the Averted Disaster Award, supported by the Understanding Risk Community and the World Bank. She holds a BSc and MSc in Civil-Geotechnical Engineering from the University of the Philippines Diliman. Before her PhD, she worked as a modeller for landslide susceptibility with the UP Resilience Institute and Project NOAH.

Article spotlight:

Rabonza ML, Lin YC, Lallemant D. 2022. Learning From Success, Not Catastrophe: Using Counterfactual Analysis to Highlight Successful Disaster Risk Reduction Interventions. Frontiers in Earth Science. 10. doi:10.3389/feart.2022.847196.

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