Mohsen Ghafory-ashtiany

Professor Mohsen Ghafory-Ashtiany is the distinguished professor of earthquake engineering and risk management at International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES), Associate member of Iran Academy of Science, Member of Affiliate faculty of VA. TechGFURR, Chairman of BoD of SP Insurance Risk Management Institute (SPRMI), and Team Leader of WB Project on Dhaka Urban Resilience Project. He has worked with UNESCO, UNDRR, UN-HABITAT, UNESCAP, UNDP, WB-GFDRR, WHO, Global Alliance of Disaster Risk Institutes (GADRI), International Institute of Applied System Analysis (IIASA) and InterAcademy on risk and resilience. He has been the founder of the IIEES in Iran in 1989 and was its president until 2007. He is the author of more than 350 papers, 6 books and 70 research reports in the field of random vibration, earthquake engineering, seismic hazard and risk analysis, risk management, urban resilience, and risk reduction policy development. He is Editor of Journal of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering; Co-editor of Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM) Journal, Co-editor of Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, and member of Editorial Board of many other journals. He is founder and past President of Iranian Earthquake Engineering Association (IEEA), and a pioneer in Risk mitigation activities in Iran.