A series of devastating fires surrounding Los Angeles have resulted in the loss of life, evacuations and thousands of structures destroyed or damaged. Western University has the following experts available to discuss wildfires, their causes, impacts and ways to mitigate damage.
Katrina Moser
Associate Professor and Chair, Geography & Environment
Areas of expertise: Role of climate change in wildfires, drought, climate warming impact on water resources.
Gordon McBean
Professor Emeritus, Geography & Environment
Areas of expertise: Climate change and wildfires, climate change science and policy, natural hazards-prediction and mitigation, weather and environmental prediction systems.
Glenn McGillivray
Managing Director, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction
Areas of expertise: Wildfire mitigation for the protection of property, property insurance and risk, climate change adaption, disaster resilience.
Reza Najafi
Associate Professor, Engineering
Areas of expertise: Drought influence on wildfires, intensity and frequency of hydroclimatic extremes, climate change and water systems.
Maged Youseff
Professor, Engineering
Areas of expertise: Structural fire engineering, sustainable structures and extreme events, effects of wildfires on structures, fire resiliency.
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