Fellows - Durham University

Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience

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 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 Wangcheng Zhang

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

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 Sravan Muguda Viswanath

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

Dr Omar AlThuwaynee

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