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Dr. Elaina J. Sutley is an Associate Dean for Impact and Belonging, and an Associate Professor of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering at the University of Kansas, USA. In 2025, Dr. Sutley won the Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists for her groundbreaking work on comprehensive, systematic computer modeling and engineering to address disaster mitigation and recovery. Her work informs building codes and disaster readiness policies across the United States.

Read about one ISR member in the Horn of Africa who is strengthening the link between policy and science to enhance disaster preparedness.

Read about how one ISR member is researching climate change in the Earth’s most extreme environments.

Learn how one ISR community member is supporting countries across the world to strengthen emergency preparedness and response capacities. 

Read about results from our global survey on the impacts of cuts to climate and weather data and modeling in the United States.

By playing this game, players explore how to respond to an abrupt hazard event like a volcanic eruption, and how their choices may change based on shifting situations.

How do hydrologists help decision-makers understand the risks and respond to threats to global freshwater supplies?

Learn how one ISR community member is using genomic sequencing to identify and treat the complicated diseases in her home country.

Chris comes to the ISR with 15 years of international leadership experience in the public and private sectors ranging from international development and crisis response.

If scientists and experts begin to treat extreme heat like other disasters, the public will be more equipped to prepare for it.

A sustainability expert from Benin spoke with the ISR about environmental risk management in the Global South and why he joined the network.

Nazeli Ter-Petrosyan recently spoke to the ISR about the role of early career scientists in the initiative, and why she believes others should join her.  

An ISR community member from Mozambique discusses what encourages her to continue the fight against climate change.

Sarah Minson, a Research Geophysicist, spoke to the ISR about lessons for crisis preparedness from her research on earthquakes.

Dr. Anthony Torres recently spoke to the ISR about the role of meteorologists in working across silos and preparing the public for climate-related crises. 

An ISR community member from Chile shares how he is applying his research to wildfire preparation and response.

The International Science Reserve is pleased to announce that Chike Aguh, former Chief Innovation Officer at the U.S. Department of Labor, has joined ISR’s Advisory Council.

The ISR created a community to engage in interdisciplinary collaboration across borders to engage in disaster preparedness.

The International Science Reserve convened an expert panel to talk about the role of data in preparing for and responding to potential food system crises.

What role can scientific experts play in international flood prediction and response?

How ISR can help in fast-moving crises to protect progress on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

In the wake of an increase in wildfires, geologists, mineralogists, chemists, microbiologists and ecologists, are all working all together to rapidly characterize the dynamics of post-fire recovery.