Dr. Mojtaba Harati is a Research Engineer at Verisk in Boston, Massachusetts, where he develops data-driven models for flood vulnerability and catastrophe risk assessment. He previously served as a postdoctoral researcher at the NIST Center for Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning at Colorado State University, where he earned his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering. His research spans earthquake, tsunami, and flood engineering, with expertise in multi-hazard fragility modeling, community resilience, infrastructure risk assessment, and machine learning applications for natural hazards. His work integrates large-scale numerical simulation, statistical learning, and empirical damage data to improve hazard vulnerability assessment and support risk-informed decision-making. Dr. Harati has published in leading journals, including *Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering*, the *ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering*, and the *ASCE Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities*. He also serves on several ASCE technical committees and is actively engaged in advancing resilient infrastructure systems and catastrophe risk modeling.