Dr. Diana Maria Contreras
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Biography
I am a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Cardiff University. I work at the intersection of Geospatial Sciences, Disaster Management, Health Inequality, Social Justice, Mental Health and Wellbeing and Gender Disparity in STEM. My expertise is in mapping and spatial analysis applied to the assessment of post-disaster recovery and spatial inequality linked to social vulnerability, and in using social media to extract information via natural language processing for analysing emergency response and assessing recovery progress after earthquakes. Before working at Cardiff University, I was a Research Associate at Newcastle University in the United Kingdom contributing to the project: 'Learning from Earthquakes', Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Integrated Disaster Risk Management (CIGIDEN) in Chile, Head of the Team of Social Vulnerability and Resilience at the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation in Italy, Deputy and Interim Master Thesis Coordinator and online Lecturer at UNIGIS Latinamerica at Salzburg University and Research assistant at the same university for the MOVE project, a project to improve methods for the assessment of vulnerability in Europe. In Colombia, I worked as a Project Manager Assistant at the Institute of Risk Management and Climate Change (IDIGER), contributing to the introduction of risk management into urban planning, landscape design, and construction practices in Bogota D.C.
Affiliations
Honors and Awards
Meritorious Mention
Faculty Council of the Faculty of Arts of the National University of Colombia
Granted Meritorious Mention by the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Arts of the National University of Colombia, for my Bachelor's thesis: 'Assistance coordination centre for disaster management for Bogota - Colombia'. The 7th August, 2001.
Acknowledgement
The Office of the Mayor of Bogota, Colombia
Acknowledgement for 'the commitment, effort and dedication in planning search and rescue (SAR) drills due to collapsed structures. The 17th, 18th and 19th October 2003. Bogota, Colombia.
Acknowledgment
The Office of the Mayor of Bogota, Colombia
Acknowledgment for 'the support in the design of the Master Plan of urban facilities for security, defence and justice in the City-Region', by the Secretary of Public Affairs about coexistence in the city, of the Mayor in Bogotá, The 31st December 2003. Bogota, Colombia.
2009 URISA Student Paper Competition
URISA
Second Place in the ‘2009 URISA Student Paper Competition' with the paper entitled: 'Designing a spatial planning support system for rapid building damage survey after an earthquake: The case of Bogota DC, Colombia". Anaheim, USA.
International student essay competition 2010
Centre for rebuilding sustainable communities after disasters (CRSCAD), University of Massachusetts
Winners of the international student essay competition 2010, sponsored by the Centre for rebuilding sustainable communities after disasters (CRSCAD), University of Massachusetts (UMASS), with the essay: 'GIS in the vulnerability assessment and recovery process in a community with elderly and disabled people after a disaster'. Boston (USA).
Best Poster Award - DK symposium 2012
Department of Geoinformatics Z_GIS, The University of Salzburg
Second place in the competition 'Best Poster Award - DK symposium 2012' with the poster entitled: 'Spatial indicators of a recovery process after earthquakes: The case of L'Aquila (Italy)'. The University of Salzburg. Salzburg, Austria.
Best Poster Award IDRC Davos 2016
International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC Davos 2016
First place in the competition 'Best Poster Award IDRC Davos 2016' with the poster entitled:' Disaster Management and Resilience in Electric Power Systems: The case of Chile'. 6th International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC Davos 2016. Davos, Switzerland.