Prof. Bingwei Tian

Dr. Bingwei TIAN is currently an associate professor and dean's assistant at the Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction (IDMR), Sichuan University-The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He also serves as the department chair of Urban Safety, Health, and Management. He obtained his M.sc from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, major in Geographic Information Science and Mapping, and PH.D in Engineering from Kyoto University in Japan, major in Remote Sensing Dr. TIAN pursued his postdoctoral research at West China Hospital and as a visiting scholar at the University of Oxford in the UK, focusing on Disaster economics. As a university professor, his research interests and teaching disciplines include Integrated disaster risk reduction, disaster resilience, experimental-based disaster education, climate risk adaptation, geographic information systems, remote sensing, mapping and emergency management. He has published more than 50 papers in various journals.Additionally he granted 6 patents, authored 1 monograph, co-authored 6 books, and co-edited 1 atlas.Since 2015, he has been working in Nepal as a visiting supervisor at Institute of Crisis Management Studies (ICMS), Tribhuvan University. For his contributions to recovery following the 2015 Nepal Earthquake, he was awarded the "China-Nepal Friendship Award" by the Nepalese ambassador to China.