Dr. LEI Yu graduated from the National University of Singapore and obtained his Ph.D degree from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is currently an Associated Professor at the Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Science. His research focuses on mountain disaster risk assessment, building vulnerability assessment, and disaster mitigation. Before he joined this institute, he worked in Singapore for 6 years as a senior engineer and delivered projects in Singapore, Dubai, Qatar, and China. His current commitment with the international project “Silk Road Disaster Risk Reduction” aimed to deliver an atlas and a report on silk road disaster risk, which is a strong response to the implementation of the Sendai Framework.