Dr. Harold Aquino holds a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Massey University School of Built Environment and serves as a Professional Teaching Fellow specializing in Disaster Management and Resilience at the University of Auckland. Prior to this, he was an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering at the University of the Philippines Diliman and was director of the university’s Building Research Centre. His expertise lies in the nexus of engineering design, climate and disaster resilience, and infrastructure planning. Presently, he is the Secretary of the Technical Committee on Interdisciplinary Strategic Foresight under the Asian Civil Engineering Coordinating Council, and an Expert Fellow with the Coalition of Disaster Resilient Infrastructure. Harold’s mission is to play an integral role in making communities sustainable and resilient to the impacts of disasters and climate change.