Maria KornakovaMaria Kornakova, PhD, graduated from the Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne. Her PhD research explored the potential to increase and improve the role of urban planning in decreasing disaster risks. Upon submission of her PhD she contnued to work at the Melbourne University as a postdoctoral fellow for the project "The Disaster Risk Reduction in the Built Environment." Currently, Maria holds a postdoctoral fellow position for the project "Governance and the Risk-Resilience-Sustainability Nexus" at Massey University, New Zealand. Her research is focused on developing applied research that can build understanding and capability to bridge the risk-resilience-sustainability nexus. Originally from Uzbekistan, Maria obtained her BA in Architecture from Tashkent Institute of Architecture and Construction, and MA in Urban and Regional Planning from Michigan State University under a Fulbright Scholarship. Read More Read Less