Milan Shrestha is a Teaching Professor of Sustainability at ASU. His current research interests focus on disaster vulnerability and risks in mountains, urban-rural linkages of land system change, and food-farming systems.

Gerber's research specialization areas include disasters and public policy, emergency management, homeland security policy and administration, and environmental regulatory policy.

Gall is a hazards geographer and studies how natural hazards and society interact. She utilizes geospatial analytics and disaster metrics (vulnerability indices, losses, etc.) to capture these interactions.