Melanie Gall

Melanie Gall is an Assistant Professor at Arizona State University's School of Public Affairs (SPA), co-directing the Center for Emergency Management and Homeland Security (CEMHS). She also serves as a Senior Global Futures Scientist and manages the Spatial Hazard Events and Losses Database for the United States (SHELDUS). Her expertise spans natural hazards geography, risk metrics, climate adaptation, and emergency management policy.

Educated at the University of South Carolina (PhD Geography), University of Salzburg (M.S. Geography/GIS), and University of Heidelberg (B.S. Geography), she is a certified floodplain manager. Her research focuses on disaster losses, vulnerability indices, and mitigation strategies, with fieldwork in Mozambique, Haiti, and the U.S.

Her publications appear in Nature Climate Change, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, and Natural Hazards Review. She teaches courses like GIS for Hazards Analysis and Hazard Mitigation Planning, emphasizing applied research collaboration with emergency management agencies at all government levels.

Professional roles include Associate Editor of Natural Hazards Review and leadership in organizations like the North American Alliance of Hazards and Disaster Research Institutes. Her work bridges academic research with practical policy solutions for disaster resilience.