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Dina D’Ayala holds the UNESCO Chair in Disaster Risk Reduction Resilience Engineering at University College London. As a Professor in Structural Engineering, she co-directs the UCL EPICentre and StrEnTHE, the Structural Environmental Laboratory. She is a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University and TongJi University in China, an active member of the International Association of Earthquake Engineers, and a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Her research focuses on Structural Resilience Engineering, particularly the assessment, strengthening, and preservation of existing buildings and transport infrastructure in the face of cultural heritage challenges and Climate Change impacts. Dina has extensive experience with international agencies like the World Bank, leading projects aimed at enhancing infrastructure resilience against natural hazards in countries including Nepal, Jordan, and the Philippines. She has played a pivotal role in developing guidelines for the reconstruction of hospitals post-earthquake in Nepal and leads initiatives within the World Bank towards establishing safer school infrastructure globally. Additionally, she serves as the Editor Chief of the European Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering and has contributed as an Associate Editor for Nature Scientific Reports, leading numerous reconnaissance missions worldwide.