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Floris Goerlandt is an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Risk Management Resource Optimization in the Marine Industries at Dalhousie University. He has a Master of Science in Engineering (Marine Technology) from Ghent University and a Master's in Maritime Sciences from Antwerp University, Belgium. He obtained his Doctor of Science (Tech.) degree in Marine Technology with a focus on risk and safety from Aalto University, Finland, and has served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. His past professional assignments include work in the shipping service industry across Belgium, Norway, Singapore, China, and Finland. As an academic, Dr. Goerlandt has contributed to foundational research in risk and safety science, leading the Maritime Risk Safety (MARS) Group at Dalhousie. His research interests include applied risk management within marine industries, focusing on risk analysis related to oil spills, shipping disruptions caused by natural hazards, and decision support tools for oil spill response. He has published over 30 peer-reviewed journal articles and is a member of the Editorial Board for Safety Science. He is also actively involved in international working groups addressing risks related to maritime activities.