Mr. Jerico E. Mendoza, Chief Science Research Specialists of the University of the Philippines Resilience Institute, is a licensed environmental planner and a geographic information system specialist. He is also the Geospatial Specialist for the Centre for Neighbourhood Studies Philippines, an independent non-government, non-profit organization that promotes, develops, and enhances research and development, capacity, and partnership-building in environmental and neighbourhood planning. Mr. Mendoza served as a fellow at the American Geoscience Union Thriving Earth Exchange Program and the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative. His research projects and interests include flood hazard modeling, vulnerability and risk assessment, and land use planning.