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Vana Demetriou

Senior Research Services Project Officer
Natural Hazards Research Australia

About

Vana is a member of the Research Services Team and her primary focus is supporting the DEECA Research Manager to deliver research projects for DEEECA's Emergency Risk Management and Forest and Fire Risk Management Research programs. Before joining the Centre, Vana worked as a research assistant in bushfire behaviour and management. Vana holds a Bachelor of Environments, majoring in Geographies, Politics and Cultures and a Masters in Forest Ecosystem Science, both from the University of Melbourne. Vana is particularly interested in how human-environment relationships and societal vulnerability impact disaster resilience in landscapes where natural hazards occur.