Kevin Zerbe is an applied geographer working in the disaster science and risk reduction space. His current position is as the State Mitigation Strategist with the Washington Emergency Management Division, studying the classification, temporal and spatial patterns, causes, and risks of natural hazards in Washington State. His areas of expertise include: identification, characterization, and prediction of natural hazard occurrences, risk, and vulnerability; hazard mitigation and climate adaptation planning; and spatial statistics.