Core expertise
Flood risk management
Biography
Erich is a civil and geotechnical engineer, and is currently writing his PhD thesis at Monash. Having worked for several years with large-scale infrastructure projects for the Brazilian government, his current work delves into the challenges and opportunities of involving communities in flood risk management in the context of Australia and the Asia Pacific.
His thesis is based on the first-hand experiences of leading a citizen science flood-monitoring project conducted in partnership with communities living in Indonesia and Fiji over the past two years.
