Karl Kim, PhD is Professor of Urban & Regional Planning at the University of Hawaii, where he is also the founding Director of the Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (DMHA) program. He has previously served as the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs overseeing strategic planning, program review, tenure and promotion, and international programs at the University of Hawaii. Dr. Kim holds appointments in the School of Architecture and the Center for Korean Studies. He is Executive Director of the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center (NDPTC), a congressionally-authorized center, funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to develop and deliver training courses for first responders and emergency managers. NDPTC (ndptc.hawaii.edu) integrates urban planning and community resilience and has trained more than 70,000 professionals across the world. Dr. Kim is Editor of Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Elsevier) and is editing a 12-volume series on disaster risk reduction (Routledge Press). He was educated at Brown University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Kim has received more than $75 million in extramural research and training grants from federal, state, and international organizations.
