Anna is an environmental scientist whose research concerns to flood risk management policies. She received her PhD in Environmental Sciences from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. After finishing her PhD, she interned at the Directorate General for the Environment at the European Commission (EU) in Brussels, working on the analysis of EU funded research related to hydro-meteorological risks (floods and droughts) and vulnerability assessment in Europe. Currently she is a researcher at the Center for Catastrophic Risk Management of the University of California at Berkeley, conducting research on sustainable flood management strategies, comparing the US, the EU and other regions in the world. She co-chairs the ASFPM’s (Association of State Floodplain Managers) International Committee.