Mikhail Chester is a professor in Fulton Engineering’s School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment (SSEBE) and director of the Metis Center for Infrastructure and Sustainable Engineering.

Chester also leads SSEBE’s Resilient Infrastructure Laboratory.

He is also co-lead of the Urban Resilience to Extremes Sustainability Research Network (UREx SRN) comprised of 19 institutions and 250 researchers across the Americas, focused on developing innovative infrastructure solutions for extreme events.

Chester’s research is focused on preparing infrastructure for the challenges of the coming century, including climate adaptation, disruptive technologies, innovative financing, complexity leadership, and cybersecurity.