Dr. Ronald Roopnarine is the Deputy Dean for Outreach and Internationalization and a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Food and Agriculture at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus. His expertise spans Disaster Risk Resilience, Sustainable Land and Water Resource Management, and Agri-environmental Disaster Risk and Climate Resilience, with a specialized focus on the vulnerabilities and adaptation needs of Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Dr. Roopnarine has led and supported numerous initiatives aimed at strengthening community resilience and reducing multi-hazard risk. His work integrates geospatial analysis, participatory methods, and nature-based solutions to address threats such as flooding, drought, and land degradation. He has contributed to the development of Community Flood Early Warning Systems (CFEWS), national landslide and flood risk assessments, and frameworks for integrating Nature-Based approaches into DRM planning. He has played a pivotal role in the national and regional reporting of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 indicators, as well as in the development of a Wastewater Reuse Standard for Trinidad and Tobago. His applied research has supported the design and implementation of projects on water safety planning, salinity and land degradation mapping, slope stabilization, and climate-smart agriculture.