**Meet the editor**

Dr. Valentina Svalova is affiliated with the Sergeev Institute of Environmental Geoscience, a part of the Russian Academy of Sciences. She graduated from the Moscow State University with a PhD in Physical-Mathematical Sciences from the Mechanical-Mathematical Faculty. She has published more than 400 scientific publications including a monograph "Landslide Risk: Assessment,

Management and Reduction" (2017), and the results of her research have been presented at more than 100 international scientific conferences and congresses in more than 50 countries. Her membership in international and scientific organizations include the following: associate member of the International Informatization Academy; member of the board of directors of the International Geothermal Association; president of the Geothermal Energy Society (GES) of Russia; member of International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (IAMG); a scientific secretary of Geothermal Council of Russia, Russian Academy of Sciences; and the board of representatives of International Consortium on Landslides (ICL). She received the International Best Paper Award "PRESSZVANIE," nomination for "Clean Energy," 2015.
