Miho Mazereeuw is the MIT Climate Mission Director for Empowering Frontline Communities and is an associate professor in the School of Architecture and Planning at MIT. Mazereeuw taught at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University and worked at OMA Rotterdam prior to joining the faculty at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her forthcoming book Design Before Disaster is being published by the University of Virginia Press.

Mazereeuw also leads the Urban Risk Lab which focuses on designing cities to prepare for climate risks such as flooding, cyclones and heat stress. The team engages in action research through extensive field work and community workshops to focus on the needs of diverse cultures and contexts. The Urban Risk Lab aspires to change the course of current global development trends through a radical shift in education and action to increase resilience and proactively embed preparedness in this rapidly urbanizing world.