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Yee San Su

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    Research Scientist, CNA Safety & Security

    Full Biography

    Since 2008, Dr. Yee San Su has been a researcher at CNA’s Safety & Security Center. He has worked at both state and federal levels, utilizing a variety of analytical, statistical, and modeling techniques to support emergency preparedness assessments. Dr. Su has supported high-profile assessments for legislative and executive branch stakeholders, serving as a task lead on the 2012 and 2013 National Preparedness Report and the project lead on the 2013 Emergency Support Function Report. In 2011, the Center for Homeland Defense and Security named him the winner of its national essay contest for his essay, “On the Challenge of Assessing National Preparedness.”

    While at CNA, Dr. Su also led a two-year research effort examining response scalability; namely, how disaster scales (e.g., size, severity, complexity) influence the resources required and available for emergency response. Portions of this research addressing social network analysis and operational coordination were published in Homeland Security Affairs. In recognition of this work, CNA presented him with its 2011 Safety & Security Innovation award.

    In 2011, Dr. Su co-authored 2011 Social Media + Emergency Management Camp: Transforming the Response Enterprise, a report highlighting not only the challenges of integrating new technologies and opportunities into traditional U.S. response structures, but also examples of best practices and opportunities for future engagement and training. Dr. Su also led the development of the survey that formed the basis of the report Social Medial in the Emergency Management Field: 2012 Survey Results.

    Prior to CNA, Dr. Su spent two years as an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science & Technology Policy Fellow in residence at the National Homeland Security Research Center. Before being awarded the AAAS fellowship, Dr. Su was a technical consultant at Exponent, Inc., a leading engineering and scientific consulting firm. He has a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Illinois.