Dr. Park's public service and research are relating to his
research interests, the economic impact modeling to analyze the
effects resulting from natural and man-made disasters. He is an
active member of the international and local Regional Science
associations, e.g. North American Regional Science Council (NARSC)
and Western Regional Science Association (WRSA), and of the
international Society for Risk Analysis (SRA). He is currently
President of Upstate New York (UNY) Chapter of Society for Risk
Analysis after serving President-elect during 2009, where he
contributes how UNY chapter can contribute to the region by
combining academic and professional groups in the Society. Dr.Park
also serves as Extreme Events Faculty Advisory Committee for the
national Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering
Research (MCEER) at University at Buffalo. He is a national member
of Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) and
proposing how the risk modeling can be applied to Planning
field.
