Kevin Felming completed a BSc Hons at the University of New England, Australia, and a MAppSc at the Western Australian School of Mines. After working as an exploration geophysicist, he undertook a MPhil at the University of Cambridge, and then worked as an environmental geophysicist in Sydney. After completing his doctoral studies at the Australian National University in 2001, he worked at the GFZ GeoForschungsZentrum in Potsdam, Germany, as a postdoctoral researcher and research project manager. In 2009 he moved to Perth, Australia, as a researcher at Curtin University. He returned to GFZ in 2011 as a project manager and senior researcher, mainly in seismic hazard and risk assessment. His research interests are centred around multi-type hazard and risk assessment concepts.