Matthias Kemter is a senior climate-risk researcher at the MSCI Climate Risk Center, specializing in the development of physical hazard and vulnerability models for different asset classes including real estate. Previously, Matthias worked at the German Research Center for Geosciences and studied spatial and temporal trends in river flood occurrence as well as the complex interactions within natural hazard cascades. He holds a doctorate in natural hazard research and a master's degree in Geology from the University of Potsdam.