Masatsugu Takamatsu
Japan (currently residing in the United States)
Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist in the Urban, Disaster Risk Management, and Land Unit for the Europe and Central Asia Region at the World Bank
Masatsugu Takamatsu is a Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist in the Urban, Disaster Risk Management, and Land Unit for the Europe and Central Asia Region at the World Bank. He holds a Ph.D. in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, as well as Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Environmental Engineering from Kyoto University, Japan. He is also a licensed Professional Engineer in Civil Engineering in the State of Maryland, USA.
His expertise is hydraulics and hydrology including urban stormwater and flood management and integrated water resources management. Before joining the World Bank, he worked for a civil engineering design firm in the US for more than 10 years as a water resources engineer. He contributed to many different projects such as Long-Term Control Plan (LTCP) project in New York City conducting combined sewer overflow (CSO) modeling, and Sanitary Sewer Consent Decree Program in Baltimore City contributing to sewershed collection system modeling and mitigation planning.
At the World Bank, he has managed various trust fund programs on geohazard, flood, or nature-based solutions, organizing workshops, running capacity building events, and managing technical studies. He also has supported various flood or mudflow resilience projects in South Asia, Europe, and Central Asia Regions.