Seth Guikema

Seth Guikema is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Industrial & Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. He also holds an adjunct position as Professor II in the Department of Safety, Economics, and Planning at the University of Stavanger. Additionally, he serves as Co-Director of the Center for Risk Analysis Informed Decision Engineering.

• B.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
• M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University
• M.Eng. by thesis, Civil Engineering, University of Canterbury
• Ph.D., Engineering Risk and Decision Analysis, Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University

His research focuses on risk analysis, decision modeling, and infrastructure resilience, particularly addressing natural hazards and safety economics. His work integrates mathematical modeling and engineering risk assessment to improve decision-making in complex systems.

Professor Guikema has received significant recognition for his contributions to risk analysis, including:

• Fellow of the Society for Risk Analysis (2021)
• President of the Society for Risk Analysis (2020)

He has held leadership roles as Area Editor for the journals Risk Analysis in both the Natural Hazards and Mathematical Modeling areas. His academic career includes prior positions as Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University and tenured Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University, with a postdoctoral research stint at Cornell University. He currently co-directs the Center for Risk Analysis Informed Decision Engineering.