جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

Bruna De Marchiمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Disaster Sociology
• Risk Governance
• Environmental Epidemiology
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Bruna De Marchi is a Guest Researcher at the University of Bergen’s Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities (SVT). She is also affiliated with Egesta Lab at the University of British Columbia and Società per l’Epidemiologia e la Prevenzione in Milan. Her career spans over 40 years in disaster sociology, risk governance, and environmental epidemiology, with early work focusing on inter-ethnic relations and post-earthquake recovery in Italy. A key focus has been integrating scientific and local knowledge in risk management, particularly through participatory citizen science projects like CitieS-Health, which involves communities in environmental health research. Her research emphasizes post-normal science frameworks to address complex societal challenges, including pandemics and climate-related disasters. She has held academic roles in Italy, including leading the Mass Emergencies Programme at the Institute of International Sociology of Gorizia. Teaching includes online courses on risk communication at the University of Ferrara. De Marchi’s work bridges academia and policy, with contributions to EU projects like MAGIC (focusing on nexus security) and contributions to science policy debates through outlets like the ESRC STEPS Centre. Her publications explore ethics in public health, disaster governance, and innovative methodologies for collaborative research.

• Earthquake Site Response
• Ground-Motion Modeling
• Seismic Building Codes
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Dr. Paolo Bergamo is a Senior Researcher at the Swiss Seismological Service (SED), ETH Zurich, since April 2016. He specializes in engineering seismology, focusing on earthquake site response models, ground-motion modeling, and seismic risk assessment. His work includes projects such as the Earthquake Risk Model Switzerland (ERM-CH23) and the SERA Horizon2020 initiative. He holds a PhD in Earth Sciences from Politecnico di Torino (2012) and advanced degrees in Environmental Engineering. Key research areas include soil amplification analysis, geophysical surveys, and the integration of empirical and computational methods for seismic hazard mitigation. His contributions span microzonation studies, site characterization using borehole and ambient vibration data, and the development of design-compatible waveforms for Swiss building codes. Education: PhD in Water and Territory Management Engineering, Politecnico di Torino (2012) MSc and BSc in Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Torino (2008, 2005) Research Interests: Dr. Bergamo’s work emphasizes the collation of empirical ground-motion data with building codes, spatial modeling of soil amplification, and geophysical site characterization. He employs advanced techniques like surface-wave analysis, machine learning, and canonical correlation for seismic hazard assessment. Projects & Grants: ERM-CH23: Site response implementation and national seismic risk modeling SERA Project (Horizon2020): Site characterization indicators Swiss Federal Office for Environment-funded studies on microzonation and geophysical monitoring Labs & Teams: Active contributor to the Engineering Seismology group at SED, leading efforts in alpine valley seismic modeling and offshore site characterization in Lake Lucerne.

Yue Liمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Resilient Civil Infrastructure
• Structural Reliability
• Risk Assessment
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Yue Li is the Leonard Case Jr. Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Case Western Reserve University. He specializes in resilient and sustainable infrastructure systems, focusing on structural reliability, probabilistic design, and climate change adaptation. His research addresses risk assessment for infrastructure under extreme events, including earthquakes, hurricanes, and climate impacts. Education: PhD in Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005 Research Interests: Dr. Li’s work integrates advanced statistical methods and data-driven approaches to enhance infrastructure resilience. Key areas include: Probabilistic modeling of structural systems Risk-informed decision-making for multi-hazard mitigation Climate change impacts on material durability and performance Asset management and lifecycle cost analysis Notable Contributions: His recent publications emphasize data-driven resilience metrics for water systems and seismic risk assessment for bridges. He has pioneered frameworks for evaluating infrastructure vulnerability under climate change, including corrosion effects and extreme weather adaptation. Awards: ABSE Outstanding Paper Award (2023) Case School of Engineering Teaching Award (2020) Nomination for John S. Diekhoff Award (2019) Leadership Roles: Dr. Li serves as Section Editor for the ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering and chairs multiple technical committees on safety and reliability. He leads initiatives to standardize multi-hazard design practices and resilience evaluation methodologies.

Ousmane Seidouمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Hydrological Modeling
• Climate Change Impacts
• Water Resources Management
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Dr. Ousmane Seidou is a Full Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Ottawa, where he has served since 2007. He leads the Hydraulics Lab and holds affiliations with the Faculty of Engineering's Centre for Indigenous Community Infrastructure. His academic journey includes a PhD from École Polytechnique de Montréal (2002) and postdoctoral research at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Quebec. Dr. Seidou specializes in climate change impacts on water resources, hydrological modeling, and transboundary water management. Education: Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Hydraulics), École Polytechnique de Montréal (2002) M.Sc. in Water Resources Engineering, École Polytechnique de Montréal (2002) Postgraduate Diploma in Hydroinformatics, École Inter-États des Ingénieurs de l'Équipement Rural (1998) Undergraduate Degree in Civil Engineering, École Mohammadia d'Ingénieurs (1996) Research Focus: Dr. Seidou’s work integrates hydrological modeling with climate adaptation strategies, emphasizing Africa’s water security. Key areas include: Climate change impacts on river basins (e.g., Niger, Congo) Development of flood early warning systems in West Africa Water-Energy-Food-Environment (WEFE) nexus frameworks Environmental flow estimation in wetland ecosystems He leads international projects involving multi-country collaborations and agencies like the United Nations Development Programme and the World Bank. Recent Projects: Principal Investigator for the Niger Basin Authority’s WEFE Nexus initiative Technical leadership in the Dutch-funded BAM-GIRE project (Mali/Guinea wetlands) Development of flood early warning systems for Niamey and Gaya (Niger) Teaching: Courses include Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources, Advanced Hydrological Modeling, and Water Resources Management. He mentors PhD students in hydrology and climate adaptation. Grants & Funding: Secured multi-million-dollar projects with organizations like Wetlands International and the UAE-BELEM Programme. Recent funding includes $135,000 for hydrological modeling tools in the Niger Basin. Labs/Teams: Director of the Hydraulics Lab at the University of Ottawa. Active in global initiatives like the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) indicator development under the Paris Agreement.

• Transportation Engineering
• Location Optimization
• Geospatial Information Science
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Tae J. Kwon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alberta . His research spans Winter Transportation Engineering , Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) , Traffic Optimization , and Geospatial Information Science . Developed LoRWIS , a web-based decision support system for road weather sensor optimization Recipient of multiple awards including ITS Canada Excellence in Research and Development Award (2024) , KOFST Scientist of the Year (2024) , and Early Career Research Award (University of Alberta, 3 times) Active in professional committees like the TRB Surface Transportation Weather Research Group (2016–present) Research Highlights : Winter Road Maintenance : Advanced geostatistical and deep learning techniques for road condition monitoring Location Optimization : Pioneered models for RWIS sensor placement using hybrid geostatistical methods Intelligent Transportation Systems : Focused on big data applications for traffic safety and connected vehicles Climate Resilience : Integrated ecological vulnerability into fire hazard modeling Scientific Awards : ITS Canada Excellence in Research (2024) KOFST Scientist of the Year (2024) Donald Stanley Best Paper Award (2023) AKCSE Early Achievement Award (2021) University of Alberta Early Career Research Award (2020) Great Supervisor Award (2019) Teaching & Leadership : Teaches courses like CIV E 419 (Transportation Engineering: Highway Planning and Design) and CIV E 612 (Transportation Planning: Methodology and Techniques) Leads the Geospatial Transportation System & Sensing Solutions Lab (GeoTrans) , mentoring PhD students Juan Cuellar and Jiehao Bi Collaborates with agencies including Alberta Transportation , NSERC , and Iowa DOT

Virginia Youngمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Actuarial Mathematics
• Financial Mathematics
• Insurance Decision Making
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Virginia Young is the Cecil J. and Ethel M. Nesbitt Professor of Actuarial Mathematics at the University of Michigan's Department of Mathematics, within the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia (1984). Her research focuses on actuarial and financial mathematics, particularly decision-making processes for individuals and insurance companies in financial and insurance contexts. This includes topics like optimal reporting strategies, reinsurance mechanisms, and risk management under uncertainty. Her work addresses modern challenges such as defined contribution pension plans and strategic insurance product design. Key research areas include stochastic control theory, game-theoretic models in insurance markets, and optimization under model ambiguity. She explores how insurers and individuals make decisions under risk, with applications to annuities, reinsurance chains, and lifetime financial planning. Recent studies investigate Stackelberg games in reinsurance, optimal deductible insurance, and minimizing lifetime ruin probabilities through strategic annuitization. Virginia Young has no listed scientific awards in the provided texts. She advises no formally documented students, though her role likely involves mentoring within the Mathematics Department. Her work contributes to both theoretical advancements and practical applications in actuarial science and financial risk management.

Ajay Pillarisettiمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Household Energy Use
• Air Pollution Exposure
• Human Health Impacts
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Ajay Pillarisetti is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Berkeley's School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences. His research focuses on the interplay between household energy use, air pollution exposure, health outcomes, and climate change in low- and middle-income countries. A graduate of UC Berkeley (PhD) and Emory University (MPH, BS), he has led global projects in India, Mongolia, Nepal, Guatemala, Peru, and Rwanda. PhD – Environmental Health Sciences, UC Berkeley MPH – Global Environmental Health, Emory University BS – Biology, Emory College His work employs low-cost air quality sensors, longitudinal surveys, and randomized controlled trials like the HAPIN study to assess health impacts of clean fuel interventions. Key subfields include exposure assessment, implementation science, pollution's metabolic effects, and policy-driven energy transitions. He collaborates with teams across four continents and has published extensively on household air pollution's multi-scale health burdens. Recent articles (2023–2025) highlight trends in quantifying PM2.5's health effects, optimizing sensor networks, and evaluating LPG interventions for maternal/child health. His studies span Guatemala's RESPIRE cohort, Rwanda's HAPIN trial, and India's community monitoring systems, addressing gaps in exposure-response modeling, biomarker analysis, and policy advocacy.

Yiyi Heمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Urban Planning
• GIScience
• Climate Science
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Yiyi He is an Assistant Professor at the School of City and Regional Planning (SCaRP) in the College of Design at Georgia Tech. Her research focuses on interdisciplinary approaches to climate change resilience, urban planning, GIScience, and artificial intelligence. She examines the impacts of extreme weather events—such as flooding, wildfires, and heat—on critical infrastructure and vulnerable communities, leveraging data-driven methods like GIS, machine learning, and spatial statistics. Education: Bachelor’s degree from Nanjing University Master’s and Ph.D. from UC Berkeley Research Interests: Her work emphasizes understanding uncertainties and asymmetric impacts of climate change on urban systems. Specific areas include: Climate-resilient infrastructure networks GIS-based flood modeling Social vulnerability analysis Policy-driven resilience strategies Articles Overview: Recent publications highlight global flood impacts on road networks, cascading failures in health infrastructure, and lightning strike hazards in aviation systems. Themes consistently address data-driven resilience strategies and interdisciplinary solutions to climate challenges. Awards and Grants: No specific awards or grants mentioned in the provided text. Labs and Teams: While not explicitly detailed, her research aligns with Georgia Tech’s initiatives in climate resilience and urban systems.

Phil Berkeمشاهده پروفایل

استاد پژوهشی

• Land Use Planning
• Environmental Planning
• Community Resilience
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Phil Berke is a Research Professor at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill's Department of City and Regional Planning, specializing in community resilience and urban planning. He leads the Center for Resilient Communities and Environment , focusing on interdisciplinary research to enhance urban resilience through policy integration and stakeholder collaboration. His work emphasizes mitigating climate change impacts, particularly via the Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard™ , funded by the NSF and Department of Homeland Security. Education: B.A. in Economics/Environmental Science (Empire State College), M.S. (University of Vermont), Ph.D. (Texas A&M) Key Affiliations: Coastal Resilience Center, Planet Texas 2050 Technical Advisory Board Research interests include land use planning, environmental hazards, and social equity in disaster resilience. His 2015 article on community resilience earned the APA's Best Article Award. Current projects involve evaluating flood resilience in cities like Houston and Rotterdam, and advancing equity in hazard mitigation plans. Berke advises on global resilience initiatives, including the Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities program. He prioritizes training students through capstone courses and fieldwork to address real-world challenges like coastal development risks and climate adaptation strategies.

• Industrial Ecology
• Material Flow Analysis
• Urban Metabolism
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Daniel Beat Müller serves as Professor at the Industrial Ecology Programme within the Department of Energy and Process Engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim. His office is located at Realfagbygget Gløshaugen (E4-120) with contact details daniel.mueller@ntnu.no and +4791897755. His research centers on analyzing human needs in relation to material/energy flows and environmental impacts, with two primary focus areas: (i) urban evolution and associated material flows for managing building/infrastructure stocks, and (ii) national/global metal cycles to identify supply constraint reduction strategies. His methodology integrates design, modeling, and decision-making through transdisciplinary stakeholder engagement. Müller teaches Material Flow Analysis and Systems Analysis of the Built Environment for Industrial Ecology and Civil Engineering Master's students. His research outputs demonstrate strong trends in circular cities, critical mineral management, and urban metabolism, with recent publications emphasizing building information modeling, electric vehicle battery systems, and phosphorus cycling. His work consistently addresses resource criticality within energy transition contexts. As (ad interim) chair of the International Society of Industrial Ecology’s MFA-ConAccount section, he contributes to methodological standardization. He previously served on the U.S. National Research Council’s Committee on Defense Stockpiles and remains active in Switzerland's National Research Programme 65 "New Urban Quality". Müller supervises numerous Master's and doctoral students, with thesis topics spanning lithium-ion battery recycling, building stock dynamics, and urban resource flows. His projects frequently involve industry collaboration for practical implementation of material stewardship strategies.

Seongjin Choiمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Urban Mobility Data Analytics
• Spatiotemporal Data Modeling
• Deep Learning & Artificial Intelligence
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Seongjin Choi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities , where he began his role in January 2024. His research bridges Urban Mobility Data Analytics , Spatiotemporal Modeling , and Deep Learning to advance transportation systems. Affiliated with the Center for Transportation Studies , Minnesota Robotics Institute , and Data Science Initiative , he leads the Choi Research Group . Education: Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 2021 M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, KAIST, 2017 B.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, KAIST, 2015 His research focuses on Urban Mobility Data Analytics and Deep Learning to optimize transportation systems. Key areas include: Spatiotemporal Data Modeling for forecasting and imputation Generative AI applications in transportation data Reinforcement Learning for Connected Automated Vehicles (CAV) Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) Recent publications in Transportation Science and Transportation Research Part C highlight his work on probabilistic traffic forecasting , deep generative models , and vision-language-action frameworks for autonomous systems. His methodologies often combine AI-driven analytics with real-time mobility optimization . Dr. Choi serves as: Associate Editor of The Journal of the Korean Society of Transportation (JKST) , 2023–Present Guest Editor for Journal of Advanced Transportation special issue on "Advanced Data Intelligence Theory and Practice in Transport 2023", 2023–2024 He actively seeks PhD students/postdocs for 2025 cohorts focused on machine learning for transportation challenges. Current projects include AI-enhanced traffic forecasting, CAV control, and urban air mobility (UAM) integration studies.

Joseph Trainorمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Disaster Science
• Emergency Management
• Risk Perception
• +۹ مورد دیگر

Joseph Trainor is the Interim Dean and Professor at the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Delaware. He is a core faculty member of the Disaster Research Center, renowned for expertise in Disaster Science and Emergency Management. His research integrates behavioral and organizational dimensions of disasters, focusing on risk perception, warnings, equity, and policy integration. Trainor holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Delaware (2009), with earlier degrees from the same institution and Millersville University. Education: Ph.D., Philosophy in Sociology, University of Delaware (2009) MA, Sociology, University of Delaware (2004) B.A., Double Major in Sociology and Psychology, Millersville University (2002) Research Interests: Trainor’s work spans risk communication, organizational management in crises, disaster mitigation, and equity. Key themes include household decision-making around insurance and retrofitting, multi-organizational response systems, and pandemic workforce dynamics. He emphasizes bridging academic research with practitioner needs, with a focus on policy applications. Public Service & Collaboration: Trainor collaborates with agencies like FEMA, DHS, and state emergency management offices. His projects address land-use policies, hurricane risk reduction, and pandemic response strategies. He frequently chairs doctoral committees and teaches at all academic levels. Labs & Teams: As part of the Disaster Research Center, he contributes to interdisciplinary teams advancing disaster science through mixed-methods approaches, including computational frameworks and community resilience models.

Ana Andrés Payánمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس

• Sustainable Environmental Management
• Hazardous Waste Management
• Marine Sediments Remediation
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Ana Andrés Payán is a Lecturer in Chemical Engineering at the University of Cantabria, Spain. Her research focuses on Sustainable Environmental Management of hazardous wastes and marine sediments, with contributions to the development of eco-efficient construction materials using industrial byproducts. She has collaborated on R+D projects at European and national levels, emphasizing both academic and industrial partnerships. Since 1992, she has taught Chemical, Industrial, and Marine Engineering courses at the undergraduate level and contributed to postgraduate programs with quality awards. Her work integrates environmental toxicology, materials science, and waste management to address sustainability challenges. Key research areas include recycling industrial byproducts into construction materials (e.g., slag, fly ash), assessing ecotoxicological impacts via bioassays (luminescent bacteria, sea urchin embryogenesis), and optimizing waste management strategies through multi-criteria analysis. She emphasizes circular economy principles and collaboration with industry to achieve sustainable outcomes. Her publications (2025–2021) highlight innovation in alkali-activated binders, eco-toxicity testing, and material durability. No scientific awards are listed, but her work has been applied in regional planning and industrial ecology initiatives. She leads research in the GER group , focusing on environmental and materials science applications.

Donat Fähمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Seismology
• Geophysics
• Earthquake Engineering
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Prof. Donat Fäh is a faculty member at ETH Zurich's Institute of Geophysics, part of the Swiss Seismological Service (SED). His work focuses on advancing seismic hazard assessment and site response modeling in Switzerland and beyond. He leads interdisciplinary projects integrating geophysical surveys, machine learning, and empirical data to refine risk models for urban areas like Basel and Lucerne. Key contributions include developing the ERM-CH23 national earthquake risk framework and improving methodologies for nonlinear soil behavior analysis using KiK-net data from Japan. His research emphasizes high-resolution amplification mapping, subsurface characterization via ambient vibrations, and understanding glacial and subaqueous slope dynamics. Research interests span seismic site effects, soil mechanics, landslide stability monitoring, and the application of advanced geophysical inversion techniques. He collaborates internationally to enhance earthquake risk communication and building code compliance, particularly in low seismicity regions. Current efforts include refining 3D geophysical models for urban settings and exploring Bayesian methods for subsurface structure identification. His work bridges fundamental geophysical research with practical engineering solutions for infrastructure resilience. Advising and grants: No formal advisees or grant details are explicitly listed in the provided texts. His collaborative projects, however, suggest involvement in large-scale initiatives such as URBASIS and the Swiss strong-motion network modernization. Labs and teams: Prof. Fäh is affiliated with the Swiss Seismological Service (SED) and actively contributes to ETH Zurich’s seismic monitoring infrastructure. His team collaborates with institutions in Japan (KiK-net network) and applies cutting-edge geophysical techniques to study subglacial environments and lakebed geotechnics.

Moe Mojtahediمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس ارشد

• Construction Management
• Urban and Regional Planning
• Operations Research
• +۸ مورد دیگر

Dr Moe Mojtahedi is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Built Environment, University of New South Wales (UNSW). He earned his PhD in 2014 from the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Sydney. As a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Professional Engineer (PEng) accredited by Engineers Australia, Dr Mojtahedi bridges academic research with practical application in construction management and disaster risk reduction. PhD (University of Sydney, 2014) MEngSc (University of New South Wales) B.E. (Industrial), Professional Engineer (Australia) His research focuses on the intersection of construction management , urban resilience , and disaster risk reduction , particularly examining: Climate change adaptation in infrastructure Post-disaster recovery frameworks Lean construction methodologies Decision support systems for risk management Evacuation planning optimization Resilient hospital infrastructure Recent publications analyze trends in disaster science using computational modeling, prefabricated construction for industrial buildings, and AI/ML applications in aged care facility evacuation. His 2025 ChemistryOpen article explores sustainable reaction media for chemoselective processes, demonstrating interdisciplinary reach. Scientific recognition includes: Research Excellence Awards (Engineers Australia, 2012 & 2013) Best Conference Paper (ICES, Salford, 2017) Elsevier Outstanding Contribution Award (International Journal of Project Management, 2017) Learning and Teaching Excellence (UNSW, 2017) As a supervisor, he guides 7 PhD candidates and has mentored 4 graduates, including Mahmoud Ershadi (project management office effectiveness) and Kamyar Kabirifar (construction waste management). He contributes to policy discussions on aligning National Construction Code with UN Sendai Framework and advocates for disaster science integration in built environment practices. His media contributions examine hospital flood risks and climate change adaptation in Australia.