Pavia, Lombardy, Italy
I’m a seismic risk engineer working at the intersection of science, engineering, probability, and public decision-making. For the past 15 years, I’ve worked on earthquake risk modeling, open-source software, and applied research that has been widely used by governments, international development banks, and researchers around the world. I currently work at the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation, where my focus is on turning uncertain knowledge into insights that can actually inform policy, planning, and risk financing. I’m motivated by challenging problems that matter at a societal scale, especially those that sit across disciplines and do not have simple answers. I value technical rigor and clarity of thinking, and enjoy honest collaborative work. I care deeply about building systems that are transparent, long-term resilient, and genuinely useful to the people who rely on them. I graduated with a PhD in Earthquake Engineering and an MS in Structural Engineering both from Stanford University, and a BTech in Civil Engineering from IIT Bombay.
I am part of the seismic risk modeling team at the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation in Pavia. My role in this team entails creating both probabilistic and deterministic seismic risk models and implementing them within the OpenQuake engine (GEM's open-source software for seismic hazard and risk calculations). Within the context of GEM's multi-year global risk modeling effort, I've been directly involved in and responsible for: • Creating a national earthquake risk model for India • Creating a national earthquake risk model for China in collaboration with the China Earthquake Administration and Beijing Normal University • Implementing the national earthquake risk model for the United States in OpenQuake in collaboration with the US Geological Survey and FEMA • Implementing the national earthquake risk model for Canada in OpenQuake in collaboration with Natural Resources Canada • Implementing a national earthquake risk model for Nepal in OpenQuake in collaboration with NSET-Nepal • Implementing the national earthquake risk model for Japan in OpenQuake • Creating an earthquake risk model for Myanmar in collaboration with the Myanmar Earthquake Committee
CEE 288: Earthquake Hazard and Risk Analysis (Winter 2010, Winter 2011) CEE 206: Decision Analysis for Civil Engineers (Spring 2011, Spring 2013) CEE 180: Structural Analysis (Autumn 2010)
Project: «Analysis of Deployable Structures» I evaluated the mechanical and functional properties of several deployable structures conceptualized at UWA and proved that most of these structures would exhibit a negative macro Poisson's ratio close to -1.
Advanced C++