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Education

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
PhD in Societal Risk Management, 2022
  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • GPA: 4.0/4.0
  • Thesis: “Modeling of Aging Infrastructure Components and Application to Life-Cycle Analysis of Engineering Systems”
  • Advisor: Prof. Paolo Gardoni
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MSc in Applied Statistics, 2019
  • Department of Statistics
  • GPA: 4.0/4.0
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University of Pisa
MSc in Structural Engineering, 2016
  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Grade: 110/110 Magna cum Laude
  • Thesis: “Probabilistic Capacity Models for Masonry Walls Subjected to In-Plane Forces”
  • Advisor: Prof. Mauro Sassu
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BSc in Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2012
  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Grade: 110/110 Magna cum Laude
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Research Experience

BBT - Trafikverket
Lund University
  • Funder: Trafikverket (Swedish Transport Administration)(
  • Industry program for research and innovation regarding construction works in the transport sector.
  • Development of methodologies for quantification and improvement of the robustness of bridges
WoodLCC
Lund University
  • Funder: ForestValue
  • Enhanced Life-Cycle-Costing in wood construction by novel methods for service life planning.
  • Work focused on the development of stochastic models for wood decay.
Tomorrow's Cities
University College London
  • Funder: UK Research and Innovation
  • Work focused on the development of metrics to quantify the resilience of vulnerable communities, with direct involvement of the stakeholders.
  • Development of a framework for multihazard analysis accounting for interactions among the hazard occurrences and their consequences.
  • Development of a methodology for flood vulnerability assessment of typical households of the global south.
Installation Technology Transition Program
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Funder: US Army Corps of Engineers
  • Work focused on developing a framework for quantifying the reliability and resilience of infrastructure over time.
NIST-Funded Community Resilience Center of Excellence
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Funder: National Institute for Standards and Technology
  • Work focused on developing metrics and tools to help local governments decide how to invest resources intended to lessen the impact of hazards on buildings and infrastructure systems and how to recover rapidly and minimise community disruption.
TWP-11 Project on Train Derailments
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Funder: Association of American Railroads and Railway Supply Institute
  • Work investigating the release of hazardous materials following the derailment of cargo trains, using advanced Finite Element Models to simulate derailments.

Academic Exchanges

University of Illinois Urbana-Chamapaign
  • 6-month Exchange Program at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign IL, USA, 2015
San Diego State University
  • 10-month Exchange Program at San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA, 2012-2013

Teaching Experience

Co-instructor for VBKN35 Risk and Information Management in the Built Environment, Fall 2023
  • Division of Structural Engineering, Department of Building and Environmental Technology, Lund University (Sweden)
Co-instructor for VBKN30 Timber Structures, Fall 2023
  • Division of Structural Engineering, Department of Building and Environmental Technology, Lund University (Sweden)
Alfredo H. Ang Teaching Assistant for CEE598 Reliability Analysis, Spring 2022
  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (USA)
Teaching Assistant and co-instructor for CEE598 Stochastic Processes and Random Vibrations, Spring 2020
  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (USA)
  • Acted as co-instructor, prepared class/homework material and delivered several lectures
Teaching Assistant for CEE491 Decision and Risk Analysis, Fall 2019
  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (USA)
  • Among the teaching assistants ranked as excellent by the students (Fall 2019)
Teaching Assistant for CEE461 Reinforced Concrete, Spring 2019
  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (USA)
Mentor for several courses in decision and risk analysis, 2020-Date
  • GEC Academy, Beijing (China)