Meet the Team
Carmine Galasso, Ph.D.
Professor of Catastrophe Risk Engineering
Completed Degree: Ph.D. Earthquake Engineering and Risk, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy, 2011
Research Interests: Catastrophe Risk Modeling; Engineering Seismology; Structural Reliability; Disaster Risk Reduction
Leandro Iannacone, Ph.D.
Research Fellow in Multi-hazard Risk & Resilience Engineering
Completed Degree: Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA, 2022
Topics: Multi-hazard Risk Modeling; Developing Scenarios for
Disaster Risk Reduction; Simulation-based Flood Vulnerability Analysis
Pouria Kourehpaz
Research Fellow in Multi-hazard Risk & Resilience Engineering
Completed Degree: Ph.D. Civil Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 2023
Topics: Modeling Earthquake-induced Downtime of Building Portfolios; Regional Risk Modeling - Jointly with The University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Andrea Franchini
Ph.D. Student
Completed Degree: M.Sc. Civil Engineering, Università di Trento Italy & Tongji University, China, 2018
Topic: Multi-hazard Structural Analysis and Optimisation of Bridges - Co-supervised by Carmine Galasso and Jose Torero
Giulia Brutti
Ph.D. Student
Completed Degree: M.Sc. Social Research Methods, London School of Economics, UK, 2022
Topic: Modeling Resettlement Decisions in Filipino Rural Communities Exposed to Flooding - Co-supervised by Gemma Cremen and Carmine Galasso
Nicole Paul
Ph.D. Student
Completed Degree: M.Sc. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, USA, 2015
Topic: Disaster-induced Population Displacement Risk - Co-supervised by Carmine Galasso and Jack Baker (Stanford University)
Chenbo Wang
Ph.D Student
Completed Degree: M.Sc. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, USA, 2021
Topic: Modeling, Quantifying, and Managing Tomorrow's Risks from Natural Hazards - Co-supervised by Gemma Cremen and Carmine Galasso
Karim Aljawhari
Ph.D. Student (IUSS Pavia)
Completed Degree: M.Sc. Earthquake Engineering with Disaster Management, University College London, UK, 2018
Topic: Multi-Criteria Decision-Making for Seismic Retrofit of Building Portfolios - Co-supervised by Carmine Galasso and Roberto Gentile
Kenneth Otárola Madrigal
Ph.D. Student (IUSS Pavia)
Completed Degree: M.Sc. Civil Engineering for Mitigation of Risk from Natural Hazards, IUSS Pavia, Italy, 2020
Topics: Accounting for Ground-motion Duration in Building-portfolio Loss Assessment; Multi-hazard Structural Vulnerability - Co-supervised by Carmine Galasso and Roberto Gentile
Carlos Mesta Cornetero
Ph.D. Student (IUSS Pavia)
Completed Degree: M.Sc. Civil Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, Peru, 2017
Topic: Multi-hazard Risks in Tomorrow's Cities - Co-supervised by Carmine Galasso and Gemma Cremen
Ignacio Agustin Gatti
Ph.D. Student (IUSS Pavia)
Completed Degree: M.Sc. Environmental Studies, The University of Tokyo, Japan, 2020.
Topics: Remote Sensing; GIS; Multi-Dimensional Vulnerability and Risk Analysis - Co-supervised by Carmine Galasso and Gemma Cremen
We are always pleased to hear from people interested in joining our team to conduct research in any of the areas mentioned here. Please note that we only consider applications from highly-qualified students with a specialized MSc degree. Get in touch via email only if you have a first-class honours (or equivalent) and have secured or actively sought a competitive scholarship. Competitions for funding opportunities may exist through internal and external schemes for exceptional applicants.
Group Photos
Prof Abbie Liel (University of Colorado Boulder, USA) and Prof Seth Guikema (University of Michigan, USA) visiting our research lab
November 2022
Prof Abbie Liel (University of Colorado Boulder, USA) and Prof Seth Guikema (University of Michigan, USA) visiting our research lab