Current Team
Volkan Özsaraç
Seismic vulnerability assessment of the built environment through simulated design
Research Associate (RTDA)
Oct 2025 - present
Postdoctoral Researcher
May 2024 - Sept 2025
Davit Shahnazaryan
Development of research software tools for seismic risk assessment of the built environment
Research Associate (RTDA)
Oct 2025 - present
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dec 2021 - Sept 2025
PhD Researcher
Sept 2017 - Nov 2021
Thesis: Integrated Performance-Based Seismic Design: Traversing Affordances for Practical Implementation [PDF]
Vitor A. Monteiro
Regional seismic risk assessment incorporating spatial correlation of next-generation intensity measures
PhD Researcher
Oct 2024 - Oct 2027 (expected)
Tomas Mejia Saldarriaga
Regional seismic risk assessment of structures incorporating building-to-building damage correlations
PhD Researcher
Oct 2024 - Oct 2027 (expected)
MSc Student
Feb 2024 – Sept 2024
Thesis: Quantifying the impacts of structure-to-structure damage correlation on regional seismic risk assessment [PDF]
Serkan Hasanoğlu
Seismic risk analysis of Turkish residential building taxonomies through simulated design
PhD Researcher
Oct 2022 - Oct 2026 (expected)
José Poveda
Investigating impacts of ground motion and hazard definitions in the seismic analysis and capacity design of reinforced concrete wall buildings
PhD Researcher
Oct 2022 - Oct 2026 (expected)
Luca Cavecchi
Investigating the impacts of energy dissipation and cumulative damage in seismic fragility analysis of masonry infills
MSc Student
Feb 2025 – present
