I'm currently an Associate in the Buildings & Structures practice at Exponent, a leading scientific and engineering consultancy. I specialize in developing probabilistic risk assessment methods for components of complex regional infrastructure networks. I also work on projects that involve assessing the cause of damage or collapse of structures.
Until September 2021, I was a PhD candidate in Jack Baker's research group at Stanford University, where I researched the resilience and reliability of transport networks subject to earthquakes. I also investigated how decision-makers use different types of information in post-disaster contexts, and what makes that information actionable.
The unifying theme of my research interests is developing methods to support decision-making under uncertainty. You can find my CV here (updated March 2021).
11.2022. I was invited to give a guest lecture in the Forensic Structural Engineering graduate course at Columbia University! I discussed the performance and failure of components and structures in electric utility networks.
09.2022. I co-authored a thought leadership piece for Exponent on how we can help our clients ensure that infrastructure systems work for everyone.
06.2022. I presented work from my dissertation at the 12th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering in Salt Lake City, Utah.
04.2022. As an invited speaker at the Women in Science Network’s annual symposium, I presented some highlights from my dissertation research and shared the twists and turns of my career path.
01.2022. I presented work from my dissertation at the 2021-2022 ASCE Lifelines Conference, held remotely.
10.2021. I joined Exponent’s Building & Structures practice as an Associate (consultant) in the New York office.
09.2021. I graduated from Stanford with a PhD in civil and environmental engineering.
07.2021. I passed my defense! Art B. Owen chaired my committee, which included Jack W. Baker (my advisor), Anne Kiremidjian, Rishee Jain, and Zachary del Rosario.
06.2021. My paper, Factors affecting earthquake responders’ building damage information needs and use, was accepted for publication in the journal Earthquake Spectra. Co-authors are Robert Soden, Karen Barns, Sabine Loos, and David Lallemant. Read it here.
03.2021. My paper, co-authored with Jack W. Baker, Using global variance-based sensitivity analysis to prioritize bridge retrofits in a regional road network subject to seismic hazard was accepted for publication in the journal Structure and Infrastructure Engineering. Read it here.
05.2020. Awarded Shah Fellowship on Catastrophic Risk in Civil and Environmental Engineering
05.2020. Started volunteering at The Barron Park Donkey Project
02.2020. Presented my research proposal to my committee and passed my qualifying exams to become a PhD candidate.
03.2019. Invited speaker for the USGS Earthquake Science Center’s seminar series. Presented Developing a task-centric understanding of responders’ post-earthquake building damage information needs and uses.
03.2019. Published another piece in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
01.2019. Presented Learning to manage bridges subject to seismic hazard using deep Q-networks (poster) at the PEER Annual Meeting at UCLA.
12.2018. My recommendation of The Nowhere Man by Kamala Markandaya was selected for inclusion in The Atlantic’s Books Briefing (Dec. 21, 2018).
10.2018. Published a piece in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
09.2018. Invited to facilitate for the Stanford Life Design Lab’s Designing Your Life course (Fall quarter)
09.2018. Awarded a graduate Voice and Influence Program (gVIP) fellowship by The Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford
08.2018. Presented Modeling Bay Area Transport Network Resilience with Rodrigo Silva-Lopéz at the PEER Researchers’ Workshop in Richmond Field Station, CA
06.2018. Presented Developing a user-centric understanding of post-disaster building information needs (ID 1667) at the 11th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering in Los Angeles, CA.
06.2018. Elected co-president of Stanford's Graduate Society of Women in Engineering.
06.2018. Abstract Developing a user-centric understanding of post-disaster building information needs (ID 1667) accepted for an oral presentation at the 11th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (June 2018). Also co-authored two other abstracts accepted for oral presentations: Crowd-sourced remote assessments of regional-scale post-disaster damage (ID 678) and Rapid and seamless earthquake information to inspire individuals to recognize risk (ID 1893).
04.2018. Started PhD studies in Jack Baker's research group, with a focus on the resilience and reliability of transport networks.
03.2018. Graduated with an M.S., Structural Engineering from Stanford University.