Pouria Kourehpaz

I am currently working as a senior risk and resilience modeler at First Street. Prior to that, I was a postdoctoral research fellow at University College London (UCL), focusing on multi-hazard recovery modeling and analysis of building structures and infrastructure systems. I received my PhD in Earthquake Engineering from UBC, where my doctoral research focused on enhancing seismic risk assessment methodologies for building structures by developing tools that can inform policy decisions to mitigate risk and enhance resilience.
I completed an M.Sc. in Civil Engineering (with an emphasis on sustainability) at the University of California, Davis in 2019. I also obtained an M.Sc. in Structural Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 2014, and a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran in 2013. In addition to academic studies, I worked as a bridge engineer at T.Y. Lin International in San Francisco, CA from 2015 to 2018. I was a member of the design team for the cable-stayed portion of the New Champlain Bridge in Montreal, Canada.