Work experience

  • Lecturer (Assistant Professor)

    Department of Computer Science, University of Exeter (UoE)
    • Conducting quantitative research for improving community resilience and sustainability through engineering and environmental intelligence using machine learning, and deep learning
    Exeter, UK
    Jan 2024 - Present

  • Honorary Lecturer

    Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geomatic Engineering, University College London (UCL)
    • Developing deep-learning-based digital twins for infrastructural system analysis and self-healing systems
    • Co-supervising graduate students in projects based on applied artificial intelligence
    London, UK
    Apr 2022 - Present

  • Senior Research Lecturer

    School of Computing, Engineering, and Digital Technologies, Teesside University (TU)
    • Conducted quantitative research in the fields of structural engineering and infrastructural system engineering using statistical analysis, machine learning, and deep learning
    • Led/co-led knowledge transfer partnerships (KTPs) and research projects
    • Module leader for a graduate module: Advanced Structural Analysis with Dynamics (~80 graduate students), and a module tutor for three modules: i) Statistical Methods for Data Analytics (~200 graduate students), ii) Digital Twining (~20 graduate students), and iii) Applied Mathematical Methods (~30 undergraduate students) for the Engineering and Computing departments
    Teesside, UK
    Jun 2023 - Dec 2023

  • Lecturer

    School of Computing, Engineering, and Digital Technologies, Teesside University (TU)
    • Conducted quantitative research in the fields of structural engineering and infrastructural system engineering using statistical analysis, machine learning, and deep learning
    • Module leader for a graduate module: Advanced Structural Analysis with Dynamics (~80 graduate students), and a module tutor for three modules: i) Statistical Methods for Data Analytics (~200 graduate students), ii) Digital Twining (~20 graduate students), and iii) Applied Mathematical Methods (~30 undergraduate students) for the Engineering and Computing departments
    Teesside, UK
    Feb 2022 - May 2023

  • Invited Lecturer

    Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Universidad de Los Andes (ULA)
    • Invited to develop research collaboration and work on research projects funded by National Research and Development Agency (ANID) based FONDECYT program
    • Invited to design and teach a course on Applied Machine Learning for PhD students and PostDoc researchers
    Santiago, Chile
    Mar 2023 – Apr 2023

  • Research Fellow

    Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geomatic Engineering, University College London (UCL)
    • Worked on multiple projects funded by European Union's Horizon 2020 and innovation programme
    • Developed deep learning-based predictive models for pre-event, during-event, and post-event earthquake analysis
    London, UK
    Apr 2021 - Jan 2022

  • Invited Lecturer

    College of Sciences and Engineering, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ)
    • Invited to design and teach a course on Applied Machine Learning for a class of ~30 faculty members of Civil Engineering and Electrical Engineering departments
    Quito, Ecuador
    Oct 2021 – Dec 2021

  • Hourly-Paid Lecturer

    School of Engineering, University of Greenwich
    • Instructed two graduate courses: Computer Modelling of Civil Engineering Problems and Analysis & Design for Seismic Action for a class of ~120 students
    London, UK
    Sep 2021 – Oct 2021

  • Graduate Student Researcher

    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California-Irvine (UCI)
    • Worked for multiple research projects funded by California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC), California Strong Motion Instrumentation Program (CSMIP) and Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research (PEER)
    California, USA
    Jan 2018 - Mar 2021

  • Teaching Associate

    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California-Irvine (UCI)
    • Instructed undergraduate course: Mechanics of Materials for a class of ~30 students
    California, USA
    Jun 2020 - Sep 2020

  • Guest Lecturer

    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California-Irvine (UCI)
    • Guest lectured graduate course: Structural Reliability for a class of ~30 students for 2 weeks (both years)
    California, USA
    Nov 2018 and 2019

  • Teaching Assistant

    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California-Irvine (UCI)
    • Instructed undergraduate course: Mechanics of Materials for a class of ~120 students
    California, USA
    Mar 2020 – Jun 2020

  • Teaching Assistant

    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California-Irvine (UCI)
    • Instructed undergraduate course: Introduction to Earthquake Engineering for a class of ~60 students
    California, USA
    Mar 2019 – Jun 2019

  • Teaching Assistant

    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California-Irvine (UCI)
    • Instructed undergraduate course: Mechanics of Materials for a class of ~120 students
    California, USA
    Sep 2018 – Dec 2018

  • Laboratory Teaching Assistant

    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California-Irvine (UCI)
    • Instructed undergraduate course: Mechanics of Materials for a class of ~120 students
    California, USA
    Sep 2017 – Dec 2017