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Positions held

• since 2008 | Professor W2, TU München
• since 2013 | Co-founder and Partner, Eracons, München
• 2006 - 2008 | Postdoctoral Researcher & Adjunct Professor, UC Berkeley
• 2008 | Visiting Researcher, IMP, Mexico City
• 2004 - 2008 | Co-founder and CEO, Matrisk, Zürich
• 2001 | Visiting Researcher at Bureau Veritas, Paris (6 months)
• 2000-2005 | PhD student (until April 2004) and research associate at ETH Zürich

Education

• 2004 | PhD in Risk and Reliability Analysis, ETH Zürich
• 2000 | Diploma in Civil Engineering, ETH Zürich

Honours

• C. Allen Cornell Award, Civil Engineering Risk and Reliability Association, 2023
• Research Award, Geotechnical Safety Network, 2022
• SAE Ralph H. Isbrandt Automotive Safety Engineering Award, 2022
• IASSAR Early Achievement Research Award, 2013
• Honorary Professorship, University of Aberdeen, 2012
• SNF Scholarship for Advanced Researchers, 2006
• René-Hornung-Medaille of the Swiss Society for Nondestructive Testing (SGfZP), 2005
• ETH Silbermedaille, 2005

Editorial activities

• Associate Editor, ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems
• Editorial board, Structural Safety
• Editorial board, Reliability Engineering & System Safety
• Editorial board, Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics
• Editorial board, Georisk
• Editorial board, Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructures
• Advisory board, Journal of Infrastructure Preservation and Resilience 

Selected memberships

• Civil Engineering Risk and Reliability Association CERRA (Executive board, 2011-19)
• Joint Committee on Structural Safety
• IFIP WG 7.5 Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems (Chair 2014-16, Vice-Chair 2011 - 14)
• Geotechnical Safety Network (Executive board, Chair 2011 - 2013)
• Deutscher Spiegelausschuss Eurocode 0