PEOPLE
Administrators

Professor, founder and co-director of EPICentre
Tiziana Rossetto is a Professor in Earthquake Engineering in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering (CEGE) at UCL where she co-directs the multi-disciplinary Research Centre, EPICentre.

ZIGGY LUBKOWSKI
Associate Director, Arup
Ziggy is the leader of Arup’s seismic team based in London, with over 30 years’ experience in civil, geotechnical and earthquake engineering. He has carried out seismic design, analysis and hazard assessments for a range of structures in the energy, infrastructure, manufacturing and humanitarian sectors around the world.
Ziggy is also the Royal Academy of Engineering visiting professor in geotechnical earthquake engineering at University College London.

IAN CHANDLER
Senior Engineer at HR Wallingford
Ian Chandler is a Senior Engineer at HR Wallingford, specialising in physical and numerical modelling of coastal and hydraulic structures. Ian has led the development of HR Wallingford’s Tsunami Simulator, allowing realistic tsunamis to be generated in the laboratory.

DAVID MCGOVERN
Senior Lecturer in Water Engineering, London South Bank University
David is a physical modeller in the fields of Coastal and Ocean Engineering, sediment transport and fluid mechanics, with a particular focus on tsunamis and coastal natural hazards.

MARCO BAIGUERA
Teaching Fellow
Marco Baiguera is a Teaching Fellow in Structural Engineering at the University of Southampton. Before joining Southampton in February 2021, Marco was a Research Fellow at UCL EPICentre.

MARTA DEL ZOPPO
Post Doctoral Researcher
Marta Del Zoppo is a Post Doctoral Researcher in Structural Engineering in the Department of Structures for Engineering and Architecture at University of Naples Federico II (Italy). She is also an associate researcher of ReLUIS.

JONAS CELS
PhD student
Jonas Cels pursuing his PhD in multi hazard risk and resilience of critical infrastructure in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering (CEGE) at UCL.
Collaborators

PRIYAN DIAS
Priyan Dias has a doctorate from Imperial College, London and is a Professor in Civil Engineering at the University of Moratuwa. He is a Fellow of Sri Lanka’s National Academy of Sciences and an Associate Editor of Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems.

ANDREA PROTA
Andrea Prota is a professor in Structural Engineering in the Department of Structures for Engineering and Architecture at University of Naples Federico II (Italy). He is also an associate researcher of ReLUIS.

KUSHAN KALMITH WIJESUNDARA
Kushan Wijesundra is a senior lecturer at the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya. He served as a researcher at the European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering (EUCENTRE) in Pavia, Italy and at BRGM (French Geological Survey), Natural Risks Division in Orleans, France.

Julian Thamboo is a senior lecturer in structural engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering, at South Eastern University of Sri Lanka. His research interests are in structural masonry, numerical modelling, and reliability analyses.

MARCO DI LUDOVICO
Marco Di Ludovico is an Associate Professor in Structural Engineering in the Department of Structures for Engineering and Architecture at University of Naples Federico II (Italy). He is also an associate researcher of ReLUIS.

Chinthaka Mallikarachchi is a senior lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa (Sri Lanka).