Keith Porter

Keith Porter

Western Fellow | Team Lead

Research Interests / Specializations: Performance-based structural engineering, catastrophe risk management, lifeline earthquake engineering
Paul Kovacs

Paul Kovacs

Western Fellow

Research Interests / Specializations: Economics, insurance, catastrophe risk management
Lucile  Jones

Lucile Jones

Visiting Fellow

Research Interests / Specializations: Geophysics, science communication, catastrophe risk
Becky Denlinger

Becky Denlinger

Visiting Fellow

Katsu Goda

Katsu Goda

Western Fellow

Research Interests / Specializations: Earthquake, tsunami, risk assessment, catastrophe modeling
Greg  Kopp

Greg Kopp

Western Fellow

Research Interests / Specializations: Understanding and mitigating the range of impacts from tornadoes and other severe summer storms on the built and natural environment; developing design tools and standards for building cladding and components under severe wind loads
Ziad Elaghoury

Ziad Elaghoury

Project Coordinator/Manager

Research Interests / Specializations: Reliability-based assessment of existing reinforced concrete structures