Welcome to the web site of our research group at the University of Canterbury (UC). We strive to develop innovative methods and utilise advanced computational and experimental technologies to revolutionise societal resilience to earthquake hazards.  In particular, our research focuses on various fundamental and applied aspects of earthquake engineering, from seismic hazard analysis and ground motion prediction to fragility analysis of structures, as well as over-arching subjects such as performance-based frameworks, structure-specific seismic loss assessment, and their role in decision making.

Brendon has been on the faculty at UC since 2010.  He obtained his BE(Hons) and PhD from UC in 2007 and 2009, respectively.  During 2009-2011, he held positions at GNS Science in Wellington and a post-doctoral fellow at Chuo University in Tokyo, and in 2016-2017 was a UPS Visiting Professor at Stanford University.  Further information about the current research group members can be found here.

Brendon has consulting experience in seismic hazard analysis, ground motion selection, structural and geotechnical seismic response analysis, and seismic risk/loss assessment.  His awards include: 2023 University of Canterbury Research Medal, 2021 ISSMGE Bright Spark Lecture Award2018 NZGS Geomechanics Award, 2016 Prime Minister's MacDairmid Emerging Scientist Prize2016 ASCE Norman Medal, 2015 Shah Innovation Prize, 2014 TC203 Young Researcher Award, 2015 UC Teaching Award, 2014 New Zealand Young Engineer of the Year Award; 2014 Shamsher Prakash Foundation Research Award; 2013 Rutherford Discovery Fellowship; 2012 Ivan Skinner EQC award; 2008 NZSEE research prize.  He is a Fellow of Engineering New Zealand (2021), Fellow of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering (2022), and Fellow of the Royal Society | Te Apārangi of New Zealand (2022). He was a co-founder of QuakeCoRE: NZ Centre for Earthquake Resilience, serving initially as its Deputy Director (2016-2018), and then Director (2019-2024). He is currently Editor of the journal Earthquake Spectra

Jack Baker, Brendon Bradley and Peter Stafford have written a textbook on seismic hazard and risk analysis published by Cambridge University Press. See pshabook.com for the text and open-source supplementary material