Karim Tarbali
Université Paris-Saclay
Laboratoire de Mécanique Paris-Saclay (LMPS)
Academic Career
Assistant Professor (Maître de Conférences), Université Paris-Saclay (2023-present)
CentraleSupélec, ENS Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Laboratoire de Mécanique Paris-Saclay (LMPS).
Research Advisor (2022)
Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS, Italy, and The University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
Tomorrow’s Cities Fellow (Researcher - Lecturer), The University of Edinburgh (2021-2022)
Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) https://www.tomorrowscities.org
Research Fellow, University College London (2019-2021)
Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) https://www.tomorrowscities.org
Research Fellow, Politecnico di Milano (2019)
Development of computational tools for physics-based ground-motion simulation.
Postdoctoral Researcher, The University of Canterbury (2017- 2018)
Cybershake New Zealand: Nation-wide seismic hazard analysis in New Zealand using physics-based ground-motion simulation methodology.
Education
PhD in Earthquake Engineering (2013-2017), University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
MSc in Earthquake Engineering (2009-2012), International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES), Tehran, Iran.
BSc in Civil Engineering (2006-2009), University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran.
Research Vision
My research vision is to help establish societies resilient to natural hazards by developing methodologies that facilitate understanding the underlying physical phenomena, and enable accurate quantification of hazard and risk metrics.
Please refer to the Publications page for details on my research outputs
Research Interests
Seismic hazard assessment via empirical and physics-based simulation methodologies.
Uncertainty propagation in natural hazard and risk assessments.
Ground motion selection and seismic performance assessment.
Flood modelling in the context of climate-related hazards.
Links: Google Scholar, ORCID, Scopus, Research Gate