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Present
2023/Present - Associate Professor - School of Built Environment - Massey University (New Zealand)
2018/Present - Associate Editor - Safety Science - Elsevier
2018/Present - Associate Editor - Fire Technology - Springer Nature
2021/Present - Associate Editor - Frontiers in Psychology and Frontiers in Computer Science
2021/Present - Editorial Board - Fire Safety Journal
Awards
2022 - 5 under 35 SFPE Award (link)
2022 - Top 2% world's ranking of scientists in 2021 (link)
2021- Best Paper 2021 - Editor's Choice collection - Fire Technology - Springer (Paper)
2020 - Massey Research Medal - Early Career (Massey University) (link)
2020 - College of Science Research Award - Early Career (Massey University)
2021 - Editor in Chief’s Featured Article - Fire Safety Journal - Elsevier (Paper)
2019 - Editor in Chief’s Featured Article - Fire Safety Journal - Elsevier (Paper)
2018 - Jack Watts Award (Fire Technology - Springer) - Outstanding Reviewer
Research Impact
My research has been cited in many Governmental, Policy, Standard and Guideline documents:
Previous roles
01-2023/06-2023 - Director of Research - School of Built Environment
Massey University (New Zealand)
01-2021/12-2022 - Associate Director of Research - School of Built Environment
Massey University (New Zealand)
01-2019/01-2023- Leader of the Digital Built Environment Lab - School of Built Environment
Massey University (New Zealand)
01-2019/12-2022- Senior Lecturer - School of Built Environment
Massey University (New Zealand)
04-2021/06-2021- Erskine Fellow - Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering
University of Canterbury (New Zealand)
12-2019/01-2020- Guest Researcher - Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Group
National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA)
2017-2019 - Casual Lecturer - Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering
University of Canterbury (New Zealand)
06-2019 - Guest Researcher - Department of Construction, Civil Engineering and Architecture
Università Politecnica delle Marche (Italy)
01-2019/02-2019 - Guest Researcher and Lecturer - Department of Fire Safety Engineering
Lund University (Sweden)
02-2018/12-2018 - Lecturer - School of Engineering and Advance Technology
Massey University (New Zealand)
11-2017/02-2018 - Guest Researcher - Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Group
National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA)
04-2016/10-2017 - Postdoctoral Researcher - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Auckland (New Zealand)
06-2016 - Visiting Student - MIT Professional Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
01-2013/04-2016 - PhD Student in Civil Engineerin - Scuola Interpolitecncia di Dottorato
Polytechnic University of Bari, Milan and Turin
06-2015/12-2015 - Visiting Research Student - Department of Fire Safety Engineering
Lund University (Sweden)
01-2015/05-2015 - Visiting Research Student - Transport Research Institute
Edinburgh Napier University (UK)
08-2014/12-2014 - Visiting Research Student - Department of Fire Safety Engineering
Lund University (Sweden)
07-2013/08/2014 - Visiting Research Student - Transport Research Institute
Edinburgh Napier University (UK)
10-2010/10-2012 - Master Student in Civil Engineering
Politecnico di Bari (Italy)
10-2007/10-2010 - Undergraduate Student in Civil Engineering
Politecnico di Bari (Italy)
2023/Present - Associate Professor - School of Built Environment - Massey University (New Zealand)
2018/Present - Associate Editor - Safety Science - Elsevier
2018/Present - Associate Editor - Fire Technology - Springer Nature
2021/Present - Associate Editor - Frontiers in Psychology and Frontiers in Computer Science
2021/Present - Editorial Board - Fire Safety Journal
Awards
2022 - 5 under 35 SFPE Award (link)
2022 - Top 2% world's ranking of scientists in 2021 (link)
2021- Best Paper 2021 - Editor's Choice collection - Fire Technology - Springer (Paper)
2020 - Massey Research Medal - Early Career (Massey University) (link)
2020 - College of Science Research Award - Early Career (Massey University)
2021 - Editor in Chief’s Featured Article - Fire Safety Journal - Elsevier (Paper)
2019 - Editor in Chief’s Featured Article - Fire Safety Journal - Elsevier (Paper)
2018 - Jack Watts Award (Fire Technology - Springer) - Outstanding Reviewer
Research Impact
My research has been cited in many Governmental, Policy, Standard and Guideline documents:
- International Organization for Standardization - ISO 20414:2020, Fire safety engineering — Verification and validation protocol for building fire evacuation models (link)
- Science Advice for Policy by European Academies - Strategic crisis management in the EU (link)
- International Code Council and Society of Fire Protection Engineers - Fire Safety for Very Tall Buildings - Engineering Guide (link)
- Society of Fire Protection Engineers - Guide to Human Behavior in Fire (link)
- Society of Fire Protection Engineers - Residential Fire Safety, An Interdisciplinary Approach (link)
- Society of Fire Protection Engineers - Handbook of Fire and the Environment, Impacts and Mitigation (link)
- Government of Czech Republic - Metodika vyuzití detekce pesích pro mestské plánování a analýzu rizik (link)
Previous roles
01-2023/06-2023 - Director of Research - School of Built Environment
Massey University (New Zealand)
01-2021/12-2022 - Associate Director of Research - School of Built Environment
Massey University (New Zealand)
01-2019/01-2023- Leader of the Digital Built Environment Lab - School of Built Environment
Massey University (New Zealand)
01-2019/12-2022- Senior Lecturer - School of Built Environment
Massey University (New Zealand)
04-2021/06-2021- Erskine Fellow - Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering
University of Canterbury (New Zealand)
12-2019/01-2020- Guest Researcher - Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Group
National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA)
2017-2019 - Casual Lecturer - Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering
University of Canterbury (New Zealand)
06-2019 - Guest Researcher - Department of Construction, Civil Engineering and Architecture
Università Politecnica delle Marche (Italy)
01-2019/02-2019 - Guest Researcher and Lecturer - Department of Fire Safety Engineering
Lund University (Sweden)
02-2018/12-2018 - Lecturer - School of Engineering and Advance Technology
Massey University (New Zealand)
11-2017/02-2018 - Guest Researcher - Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Group
National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA)
04-2016/10-2017 - Postdoctoral Researcher - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Auckland (New Zealand)
06-2016 - Visiting Student - MIT Professional Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
01-2013/04-2016 - PhD Student in Civil Engineerin - Scuola Interpolitecncia di Dottorato
Polytechnic University of Bari, Milan and Turin
06-2015/12-2015 - Visiting Research Student - Department of Fire Safety Engineering
Lund University (Sweden)
01-2015/05-2015 - Visiting Research Student - Transport Research Institute
Edinburgh Napier University (UK)
08-2014/12-2014 - Visiting Research Student - Department of Fire Safety Engineering
Lund University (Sweden)
07-2013/08/2014 - Visiting Research Student - Transport Research Institute
Edinburgh Napier University (UK)
10-2010/10-2012 - Master Student in Civil Engineering
Politecnico di Bari (Italy)
10-2007/10-2010 - Undergraduate Student in Civil Engineering
Politecnico di Bari (Italy)
