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Present
2025/Present - Professor - School of Built Environment - Massey University (New Zealand)
2023/Present - Rutherford Discovery Fellow - Royal Society Te Aparangi (New Zealand)
2025/Present - Co-Chair - International Association for Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management
2023/Present - ISO Committee Member - ISO/TC 92/SC 4/WG 11 committee by representing New Zealand
2018/Present - Associate Editor - Safety Science - Elsevier
2018/Present - Associate Editor - Fire Technology - Springer Nature
2021/Present - Editorial Board - Fire Safety Journal (Elsevier), Virtual Reality (Springer), Journal of Safety Science and Resilience (Elsevier), Frontiers in Built Environment
2021/Present - Special Issue Editor:
- Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory - Advancements in Simulation Modeling of Pedestrian Dynamics and Crowd Evacuation
- Fire Technology - Springer - Human Behaviour in Fire – Building Upon the Seminal Works of Dr. Rita Fahy
- Safety Science - Elsevier - The Use of Extended Reality Technologies in Safety Research
- Developments in the Built Environment - Elsevier - Human-Centric Emergency Responses in Modern Built Environments
- Safety Science - Elsevier - The Use of Emerging Technologies to Enhance Construction Safety - Completed (link)
2021/Present - Leadership Roles in Working Groups and Committees
- Working group for 3rd Edition of the "Guide to Human Behavior in Fire" - SFPE
- Human Behavior in Fire Working Group - International Association for Fire Safety Science
- Publication Committee - International Association for Fire Safety Science
- Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Working Group - SFPE Foundation (link)
- PhD board - 39th cycle of RSATE, Politecnico di Bari (Italy)
2020/Present - Grant Reviewer:
- National Science Foundation (USA)
- Royal Society Apārangi (NZ)
- Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong (China)
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
- Dutch Research Council (NWO)
- National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (Chile)
- Occupational Safety and Health (UK)
- Czech Science Foundation (Czech Republic)
2019/Present - Keynote Speaker: CPSC 2024, SureFire 2024, EPPM2023, SACEE’19, FEMTC2020, FIRE-IN2020, NSC2023
2019/Present - Scientific Board: XRIA24, AUBEA2024, AUBEA2023, PED2023, KES SEB-21, AOSFST-21, CDSD2020, ANZAScA 2020, PED2020, CONFAB 2021, LC3 201
2020/Present - PhD and Master examiner: University of Canterbury, University of Cantabria, University of Mons, University of Valencia, Victoria University of Wellington, Auckland University of Technology
Previous roles
2023/2024- Associate Professor - School of Built Environment - Massey University (New Zealand)
2021-2024- Associate Editor - Frontiers in Psychology and Frontiers in Computer Science
8-2024/8-2024 - Visiting Researcher
Tsinghua University (China)
12024/2-2024 - Visiting Researcher
NIST (USA)
12-2023/12-2023 - Visiting Researcher
Tsinghua University (China)
06-2023/06-2023 - Invited Lecturer
ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
01-2023/06-2023 - Director of Research - School of Built Environment
Massey University (New Zealand)
08-2023/08-2023 - Invited Lecturer
The Institution of Fire Engineers (Singapore)
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)
2025/Present - Professor - School of Built Environment - Massey University (New Zealand)
2023/Present - Rutherford Discovery Fellow - Royal Society Te Aparangi (New Zealand)
2025/Present - Co-Chair - International Association for Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management
2023/Present - ISO Committee Member - ISO/TC 92/SC 4/WG 11 committee by representing New Zealand
2018/Present - Associate Editor - Safety Science - Elsevier
2018/Present - Associate Editor - Fire Technology - Springer Nature
2021/Present - Editorial Board - Fire Safety Journal (Elsevier), Virtual Reality (Springer), Journal of Safety Science and Resilience (Elsevier), Frontiers in Built Environment
2021/Present - Special Issue Editor:
- Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory - Advancements in Simulation Modeling of Pedestrian Dynamics and Crowd Evacuation
- Fire Technology - Springer - Human Behaviour in Fire – Building Upon the Seminal Works of Dr. Rita Fahy
- Safety Science - Elsevier - The Use of Extended Reality Technologies in Safety Research
- Developments in the Built Environment - Elsevier - Human-Centric Emergency Responses in Modern Built Environments
- Safety Science - Elsevier - The Use of Emerging Technologies to Enhance Construction Safety - Completed (link)
2021/Present - Leadership Roles in Working Groups and Committees
- Working group for 3rd Edition of the "Guide to Human Behavior in Fire" - SFPE
- Human Behavior in Fire Working Group - International Association for Fire Safety Science
- Publication Committee - International Association for Fire Safety Science
- Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Working Group - SFPE Foundation (link)
- PhD board - 39th cycle of RSATE, Politecnico di Bari (Italy)
2020/Present - Grant Reviewer:
- National Science Foundation (USA)
- Royal Society Apārangi (NZ)
- Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong (China)
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
- Dutch Research Council (NWO)
- National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (Chile)
- Occupational Safety and Health (UK)
- Czech Science Foundation (Czech Republic)
2019/Present - Keynote Speaker: CPSC 2024, SureFire 2024, EPPM2023, SACEE’19, FEMTC2020, FIRE-IN2020, NSC2023
2019/Present - Scientific Board: XRIA24, AUBEA2024, AUBEA2023, PED2023, KES SEB-21, AOSFST-21, CDSD2020, ANZAScA 2020, PED2020, CONFAB 2021, LC3 201
2020/Present - PhD and Master examiner: University of Canterbury, University of Cantabria, University of Mons, University of Valencia, Victoria University of Wellington, Auckland University of Technology
Previous roles
2023/2024- Associate Professor - School of Built Environment - Massey University (New Zealand)
2021-2024- Associate Editor - Frontiers in Psychology and Frontiers in Computer Science
8-2024/8-2024 - Visiting Researcher
Tsinghua University (China)
12024/2-2024 - Visiting Researcher
NIST (USA)
12-2023/12-2023 - Visiting Researcher
Tsinghua University (China)
06-2023/06-2023 - Invited Lecturer
ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
01-2023/06-2023 - Director of Research - School of Built Environment
Massey University (New Zealand)
08-2023/08-2023 - Invited Lecturer
The Institution of Fire Engineers (Singapore)
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)
Journal Reviewer
- Fire Technology - 2108 Outstanding Reviewer
- Safety Science
- Fire Safety Journal
- Nature - Scientific Reports
- Fire and Materials
- Transportation Research Part A Reviewer
- Transportation Research Part B
- Transportmetrica B: Transport Dynamics
- Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Reliability Engineering & System Safety
- Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory
- Computers & Education
- PLOS ONE
- Physica A
- Physics Letters A
- Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology
- Aeronautical Journal
- Journal of Urban Planning and Development
- International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
- Population and Environment
- Building and Environment
- International Journal of Sustainable Transportation
- Applied Mathematical Modelling
- RAIRO - Operations Research
- ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
- International Journal of Construction Supply Chain Management
- Informatics
- Energies
- Sensors
- Buildings
- Applied System Innovation
- Research in Transportation Economics
- Computers, Environment and Urban Systems
- Heliyon
- SAGE Open
- Journal of Building Engineering
- Safety
- Risk Analysis
- Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research
- Mathematics
- IEEE Access
- Journal of Management in Engineering
- Case Studies on Transport Policy
- Journal of Urban Management
- Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries
- International Journal of High-Rise Buildings
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Mathematical Problems in Engineering
- International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems
- Materials Today: Proceedings
- International Journal of Medical Informatics
- Journal of Computational Science
- Transportation Letters
- Travel Behaviour and Society
- Applied Ergonomics
- International Journal of Human - Computer Studies
- Educational Research Review
- International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems
- TRF: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
- Knowledge-Based Systems
- Process Safety and Environmental Protection
- Frontiers in Built Environment
- Expert Systems With Applications
- Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A
- Sustainable Cities and Society
- Journal of Civil Engineering and Management
- Journal of Air Transport Management
- International Journal of Digital Earth
Conference Reviewer
- 12th IAFSS Symposium (2017)
- Lean & Computing in Construction Congress (2017)
- 10th International Conference on Information Technology in Asia (2017)
- Medical Image Understanding and Analysis (MIUA) 2017
- IEEE International Conference on Applied System Innovation 2018
- SHATiS'19 - International Conference on Structural Health Assessment of Timber Structures
- IAFSS Symposium 2022
- PED 2022
- AUBEA 2022
- EPPM 2022