My name is Georgios Boumis and I am currently working as a Risk Engineer for Arup's Risk + Resilience team in San Francisco. In this position, I contribute to multi-hazard risk assessments to support sustainable development and enhance the resilience of our built environment. My team and I investigate the impact of various natural hazards on residential, commercial, and industrial buildings, as well as other infrastructure such as roads and rail networks. We additionally focus on how climate change influences the severity and frequency of natural hazards like floods, wildfires, landslides and heatwaves. Before joining Arup, I served as a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Alabama (UA), where I conducted research on statistical modeling of coastal flood hazards, leading to the completion of my Ph.D. dissertation. In addition to my Ph.D. degree, I hold a M.Sc. in Environmental Engineering with a specialization in Environmental Informatics from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), as well as a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering with an emphasis on Geotechnical & Hydraulic Engineering from the University of Patras (UoP) in Greece. In the past, I have also worked as an intern on real-time flood forecasting at Deltares, i.e., the Dutch national institute for applied research in the field of water and subsurface. When I am not working, I enjoy reading books, watching horror movies, swimming, playing card games, and studying the Japanese language... Please don't hesitate to contact me for any potential collaboration!
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