Established Researcher
Swiss Seismological Service (SED)
ETH Zürich
Dr. Afifa Imtiaz
NO H 55
Sonneggstrasse 5
8092 Zürich
+41 44 633 32 52
I am working as a scientific researcher in the Earthquake Hazard and Risk Assessment team of SED since August 2019.
My work at the SED concerns the investigation of site-effects, implementation and operation of seismic risk model at a city scale for Basel, Switzerland. My research interest is focused on the assessment of spatial variation of seismic ground motion in the active and near source regions by means of seismic data analysis and numerical simulation. My activities also include seismic risk evaluation, site-effects and microzonation studies, and vulnerability assessment of buildings.
Past Positions
- September 2015 – July 2019: Researcher. Seismic and Volcanic Risks Team | French Geological Survey (BRGM) | Orléans, France
- December 2014 – August 2015: Postdoctoral Researcher. Institute of Earth Sciences (ISTerre) | Grenoble, France
- September 2011 – November 2014: Doctoral Researcher. Institute of Earth Sciences (ISTerre) | Grenoble, France
Education
- January 2015: Doctorate in Engineering Seismology. Grenoble Alpes University, France. Thesis title: Seismic wave field, spatial variability and coherency of ground motion over short distances: near source and alluvial valley effects. Advisor: Prof. Pierre-Yves Bard
- July 2011: Master in Engineering Seismology. Grenoble Alpes University, France
- 2019-2023 ARES PRD– Earthquake hazard and vulnerability assessment – developing innovative solutions for sustainable risk reduction and communication in Haiti
- https://www.ulg.ac.be/cms/c_9437037/en/ares-ccd-prd-pfs-2019
- 2017-2019 ANR PRCE EXAMIN– Experimental assessment and modelling of ground motion spatial variability for performance based seismic risk assessment of industrial plants and infrastructures.
- http://anr-examin.brgm.fr/
- 2016-2017 EU FP7 IMAGE– Integrated methods and their application in sedimentary basin contexts for advanced geothermal exploration (WP8)
- http://www.image-fp7.eu/Pages/default.aspx
- 2014-2019 DRP CCR SISMIQUE– The research partnership program between BRGM and CCR (Caisse Centrale de Réassurance) on seismic risk studies
- http://www.brgm.fr/actualite/risque-sismique-programme-recherche-partenariale-entre-brgm-ccr
- 2016-2017 DGPR (General Directorate of Prevention of Risks of France) project on evaluation of the benefit of strengthening school buildings in the French West Indies (Guadeloupe and Martinique)
- 2014-2015 ANR-PIA SINAPS@– Non-linear interaction between near and far seismic wave fields, the soil and the structure (WP2)
- http://www.institut-seism.fr/en/projects/sinaps/
- 2011-2014 EU FP7 NERA– Waveform modelling and site coefficients for basin response and topography (JRA1). Coherence of near-fault ground motion spatial distribution and ground strain (JRA3)
- https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/96282/factsheet/en