About Me
Welcome! I am a Postdoctoral Scholar at Caltech GALCIT. I obtained my PhD from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. My research is at the intersection of geophysics and geomechanics. I utilize computational, experimental, and scientific machine learning methods to understand how microscale subsurface processes and coupled multi-physics interactions govern the initiation and evolution of geohazards and induced seismicity, in order to mitigate hazards and support human activities.
Research Focus
My research aims to decode how microscale subsurface processes affect macroscale geohazards, and subsurface operations to address three core questions related to geohazard prediction:
- What determines why and where earthquakes nucleate, and when they arrest or cascade into a catastrophic event?
- When do subsurface operations trigger induced seismicity, and how can we control it to optimize energy extraction and storage?
- Can SciML accelerate these predictions?
By addressing these questions, we can better mitigate hazards and support human activities toward a sustainable future.
So far: I've developed frameworks to model earthquake sequences and induced seismicity, revealed overlooked risks such as tsunamis from strike-slip faults, and used high-speed laboratory experiments to capture the nucleation of fluid induced instabilities and image rupture dynamics at unprecedented resolution.
Education
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, 2022
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, 2017
British University in Egypt, 2013