Nicole Paul
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at ETH Zürich
Milan, Lombardy, Switzerland
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Top SchoolNicole Paul is a disaster risk analyst and postdoctoral researcher with 11 years of interdisciplinary experience applying remote sensing, structural engineering, and probabilistic risk methods to earthquake exposure and resilience. She has led modeling and validation work at institutions including GEM Foundation and Arup—contributing open-source tools for spatial exposure disaggregation and national/regional risk model updates across Africa, the Caribbean, Nepal, and Tanzania. Her background spans academia and practice with degrees from UC Berkeley, Stanford, UCL, and NUS, and she combines finite-element and Monte Carlo approaches to translate geospatial data into actionable risk metrics for policy and infrastructure decisions. Now based at ETH Zürich, she focuses on leveraging Earth observation for vulnerability quantification and uncertainty analysis, blending hands-on coding with field-relevant risk assessment. An often-overlooked strength is her track record of turning research-grade models into reproducible, shared software that supports large international consortia.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Structural Engineering, Master's Degree, Structural Engineering at Stanford UniversityCivil Engineering, Civil Engineering at National University of SingaporeBachelor’s Degree, Civil Engineering (Structural), Bachelor’s Degree, Civil Engineering (Structural) at University of California, BerkeleyUniversity College London
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Github Skills (15)
hazard10
risk-analysis10
risk-assessment10
python10
scientific-computing10
hpc9
exposure8
predict5
composite4
indices3
qgis3
earthquake3
recovery3
vulnerability2
stability2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
nicolepaul/30-day-map-challenge
Nov 2021 - Nov 2021
Contributions:34 commits, 32 pushes, 1 branch in 19 days
nicolepaul/steer-hurricane-map
Sep 2019 - Feb 2024
Demo web app for potential use with StEER in tracking hurricane damage.
Contributions:5 PRs, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
web-demohurricanedamagetracking
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