About

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Education

2021 - 2026   Ph.D. in Structural Engineering, Stanford University

2021 - 2023 M.S. in Structural Engineering, Stanford University

2015 - 2019 B.E. in Civil Engineering with a minor in Mathematics, Nanyang Technological University

Publications

(* Denotes students that I mentored)

• Zhu, T., Markhvida, M., Baker, J. (2026). “Statewide evaluation of economic and household well-being seismic risk in California.” Earthquake Spectra. Accepted.

• Zhu, T., Yu, B.*, Silva-Lopez, R., Baker, J. (2026). “Simulating Dynamic Infrastructure-Economic Interdependencies for Post-Earthquake Regional Economic Recovery.” Reliability Engineering and System Safety. Accepted.

• Zhu, T., Avraam, C., Baker, J. (2025). “Macroeconomic models for predicting indirect impacts of disasters: A review.” Resilient Cities and Structures, 4 (3), 1-14. Preprint.

• Issa, O., Zhu, T., Markhvida, M., Costa, R., Baker, J. (2025). “Evaluation of economic disruption from the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake using an enhanced Adaptive Regional Input-Output model.” Natural Hazards Review, 26 (4), 04025050. Preprint.

• Zhu, T., Issa, O., Markhvida, M., Costa, R., Baker, J. (2024). “Multi-regional economic recovery model using Adaptive Regional Input-Output Framework.” International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 112, 104766. DOI.

• Mestav Sarica, G., Zhu, T., Jian, W., Lo, E.Y.M., Pan, T.C. (2020). “Spatio-temporal dynamics of flood exposure in Shenzhen from present to future.” Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 48(5), 1011-1024. DOI.

• Mestav Sarica, G., Zhu, T., Pan, T.C. (2020). “Spatio-temporal dynamics in seismic exposure of Asian megacities: past, present and future.” Environmental Research Letters, 15(9). DOI.

Conferences

• Zhu, T., Markhvida, M., Baker, J. (2026). “Probabilistic assessment of multidimensional seismic risk in California.” The 13th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering.

• Zhu, T., Blagojevic, N., Baker, J. (2026). “Simulating firm-level direct and contingent business interruption after disasters.” NHERI Computational Symposium 2026.

• Zhu, T., Markhvida, M., Baker, J. (2025). “A statewide probabilistic assessment of socioeconomic earthquake impacts in California.” Natural Hazards Center Researchers Meeting.

• Zhu, T., Baker, J. (2025). “Regional economic disaster resilience assessment through integrated system modeling.” The 14th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability.

• Zhu, T., Avraam, C., Baker, J. (2025). “Comparative analysis of macroeconomic models for indirect impacts of disasters.” NHERI Computational Symposium 2025.

• Zhu, T., Yu, B.*, Baker, J. (2025). “Impact of transportation disruptions on regional economic recovery.” NHERI Computational Symposium 2025.

• Zhu, T., Issa, O., Markhvida, M., Costa, R., Baker, J. (2024). “Simulating the aftermath of earthquakes on regional economies using an extended Adaptive Regional Input-Output model.” 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering.

• Mestav Sarica, G., Zhu, T., Pan, T.C. (2020). “Estimation of Future Population Exposure to Seismic Hazard: A Case Study of Asian Megacities.” 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering.

Software

• Zhu, T., Blagojevic, N., Baker, J. (2026). pyrecodes_business.

• Zhu, T., Yu, B.*, Silva-Lopez, R., Baker, J. (2026). transport-R-ARIO.

• Zhu, T., Issa, O., Markhvida, M., Costa, R., Baker, J. (2024). MR-ARIO.

• Issa, O., Zhu, T., Markhvida, M., Costa, R., Baker, J. (2022). SR-ARIO.