Tayo Opabola, PhD
Assistant Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
I am an Assistant Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. Before joining University of California, Berkeley, I was a Senior Research Fellow in Resilience Engineering in the Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering Department at University College London, UK. I was also a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. I received my PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. I earned my B.E. (Civil and Industrial Engineering) and M.S. (Structural Engineering) from the Voronezh State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Russia.
Research Interests
My research combines Structural Engineering, Reliability Theory, Statistics, and Hazard Science to solve complex engineering problems affecting civil infrastructure systems. I have extensive experience in large-scale field and laboratory testing of structural components and systems, nonlinear analysis of structures, vulnerability and fragility modeling, multihazard interaction simulation, and building-level and community-level resilience quantification. My research focuses on both developed and developing countries.
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News
19 July 25: Our paper on Simulating operational disruption in petrochemical facilities under natural hazard impact is published in Journal of Reliability Engineering & System Safety. Co-author: Randy Oliva (University College London, United Kingdom).
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27 May 25: Our paper on Interpretable machine learning insights into wildfire damage drivers in California, USA is published in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. Co-author: Yiming Jia (Post-doctoral Researcher, UC Berkeley, USA).
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11 Apr 25: PhD Student Héctor García Matamoros is the 2025 American Concrete Institute (ACI) Presidents' Fellow.
1 Apr 25: Our paper on Nonlinear Modeling Parameters for Reinforced Concrete Columns Retrofitted with Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Jackets is published in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. Co-author: Héctor García Matamoros (PhD Student, UC Berkeley, USA).​
Publications
Opabola E.A, and Galasso C., (2024) Informing disaster-risk management policies for education infrastructure using scenario-based recovery analyses in Nature Communications https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42407-y
Opabola E.A, and Galasso, C. (2024) A probabilistic framework for post-disaster recovery modelling of buildings and utility using stochastic network analysis in Reliability Engineering & System Safety https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2023.109679
Opabola E.A, Abdullah S., Elwood, K.J., Wallace, J (2023) Limit states for post-earthquake assessment and recovery analysis of ductile concrete buildings in Earthquake Spectra https://doi.org/10.1177/87552930231170024