Bio
Conducts interdisciplinary research on human behavior in complex adaptive systems utilizing methods in agent-based modeling, social network analysis, text mining, GIS technology, big data and machine learning, surveys, and ethnographic research. Current research is focused on human mobility, migration patterns, community resilience, and human behavior in disasters. Dissertation work included development of a geo-spatially explicit agent-based model of a Nuclear Weapon of Mass Destruction (NWMD) event in the New York City region. Agents in the model responded to the event with respect to their surroundings and social networks. Past work experience includes 10 years of program management in Department of Defense (DoD) Science and Technology (S&T).