PostDoc

Dr.  Leila Mizrahi
Swiss Seismological Service (SED)
ETH Zürich
Dr. Leila Mizrahi
NO H 66
Sonneggstrasse 5
8092 Zürich

+41 44 633 99 32

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher and lead of the Statistical Seismology group at the SED. My research interests revolve around the development and application of time-dependent earthquake forecasting models and statistically rigorous approaches to understanding earthquake occurrence patterns.

Present Position

since 12/2022

Postdoctoral Researcher in Statistical Seismology, Swiss Seismological Service, ETH Zürich (Statistical Seismology Group Lead since April 2024)

 

Previous Positions

09/2021 - 01/2022

Visiting Scholar, University of Southern California. Advisor: Yehuda Ben-Zion

09/2017 - 06/2019

Actuary Methods & Processes in Underwriting Strategy, Swiss Re

02/2016 - 01/2017 Underwriting Strategy Graduate, graduates@swissre programme, Swiss Re
02/2016 - 01/2017 Modelling Intern in Costing Methods & Analytical Services, Swiss Re

 

Education

11/2022

PhD in Statistical Seismology. Swiss Seismological Service, ETH Zurich. Advisor: Stefan Wiemer. Doctoral thesis: “Towards Next Generation Time-Dependent Earthquake Forecasting”

09/2015 MSc in Mathematics. University of Zurich. Master’s thesis: “Thoroughly Formalizing an Uncommon Construction of the Real Numbers”
02/2014 BSc in Mathematics. University of Zurich

Google Scholar profile

 

Articles

Mizrahi, L., Dallo, I., van der Elst, N. J., Christophersen, A., Spassiani, I., ... and Wiemer, S., 2024. Developing,
Testing, and Communicating Earthquake Forecasts: Current Practices and Future Directions. Reviews of Geophysics. doi.org/10.1029/2023RG000823


Mizrahi, L., and Jozinovic, D., 2024. Modeling the Asymptotic Behavior of Higher-Order Aftershocks with Deep
Learning. Seismological Research Letters.
http://doi.org/0.48550/arXiv.2401.06075 (ArXiv preprint)

Mizrahi, L., Nandan, S., Mena Cabrera, B. and Wiemer, S., 2024. suiETAS: Developing and Testing ETAS-Based
Earthquake Forecasting Models for Switzerland. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.
doi.org/10.1785/0120240007

Han, M., Mizrahi, L., and Wiemer, S., 2024. Towards a Harmonized Operational Earthquake Forecasting Model for
Europe. Under review at Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences.
doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-3153 (EGUsphere preprint)

Ritz, V.A., Mizrahi, L., Clasen Repoll ́es, V., Rinaldi, A.P., Hj ̈orleifsd ́ottir, V. and Wiemer, S., 2024. Pseudo-prospective
forecasting of induced and natural seismicity in the Hengill geothermal field. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
doi.org/10.1029/2023JB028402

 

Mizrahi, L., Nandan, S., Savran, W., Wiemer, S. and Ben-Zion, Y., 2023. Question-Driven Ensembles of Flexible ETAS
Models. Seismological Research Letters.
doi.org/10.1785/0220220230

Mizrahi, L., Nandan, S. and Wiemer, S., 2021. Embracing Data Incompleteness for Better Earthquake Forecasting.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
doi.org/10.1029/2021JB022379

Mizrahi, L., Nandan, S. and Wiemer, S., 2021. The Effect of Declustering on the Size Distribution of Mainshocks.
Seismological Research Letters.
doi.org/10.1785/0220200231

Software Repositories

Mizrahi, L., Schmid, N. and Han, M., 2023. lmizrahi/etas (3.2). Zenodo.
doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6583992
github.com/lmizrahi/etas

Mirwald, A., Schmid, N., Mizrahi, L., Han, M., Rohnacher. A., Dzubay, A., Ritz, V. and Sarson, L. SeismoStats.
github.com/swiss-seismological-service/SeismoStats

Current: Lecturer at the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, ETH Zurich:

  • Machine Learning for Earth and Planetary Sciences I
  • Integriertes Praktikum: Umweltbeobachtungen

Past: Teaching Assistant at the Institute of Mathematics, University of Zurich    

  • Analysis I & II
  • Number Theory
  • Logic and Set Theory
05/2023

ETH Medal for outstanding Doctoral theses. Doctoral thesis: “Towards Next Generation Time-Dependent Earthquake Forecasting”

06/2021

Seismological Society of America Student Presentation Award. Oral presentation “Embracing Data Incompleteness for Better Earthquake Forecasting”