Lead of Group Statistical Seismology, Senior Researcher and Lecturer

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 Senior 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 2024

Established Researcher, Group Lead Statistical Seismology, Swiss Seismological Service, ETH Zürich

 

Previous Positions

12/2022 - 12/2023

Postdoctoral Researcher in Statistical Seismology, Swiss Seismological Service, ETH Zürich

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