Saeed Nozhati
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Saeed Nozhati
Sr. Modeler, Everest Ph.D. Colorado State University M.S. Marquette University and Sharif University of Technology B.S. Iran University of Science and Technology |
Dr. Saeed Nozhati is an expert in resilience, risk analysis, and loss assessment, with a focus on dynamic optimization, natural hazards, and machine learning. As the senior modeler at Everest, he spearheads the development of catastrophe models and frameworks for managing hazards. Previously, Dr. Nozhati served as a research scientist at Chubb and the B. John Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). During his time at UCLA, he led various projects, including the development of methodologies for wildfire risk assessment and management, as well as uncertainty propagation in Bayesian Networks.
Dr. Nozhati holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from Colorado State University, complemented by an M.S. in Computational Sciences from Marquette University, Wisconsin, and an M.S. in Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Iran. His doctoral research focused on developing a decision-making framework using Dynamic Programming techniques to aid policymakers in community recovery management during disasters.
