Sabine Loos is a Mendenhall Research Fellow at the USGS in collaboration with the Natural Hazards Center at University of Colorado, Boulder. Her work surrounds understanding user needs for earthquake information to support increased accessibility and more equitable disaster decision making. She focuses on near-real-time earthquake products from the National Earthquake Information Center.
Professional Experience
Visiting Researcher, Earth Observatory of Singapore, Singapore – 2019-2020
Consultant to the World Bank and NASA JPL-ARIA – 2017
Education and Certifications
PhD in Civil Engineering, Stanford University, 2021
MS in Sustainable Design & Construction, Stanford University, 2018
BS in Civil Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2016
Affiliations and Memberships*
Co-chair of the Natural Hazards Center Annual Researchers Meeting
Co-founder of the Risk & Resilience DAT/Artathon
Core member of the Environmental Justice Task Force for the U.S. Geological Suvey
Research affiliate at the Natural Hazards Center at University of Colorado Boulder
Guest editor for Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences and the International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters
Honors and Awards
Mendenhall Research Fellow, U.S. Geological Survey and Natural Hazards Center at University of Colorado Boulder, 2021-2023
U.S. Geological Survey STAR Award, 2022
John A. Blume Fellowship in Earthquake Engineering, 2021
Best Graduate Student Paper Award, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, 2020
Best Visual Design, World Bank & Mapbox VizRisk Challenge, 2019
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2016-2019
Science and Products
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
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Non-USGS Publications**
Loos, S., Levitt, J., Tomozawa, K., Baker, J., & Lallemant, D. (2022). Efficacy of Damage Data Integration: A Comparative Analysis of Four Major Earthquakes. Natural Hazards Review, 23(4), 04022026. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000581Loos, S., Lallemant, D., Baker, J., McCaughey, J., Yun, S.-H., Budhathoki, N., Khan, F., & Singh, R. (2020). G-DIF: A geospatial data integration framework to rapidly estimate post-earthquake damage. Earthquake Spectra, 36(4), 1695–1718. https://doi.org/10.1177/8755293020926190Loos, S., Baker, J., Khan, F., McCaughey, J., Banick, R., Budhathoki, N., & Lallemant, D. (2022). Beyond building damage: an approach to rapidly estimate post-disaster obstacles to recovery. (in review).Lallemant, D., Loos, S., McCaughey, J. W., Budhathoki, N., & Khan, F. (2020). Informatics for Equitable Recovery: Supporting equitable disaster recovery through mapping and integration of social vulnerability into post-disaster impact assessments (pp. 1–51) [Report]. Nanyang Technological University. https://doi.org/10.32656/ier_final_report_2020Bhattacharjee, G., Soden, R., Barns, K., Loos, S., & Lallemant, D. (2021). Factors affecting earthquake responders’ building damage information needs and use. Earthquake Spectra, 87552930211030300. https://doi.org/10.1177/87552930211030297Lallemant, D., Soden, R., Rubinyi, S., Loos, S., Barns, K., & Bhattacharjee, G. (2017). Post-Disaster Damage Assessments as Catalysts for Recovery: A Look at Assessments Conducted in the Wake of the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake. Earthquake Spectra, 33(1_suppl), 435–451. https://doi.org/10.1193/120316EQS222M**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
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*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government