since 2025
Own research programme
Research in digital twins, structural reliability, inverse problems and uncertainty quantification · Dresden, Germany
Curriculum vitae
Curriculum vitae
Twenty years between research, engineering practice and standardization — in Dresden, and on structures across Europe and the Middle East.
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Career and education
since 2025
Research supervision and project development
Institute for Risk and Reliability, Leibniz University Hannover · interdisciplinary projects and master’s theses in structural health monitoring, Bayesian inference and system identification
2025
Research and development engineer — digital twins
MKP GmbH · Marx Krontal Partner, Dresden
2020–2024
Expert in structural reliability, advanced structural analysis, dynamics and numerical modelling
Planning and engineering office for construction, in cooperation with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfram Jäger · Radebeul and Frankfurt am Main
2019–2021
Lecturer and supervisor, ACCESS international master programme
Institute of Structural Analysis, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technische Universität Dresden
2017
Habilitation (Dr.-Ing. habil.) in Structural Design
Technische Universität Dresden
2014–2019
Senior research associate and project leader
Chair of Structural Design, Technische Universität Dresden
2008–2013
Expert in structural dynamics and numerical simulation
Jäger Ingenieure GmbH, Radebeul
2008–2013
Research associate (part-time)
Chair of Structural Design, Faculty of Architecture, Technische Universität Dresden
2009
Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) in Structural Design, magna cum laude
Technische Universität Dresden
2007–2008
Freelance FEM analysis engineer
SVB engineering office for structural analysis, Leipzig
2006–2008
Doctoral researcher in structural dynamics
Chair of Structural Design, Technische Universität Dresden
2005–2006
Master’s studies in Rehabilitation Engineering
Technische Universität Dresden
2004–2005
Lecturer in structural engineering
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Al-Baath University, Homs, Syria
2003–2005
Structural engineer
Engineering Society of Al-Baath University, Homs, Syria
2003
Diploma in Structural Engineering
Al-Baath University, Homs, Syria
2002
B.Sc. in Civil Engineering
Al-Baath University, Homs, Syria
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Review and committee work
Peer review for journals
- Engineering Structures
- Construction and Building Materials
- Journal of Building Engineering
- Advances in Structural Engineering
- ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems
- Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration
- Mauerwerk — European Journal of Masonry
- International Journal of Masonry Research and Innovation
- Engineering Structures and Technologies
- International Journal of Safety and Security Engineering
- Materials
- Heritage Science
- Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture
Scientific committees
- 14th Canadian Masonry Symposium, Montreal, 2021
- 13th Canadian Masonry Symposium, Halifax, 2017
- 16th International Brick and Block Masonry Conference, Padova, 2016
Memberships
- JCSS — Joint Committee on Structural Safety
- GAMM — International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics
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Standardization
European standardization · CEN
- CEN/TC 250/SC 10/WG 3 — Safety formats and FEM applications
Co-author of the new Annex X of EN 1990, which governs design assistance by numerical methods. - CEN/TC 250/WG 7 T1 — EN 1990 — Basis of structural design
Safety of nonlinear structural systems. - CEN/TC 250/SC 6 PT T1 — EN 1996-1-1 — Design of masonry structures
Proposed and carried the accepted safety verification for the buckling of masonry members. - AhG Reliability, CEN/TC 250/SC 10 — Reliability of the Eurocodes
Preparatory work for the background report of prEN 1990.
German standardization · DIN
- DIN NA 005-06-37 AA — Earthquake safety of masonry structures
- DIN NA 005-51 FBR-01 SO — “GruSiBau” — fundamental safety requirements for building structures