Contact Information: Email: jrs8e@virginia.edu Degree: Ph.D., University of Virginia

Joost R. Santos received his Ph.D. degree in Systems and Information Engineering from the University of Virginia (2003). To date, he is a Research Assistant Professor at UVa’s Center for Risk Management of Engineering Systems, where he is actively involved in various projects dealing with risk analysis and optimization of complex large-scale systems. He has led several risk management studies commissioned by agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security, Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), National Science Foundation, and NASA. He is a primary author or key contributor to more than 10 technical reports and peer-reviewed journal articles. Prior to his Ph.D. studies at UVa, he served for four years (1995-1999) as a faculty member of the University of the Philippines, College of Engineering. He worked as a staff in the Corporate Planning Division of the Philippine National Oil Company (1994). He obtained his Master’s (1997) and Bachelor’s (1994) degrees in Industrial Engineering at the University of the Philippines (Diliman Campus).