Daniel Straub, Prof. Dr.

Room: N3630

Phone: +49 89 289 23051

E-Mail: straub@tum.de

Office hours: Thursdays 10:00-11:00

Positions held

  • since 2008 | Professor W2, TU München
  • since 2013 | Co-founder and Partner, Eracons, München
  • 2006 - 2008 | Postdoctoral Researcher & Adjunct Professor, UC Berkeley
  • 2008 | Visiting Researcher, IMP, Mexico City
  • 2004 - 2008 | Co-founder and CEO, Matrisk, Zürich
  • 2001 | Visiting Researcher at Bureau Veritas, Paris (6 months)
  • 2000-2005 | PhD student (until April 2004) and research associate at ETH Zürich

Education

  • 2004 | PhD in Risk and Reliability Analysis, ETH Zürich
  • 2000 | Diploma in Civil Engineering, ETH Zürich

Honours

  • C. Allen Cornell Award, Civil Engineering Risk and Reliability Association, 2023
  • Research Award, Geotechnical Safety Network, 2022
  • SAE Ralph H. Isbrandt Automotive Safety Engineering Award, 2022
  • IASSAR Early Achievement Research Award, 2013
  • Honorary Professorship, University of Aberdeen, 2012
  • SNF Scholarship for Advanced Researchers, 2006
  • René-Hornung-Medaille of the Swiss Society for Nondestructive Testing (SGfZP), 2005
  • ETH Silbermedaille, 2005

Editorial activities

  • Associate Editor, ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems
  • Editorial board, Structural Safety
  • Editorial board, Reliability Engineering & System Safety
  • Editorial board, Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics
  • Editorial board, Georisk
  • Editorial board, Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructures
  • Advisory board, Journal of Infrastructure Preservation and Resilience 

Selected memberships

  • Civil Engineering Risk and Reliability Association CERRA (Executive board, 2011-19)
  • Joint Committee on Structural Safety
  • IFIP WG 7.5 Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems (Chair 2014-16, Vice-Chair 2011 - 14)
  • Geotechnical Safety Network (Executive board, Chair 2011 - 2013)
  • Deutscher Spiegelausschuss Eurocode 0