Christopher Alegbeleye

Christopher Kolade Alegbeleye is a PhD student in civil, construction, and environmental engineering at the University of Delaware and an active member of the Disaster Research Center. He is also a Bill Anderson Fund Fellow. His research, funded by the National Science Foundation under the supervision of Professor Rachel Davidson, focuses on developing risk models to predict hurricane damage and financial losses to buildings including mobile manufactured homes. His work contributes to an interdisciplinary, multi-university initiative exploring the interactions between coastal hazards, resilience, and economic prosperity in vulnerable communities.

Alegbeleye's research integrates data analytics, statistical modelling, and geospatial technologies to improve disaster resilience and policy planning. His work includes analyzing building inventory data derived from Artificial Intelligence-powered satellite imagery to better understand building vulnerability and community risk. His broader research interests include infrastructure resilience, natural hazard risk modeling, sustainable development, and disaster mitigation strategies.

He earned a master’s degree in civil engineering with distinction from Poznan University of Technology, where he specialized in energy-efficient building design and renewable energy integration. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in building engineering from Federal University of Technology Akure, graduating with First Class honors as the best-graduating student in the Faculty of Environmental Technology.

Prior to his doctoral studies, Alegbeleye gained professional experience in construction engineering and management, project management, real estate investment, financial operations, data analytics, and supply chain operations across Nigeria and Poland. He actively presents his research at international conferences, advocating for sustainable and resilient infrastructure systems.