Ali Mosleh is a Distinguished University Professor and Evalyn Knight Chair in Engineering at UCLA, where he is also the director of the Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences. Previously he was the Nicole J. Kim Eminent Professor of Engineering and Director of the Center for Risk and Reliability at the University of Maryland. He was elected to the US National Academy of Engineering in 2010 and is a Fellow of the Society for Risk Analysis, and the American Nuclear Society, recipient of several scientific achievement awards, and technical advisor to numerous national and international organizations. He conducts research on methods for risk and reliability analysis of complex systems and has made contributions in diverse fields of theory and application. He holds several patents and has authored over 600 publications.