Christelle al Haddad

Christelle Al Haddad has a diverse work experience in research, academia, and industry. Christelle started their career as a Research Intern at the Institute for Rock Mechanics & Tunneling at Technische Universität Graz in 2014, where they conducted scaled model tests to study annular gap failure. Christelle then worked as a Transportation Engineer at Dar Al-Handasah (Shair and Partners) from 2015 to 2016.

In 2016, Christelle moved to Technical University Munich, where they held multiple roles. Christelle began as a Writing Fellow at the English Writing Center, assisting students in improving their writing skills. From 2017 to 2017, they worked as a Research Assistant. Christelle'sprimary research interests at the university were modeling human behavior related to future transport systems, road safety, and gender aspects of transportation. Christelle also served as the Lead of the Research Group "Human Factors" and managed EU and German-funded projects, including the PHOEBE project, focused on predictive approaches for a safer urban environment.

In 2018, Christelle worked on their Master's Thesis at Bauhaus Luftfahrt, and in 2019, they started their role as a Postdoctoral Researcher and Lead of the Research Group "Human Factors" at Technical University Munich. Christelle'sresearch continued to focus on human behavior modeling and perception of future transport systems, as well as road safety and gender aspects of transportation.

In 2020, Christelle joined EIT Urban Mobility as part of the Doctoral Training Network. This program aimed to bring together doctoral candidates from Europe to exchange topics on urban mobility and included training forums, placements abroad, an entrepreneurship module, and various courses on urban mobility. Christelle participated in courses such as critical thinking for urban mobility challenges, publishing scientific articles, and international management and leadership.

Additionally, Christelle had a brief stint as an intern and working student at FlixBus, where they gained experience in business development and pricing, focusing on the French market. Christelle also worked as a Visiting Scholar at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) in 2022, collaborating with the Transport and Mobility Laboratory.

Overall, Christelle Al Haddad's work experience demonstrates their expertise in research, transportation engineering, and urban mobility, with a particular focus on human behavior modeling and road safety.

Christelle Al Haddad completed their education with a French Baccalaureate in Mathematics from Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour in 2011. Christelle then pursued their Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the American University of Beirut from 2011 to 2015. After that, they obtained their Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Transportation Systems with Merit from the Technical University of Munich from 2016 to 2018. From 2020 to 2020, they completed a program in Discrete Choice Analysis: Predicting Individual Behavior and Market Demand at MIT Professional Education. As of 2019, Christelle is currently working towards their Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Transportation Systems Engineering at the Technical University of Munich, which is expected to be completed in 2022. Additionally, they were a research affiliate at the MIT-ITS Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 2021 to 2022.