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Christopher de la Torre is a Research Engineer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Canterbury. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, a Master’s of Engineering in Geotechnical Engineering from the University of Washington, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Earthquake Engineering from the University of Canterbury. His research focuses on modelling seismic site effects, including numerical modelling of how earthquake ground motions are amplified by near-surface soil and rock layers, quantification of site effects from recordings, and incorporation of site-specific or non-ergodic effects into seismic hazard analysis. He specialises in modelling soil nonlinear behaviour and sedimentary basin effects for empirical ground motion models used in regional and national seismic hazard analyses, as well as the use of microtremor methods for site response modelling.