Hi there
I am a Professor in Digital Built Environment and Fire Engineering at Massey University (NZ) and a Rutherford Discovery Fellow for Royal Society Te Apārangi (NZ).
My research and teaching focus on human behavior in disasters, evacuation modelling/simulations and safety training using emerging technologies: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Building Information Modeling (BIM).
A Bit About Me
I am an Associate Editor for Safety Science (Elsevier) and Fire Technology (Springer). I am member of the Editorial Board of Fire Safety Journal (Elsevier), Virtual Reality (Springer) and Journal of Safety Science and Resilience (Elsevier). I represent New Zealand in the ISO working group in Fire Safety Engineering (ISO/TC92/SC4/WG11).
I am a reviewer for many Scientific Journals and international funding agencies including the National Science Foundation (USA) and the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (check my CV page)
I have published over 100 scholarly outputs, including over 100 journal articles and a letter to Science (check my publication page).
I am the recipient of the 2022 5 under 35 SFPE award and the 2020 Massey Research Medal - Early Career and the 2020 College of Science Research Award - Early Career. Since 2024, I am on Wikipedia too: wiki/Ruggiero_Lovreglio
My Awards
2025 - Top 2% world's ranking of scientists in 2024 (link)
2025 - Shorlisted for the Prime Minister's MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist Prize
2024 - IESANZ - The Lighting Society - 360 experiences to teach Lighting Design (link)
2024 - ResearchGate Top read author in New Zealand (link)
2023 - Top 2% world's ranking of scientists in 2023 (link)
2022 - 5 under 35 SFPE Award (link)
2022 - Top 2% world's ranking of scientists in 2022 (link)
2021- Best Paper 2021 - Editor's Choice collection - Fire Technology - Springer (Paper)
2020 - Massey Research Medal - Early Career (Massey University) (link)
2020 - College of Science Research Award - Early Career (Massey University)
2021 - Editor in Chief’s Featured Article - Fire Safety Journal - Elsevier (Paper)
2019 - Editor in Chief’s Featured Article - Fire Safety Journal - Elsevier (Paper)
2018 - Jack Watts Award (Fire Technology - Springer) - Outstanding Reviewer