Zahra Mohaghegh is a Professor and Donald Biggar Willett Faculty Scholar in the Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she leads the Socio-Technical Risk Analysis (SoTeRiA) Research Laboratory. Her research advances risk science to improve the safety and economic viability of complex technologies, including commercial nuclear power plants and advanced reactors. Dr. Mohaghegh’s expertise includes probabilistic risk assessment, human-system reliability, probabilistic physics of failure, AI trustworthiness, uncertainty analysis, and risk-informed regulation. She has received numerous honors such as the NSF Mid-Career Achievement Award, the George Apostolakis Award in Risk Assessment, Dean’s Awards for Excellence in Research at multiple career stages, and the ANS Mary Jane Oestmann Professional Women’s Achievement Award. She also serves on committees of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, actively bridging technical innovation and policymaking in high-consequence industries.