Professor, Jacobs School of Engineering | Director, CHEI & UC San Diego DroneLab | Co-Director, ALERTCalifornia
Falko Kuester is the Calit2 Professor for Visualization and Virtual Reality at UC San Diego, with appointments in Structural Engineering and Computer Science at the Jacobs School of Engineering. He directs the Cultural Heritage Engineering Initiative, CISA3, and the UC San Diego DroneLab, focusing on rapid infrastructure diagnostics, digital twins, and big-data visualization for engineers, first responders, and researchers. His work spans aerial, underwater, and terrestrial environments, with applications in disaster reconnaissance, cultural heritage preservation, and immersive visualization technologies.