Yael "Lelli" Van Den Einde received her B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1994 and both her M.S. and Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from the University of California, San Diego in 1997 and 2001 respectively. She has held appointments at San Diego State University and UCSD, and her research interests include earthquake engineering data and metadata development and management, performance-based earthquake engineering, and large-scale experimentation in earthquake engineering with primary focus on reinforced concrete, FRP composite, and hybrid bridges.