Dr Thai is an ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor of Structural Engineering at The University of Melbourne. Prior to joining The University of Melbourne, he was a Senior Lecturer at La Trobe University, an ARC DECRA Fellow at UNSW, and a Postdoctoral Fellow at Hanyang University and Sejong University. His research interests have been in the areas of modular buildings, modular connections, steel structures, steel-concrete composite structures, high-strength concrete, structural reliability, and advanced analysis.