Career

After completing an MEng in Civil Engineering (2012) and a PhD in Geotechnical Engineering (2015), I held a Vice-Chancellor's Independent Research Fellowship (2015–2017) and then a UKRI-EPSRC Fellowship alongside a Lectureship in Civil Engineering (2017–2020). I was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2020, Reader in Geotechnics in 2023, and Professor of Geotechnical Engineering in 2026.

I have held a number of leadership roles, including Deputy Associate Dean (Research & Innovation), Director of the National Engineered Slope Simulator (NESS), University Lead for REF Unit C13, and Programme Leader for the Civil Engineering programmes.

I currently serve as Associate Editor of the Canadian Geotechnical Journal, on the Editorial Board of Engineering Geology, and as a member of ISSMGE Technical Committee TC208 on Slope Stability in Engineering Practice.

I have been honoured to receive a number of awards for my work, including the Philip Leverhulme Prize in Engineering, the Worshipful Company of Engineers’ Hawley Award for Engineering Innovation, and the ICE Thomas Telford Premium.