following MEng and PhD degrees at the University of Cambridge. He is currently a Reader in Civil Engineering and Discipline Lead, having developed and previously led the University's MSc in Geotechnical Engineering for 8 years.
His expertise includes centrifuge and 1-g physical modelling of soil-structure interaction problems, numerical (Finite Element) simulation and analytical modelling. His research interests fall into three main areas:
1. Earthquake Engineering
2. Biomediated Geotechnical Engineering
3. Offshore Geotechnics, primarily anchoring systems for marine renewable energy
This research has been supported by funding from the UK Research Councils, the European Commission, and various overseas, charitable and industrial organisations to a total value of over £4.5M. He was awarded the British Geotechnical Association Medal in 2009 and the TK Hsieh Award for Civil Engineering Dynamics from the ICE/SECED in 2010. In 2017 he gave the 13th Géotechnique Lecture on Use of vegetation in low carbon geotechnical engineering.
He is Chairman of the Editorial Panel of the International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics (2014-2018) and has previously served on the Géotechnique Advisory Panel (2011-2013). He is an instructor on the Standard and Advanced courses in Computational Modelling in Geotechnics run annually in the UK by PLAXIS BV and is a UK National Representative on both Technical Committees TC104 (Physical Modelling) and TC203 (Earthquake Engineering) of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE).
He is also the principal author of Craig's Soil Mechanics, 8th Edition and co-author of Design of Piles in Liquefiable Soils.
Professional Memberships
• Institution of Civil Engineers (Graduate Member)
• British Geotechnical Association (Member)
• International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE; Member)
Professional Roles
• ISSMGE – National Representative, Technical Committee TC104 (Physical Modelling)
• ISSMGE – National Representative (corresponding member), Technical Committee TC203 (Earthquake Engineering & Related Problems)
• Chairman of the Editorial Board, International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics (2014-2018)
• Editorial Board, Géotechnique (2011-2013)