About
Dr. Xue Zhang, a senior lecturer in the University of Liverpool, earned his PhD in geotechnical engineering from the University of Newcastle, Australia, in 2014. Following this, he served as a Research Associate at the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering (Newcastle, Australia). Dr. Zhang then expanded his expertise as a Marie Curie fellow at the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (Barcelona, Spain). Currently a faculty member at the University of Liverpool, UK, his research focuses on computational geomechanics, specialising in geohazard modelling and geostructure design.
Prizes or Honours
- Excellent Editorial Award (Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2023)
- Excellent Paper Award (International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), 2022)
- John Carter Award (International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, 2017)
- Australian Geomechanics Society (New South Wales) Research Award (Australian Geomechanics Society at New South Wales, 2013)
- Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment Postgraduate Research Award (University of Newcastle, Australia, 2012)
Funded Fellowships
- Royal Society Newton Mobility Grant (Royal Society, 2020 - 2022)
- EPSRC New Investigator Award (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), 2021 - 2023)
- Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (European Commission, 2017 - 2018)
- International Research Visiting Fellowship (University of Newcastle, Australia, 2017)