His research is related to geomechanical processes associated with natural hazards, enhanced geothermal systems and clay shales on all scales. His scientific interests span from the analyses of unstable rock slopes, rock avalanches and debris flows to underground excavations for infrastructure, hydropower and deep mines, including rock mass characterization, experimental rock mechanics, field testing and numerical modeling.
Research Interests:
Rock Slope Instabilities and Natural Hazards
Rock and Geomechanics
Nuclear Waste Repositories
Deep Geothermal Energy
Thermo-hydro-mechanical coupled problems in rocks
Periglacial rock slope dynamics
Bedrock permafrost
Hydraulic stimulation