Visiting Researchers - 3gdeep

	Professor Sheng-Qi Yang
	Endeavour Research Fellow
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	Phone: +61 3 990 54982
	Office: Room 115, Building 36, Clayton Campus
	Research Interests: Experiment and simulation on fracture evolution behavior of rock containing all kinds of flaws; Deformation and damage mechanics of deep rocks; Rock creep (time-dependent) experimental and model mechanics; Deep underground rock mass engineering and reinforced technique

	Professor Derek Elsworth
	Professor of Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering
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	Affiliation: Penn State University, USA
	Research Interests: Rock mechanics, Groundwater hydrology, Mathematical modelling, Poromechanics, Coupled processes, Contaminant hydrology, Mining engineering, Petroleum engineering, Fracture hydrology

	Professor Tao Xu
	Endeavour Research Fellow
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	Office: Northeastern University, China
	Research Interests: Rock mechanics, Rock seepage mechanics, Coal mining induced gas outbursts, Stability of underground workings, Strata movement, subsidence, slope stability, Slope stability, Acoustic emission and micro-seismicity monitoring, Computer applications in mining/geotechnical engineering, Hydraulic fracturing and associated hydro-mechanical coupling

	Professor Herbert Huppert
	Professor of Theoretical Geophysics
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	Affiliation: Cambridge University, UK
	Research Interests: Carbon dioxide sequestration, Flow of granular media, Constrained lava flows, Exchange flows, Fluid mechanics of solidification

	Dr. Qinglei Yu
	Associated Professor (Geomechanics, Mining Engineering)
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	Office: Northeastern University, P.R. China
	Research Interests: Image-based numerical modelling of geomaterials, joint rock characterization and modelling, microseismic monitoring

	Professor Sevket Durucan
	Professor of Mining and Environmental Engineering
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	Affiliation: Imperial College, UK
	Research Interests: UCG gasifier design, CO₂ storage performance assessment, CBM-ECBM performance assessment, Underground environment control in coal mines

	Professor Hui-Hai Liu
	Head, Department of Hydrogeology, Earth Sciences Division, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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	Phone: 510-486-6452
	Office: Hydrogeology Department, Earth Sciences Division
	Research Interests: Fluid flow in porous media, Flow and transport in unsaturated fractured rock, Coupled hydrological and mechanical processes in the subsurface

	Professor Robert Zimmerman
	Professor of Rock mechanics
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	Affiliation: Imperial College, UK
	Research Interests: Hydromechanical behaviour of fractured and porous rocks, Petrophysics, Fluid flow in porous media, Rock failure and fracture

	Professor Chandrasekharam
	Professor, Department of Earth Sciences
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	Phone: +91-22-2576 7263
	Office: Department of earth sciences, IIT Bombay
	Research Interests: Groundwater resources assessment/ evaluation, Saltwater intrusion into coastal aquifers, Arsenic and fluoride pollution in groundwater, Chemical evolution of geothermal springs, Geothermal energy resources evaluation (for power generation and direct use), Low temperature rock-water interaction experiments, Flow stratigraphy based on field, Geochemical and paleomagnetic studies, Regional correlation of flows using trace element and isotopic signatures, petrogenesis and evolution

	Professor James R. Rice
	Professor of Engineering Sciences and Geophysics
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	Affiliation: Harvard University, USA
	Research Interests: Earthquake source processes, Fault and crack dynamics, Lithospheric stressing and seismicity, Hydrologic and surficial processes, Pore fluid interaction with earth materials, Landslides, Episodic glacial motions

	Professor Hong Li
	Visiting Scholar at University of Alberta
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	Office: University of Alberta, Dalian University of Technology
	Research Interests: Numerical Analysis, Reservoir Engineering, Rock Mechanics, Petroleum Engineering

	Professor Giovanni Barla
	Professor of of Rock Mechanics
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	Affiliation: Editor-in-Chief, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering Journal
	Research Interests: Rock mass characterisation, Numerical modelling and back analysis, Performance monitoring, Slope stability, Rock-structure interaction for underground workings and tunnels, Surface and underground mining

	Professor H.S. Thilakasiri
	Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa
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	Phone: +94-11-2650567-8(Ext.2121)
	Office: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
	Research Interests: Image-based numerical modelling of geomaterials, joint rock characterization and modelling, microseismic monitoring

	Professor S.R. De S. Chandrakeerthy
	Senior Professor , Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa
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	Office: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
	Research Interests: Structural Engineering

	Professor Manoj Khandelwal
	Endeavour Research Fellow
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	Phone: +91 92144 67635
	Office: Department of Mining Engineering, College of Technology and Engineering, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology, Udaipur - 313 001, INDIA
	Research Interests: Rock Mechanics and Rock Science; Rock Blasting, Slope Stability, Ground Control, Environmental Technology, Soft Computing, etc.

	Dr. Lei He
	Endeavour Research Fellow
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	Phone: +61 3 990 59339
	Office: Room 151, Building 60, Clayton Campus
	Research Interests: Support for large underground opening, for long-term stability, to against explosion and earthquake; Development and application of three-dimensional numerical manifold method (3D-NMM) to rock engineering.

	Associate Professor Kai Zhang
	Endeavour Research Fellow
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	Phone: +61 434020528
	Office: Room 115, Building 36, Clayton Campus
	Research Interests: Experiments in rock mechanics, especially on the creep character. Damage and plastic model for rock, and numerical simulation. Roadway support design in Coal Mines.

	Dr. Shikuo Chen
	Endeavour Research Fellow
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	Phone: +61 405790168
	Office: Building 60, Clayton Campus
	Research Interests: Rock Fractal Characterization, CBM extraction, Unsaturated Seepage in Fractured Rock Mass, Rock Instability and Controlling in Mining and geological disaster, Crack Damage Evolution and the Expansion of Numerical Implementation with Comsol.

	Associate Professor Chenhui Wei
	Endeavour Research Fellow
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	Phone: +61 404240668
	Office: Room 116, Building 36, Clayton Campus
	Research Interests: Numerical modeling of rock damage under coupled thermal-hydraulic-mechanical conditions; Coal gas migration and coal-gas interaction.

	Associate Professor Diyuan Li
	Endeavour Cheung Kong Research Fellow
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	Phone: +61 4 2025 7018
	Office: Room 115, Building 36, Clayton Campus
	Research Interests: Experimental rock mechanics under various loading conditions, particularly for hard and brittle rocks; Rock dynamics and fracture propagation under dynamic loads; Slabbing/spalling and rockburst mechanism of rocks in deep mining or tunneling engineering; Cement backfilling and paste backfilling technology in mining engineering.

	Associate Professor Wendong Yanga
	Research Fellow
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	Phone: :+61 3 20675598
	Office: China University of Petroleum (East China)
	Research Interests: The creep behavior of rock and rock masses, The mechanical properties of jointed rock masses, Hydraulic fracturing.

	Associate Professor Yong Liu
	Research Fellow
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	Research Interests: water jet, abrasive gas jet, Sc-CO₂jet and ice-particle gas jet and their application on rock/coal breakage and surface treatment, CBM extraction, CBM well drilling, hydraulic fracture in coal seam, rock impact dynamics, abrasive wear.

	Professor Dong-Yin Li
	Research Fellow
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	Phone: :+61 413 193 255 /+86 13939170537
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	Research Interests: Coal mine design and system optimization, Roadway support, Coal mine gas control and drainage, Coal mine resources scientized mining, Mining technology.

	Professor Tingting Wang
	Research Fellow
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	Phone: :+61 0437315427 +86 13644595427
	Office: Northeast Petroleum University
	Research Interests: Brittle characteristics and acoustic emission signals during rupture process of rock mass; Chaotic characteristics of fracture network; Advanced algorithm for Acoustic Emission source localization and feature extraction of fracture network

	Professor Wanchun Zhao
	Research Fellow
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	Phone: :+61 0437143215 / +86 13644595426
	Office: Northeast Petroleum University
	Research Interests: Rock mechanics and Fracturing improvement on unconventional oil and gas reservoir. Hydraulic fracturing and SRV. Engineering mechanics on Drilling and completing.

	Professor Zhendong Cui
	Associate Professor
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	Phone: :+61 0452491891/+86 13488763485
	Office: Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinsese Academy of Sciences
	Research Interests: Reservoir Geomechanics; Rock Fracture Mechanics

	Dr. Liwei Song
	Research Fellow
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	Phone: :+61 0422815311 / +86 18345995535
	Office: Northeast Petroleum University
	Research Interests: Numerical simulation of seismic wavefield in transversely isotropic media, Reverse-time migration.

	Prof. Zhenyu Zhang
	Endeavour Research Fellow/Professor of Rock Mechanics and Mining Engineering
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	Office: Chongqing University, China
	Research Interests: Rock Mechanics, Fluid flow through porous and jointed rocks, Pressure in mining activities and ground control, Deep resource exploitation and geohazard prevention

	Dr. Huiru Sun
	Research Fellow
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	Phone: :+61 426097583
	Office: Room 112, Building 36, Clayton Campus
	Research Interests: Interaction mechanism between gas hydrate phase transition and multiphase flow; Key mechanism and technology of CO2 storage and CO2-EOR

	Dr. Yanliang Li
	Lecturer at Jilin University
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	Phone: :+8618844548728
	Office: College of Construction Engineering, Jilin University, China
	Research Interests: Rock damage and fragmentation properties under deep in-situ pressures; Rock fracture behavior under dynamic and static loads; Visualization and quantitative statistics of cracks in rock materials; Mechanisms of rock breaking and coring in deep scientific drilling