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Qinghua Lei

09-06-2025

Dr Lei delivered the first Haimson Keynote Lecture (ARMA Early Career Keynote) at the 59th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium held at Santa Fe, USA. The talk is titled: “Predicting Catastrophic Failures: From Landslides to Rockbursts, Glacier Breakoffs, and Volcanic Eruptions”. See a self-recorded version of the talk below.

13-04-2025

We are excited to announce the Geohazards Crisis Observatory, which aims to leverage next-generation data-driven, physics-based predictive science to mitigate geohazard risks, and protect lives and infrastructure. See our website (https://www.geohazards-observatory.com) for more details.

07-03-2025

Dr Lei was selected as the Early Career Keynote Speaker for ARMA2025 (American Rock Mechanics Association) and will deliver the Bezalel Haimson Keynote Lecture during the upcoming 59th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium at Santa Fe, New Mexico.

22-01-2025

Dr Lei was invited to join the Editorial Board of International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, which is a leading peer-reviewed internatinoal journal in the field of rock mecahnics and rock engineering.

16-12-2024

Dr Lei was selected to be a Fellow of the Young Academy of Europe (YAE). YAE is a pan-European initiative of young scientists for networking, scientific exchange and science policy. Members of the YAE are leading young scholars who are outstanding researchers with recognised national/international excellence. See https://yacadeuro.org/ for more details about YAE.

14-11-2024

Dr Lei received the Chin-Fu Tsang Coupled Processes Award from the ISRM Commission on Coupled THMC Processes in Fractured Rock and delivered an award lecture at the 4th International Conference on Coupled Processes in Fractured Geological Media in Kyoto, Japan.

08-11-2024

Group dinner + farewell for Wenbo Pan @Stationen-Uppsala.

29-11-2021

Dr Lei received the Scott Sloan Best Paper Award from Computers and Geotechnics for his lead-author paper "The use of discrete fracture networks for modelling coupled geomechanical and hydrological behaviour of fractured rocks", co-authored with Dr John-Paul Latham (Imperial College London) and Dr Chin-Fu Tsang (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

13-09-2019

Dr Lei received the prestigious Rocha Medal Award from the International Society for Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (ISRM). He also delivered a plenary talk (also the opening talk of the entire congress) during the 14th International Congress of Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering at Foz do Iguassu, Brazil, 13-18 Sep 2019 (number of participants: ~600).

29-06-2016

Dr Lei received the prestigious Dr NGW Cook PhD Dissertation Award from American Rock Mechanics Association.

01-07-2015

Mr Lei received the prestigious Rock Mechanics Research Award from American Rock Mechanics Association.

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