Qinghua Lei

Principal investigator

Dr Qinghua Lei

(Uppsala University)Research interests: rock mechanics, tunnelling, hydrogeology, geophysics, geoenergy, natural hazards

Postdoctoral researchers

Chuanyin Jiang

(Uppsala University; 2024-date)Research interests: THMC coupling, nuclear waste disposal, flow and transport, karst hydrogeology

Dr Shuaifeng Wang

(Tongji University; 2019-date)Research interests: block theory, TBM, underground construction, wave physics, artificial intelligence

PhD students

Nicholas Osuji

(Uppsala University; 2022-date)Research interests: nuclear waste disposal, numerical modelling, fluid flow, mass transport, discrete fracture networks

Muhammad Pratama

(Uppsala University; 2024-date)Research interests: multiphase flow, hydrocarbon recovery, nuclear waste disposal, numerical simulation

Hadi Karimzadeh

(Uppsala University; 2024-date)Research interests: tunnel excavation, hydro-mechanical coupling, groundwater flow, ground settlement

Wenbo Pan

(Tongji University & Uppsala University; 2021-date)Research interests: earthquake hazards, rock dynamics, nuclear waste disposal, fault rupture, discrete element method

Chenxi Zhao

(Tongji University & ETH Zürich; 2019-date)Research interests: underground excavation, nuclear waste disposal, hydrogen storage, numerical modelling

Past members

Dr Liang Wang

(ETH Zürich; 2020-2023)Research interests: particle finite element method, landslides, geomechanics, underground excavation

Dr Erik Toller 

(Uppsala University; 2020-2023)Research interests: hydrogeology, underground construction, analytical element method, fractured rocks

Dr Nicolas Oestreicher

(ETH Zürich; 2018-2022)Research interests: landslides, groundwater flow, field monitoring, remote sensing, numerical modelling

Dr Bernard Brixel

(ETH Zürich; 2016-2020)Research interests: hydrogeology, enhanced geothermal systems, fault zone, microbiology, induced seismicity