Teaching & Mentoring

Course teaching

At Uppsala University

2024-date (spring), Course Director & Lecturer, BSc course: Fluid Mechanics

Extent: course organisation and 2-hour lectures (×16); Number of students: ~50; ECTS credits: 10.

2024-date (spring), Lecturer, MSc course: Hydrological Processes

Extent: 2-hour lectures (×3); Number of students: ~25; ECTS credits: 10.

2023-date (autumn), Course Director & Lecturer, MSc course: Statistics & Data Analysis Methods

Extent: course organisation and 2-hour lectures (×10); Number of students: ~25; ECTS credits: 5.

2023-date (autumn), Lecturer, MSc course: Introduction to Water Engineering

Extent: 2-hour lectures (×9) and 2-hour exercises (×4); Number of students: ~15; ECTS credits: 15.

2023-date (autumn), Lecturer, BSc course: Hydrology & Water Resource Management

Extent: 2-hour lectures (×2) and 2-hour exercises (×2); Number of students: ~50; ECTS credits: 10.

2023-date (autumn), Lecturer, BSc course: Meteorology, Hydrology & Environmental Measurement Techniques

Extent: 2-hour lectures (×2) and 2-hour exercises (×2); Number of students: ~50; ECTS credits: 15.

2023-date (spring), Lecturer, MSc course: Groundwater & Surface Water Modelling

Extent: 2-hour lectures (×5); Number of students: ~25; ECTS credits: 10.

2023 (spring), Lecturer, MSc course: Field Methods in Earth Science

Extent: 2-day field trips for conducting pumping tests; Number of students: ~15; ECTS credits: 5.

At ETH Zürich

2018-2022 (autumn), Lecturer for the compulsory MSc course: Rock Mechanics & Rock Engineering

Extent: 4-hour lectures (×7); Number of students: ~15; ECTS credits: 4.Received a very high grade of 4.5 in the most recent student evaluation (conducted in 11/2022; according to the ETH standard, values of 3-3.5 are satisfactory and of 3.6-5 are very good).

Since 09/2021, Lecturer for the compulsory MSc course: Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering

Extent: 3-hour lectures (×7); Number of students: ~15; ECTS credits: 4.Received a very high grade of 4.75 in the most recent student evaluation (conducted in 12/2022; according to the ETH standard, values of 3-3.5 are satisfactory and of 3.6-5 are very good).

Since 01/2020, Lecturer for the compulsory MSc course: Engineering Geology Seminar

Extent: 1-hour seminars (×7), responsible for inviting guest speakers, managing seminar series as the moderator, and organising min-symposiums for MSc students to present their thesis research; Number of students: ~15; ECTS credits: 2.Received a very high grade of 4.5 in the most recent student evaluation (conducted in 06/2021; according to the ETH standard, values of 3-3.5 are satisfactory and of 3.6-5 are very good).

01/2020, Lecturer for a block session of the Certificate of Advanced Studies course series for industrial participants: Discontinuity Analysis in Rock Engineering

Extent: 1-hour lecture (×1); Language: English; Number of students: ~30.

At Imperial College London

2017-2018, Academic Tutorial for 2nd Year Geophysics undergraduates: What is a Fractal? ― A Trip to Explore the Wonder of Fractals

Extent: 1-hour classroom teaching with group discussion per semester; Language: English; Number of students: ~10; Assessment: Oral presentation.

2014-2015, Graduate Teaching Assistant for four undergraduate courses: Environmental and Engineering Geology (Course Director: Dr John-Paul Latham), Coastal Engineering (Course Director: Dr John-Paul Latham), Numerical Method II (Course Director: Prof Stephen Neethling), and Advanced Programming C/C++ (Course Director: Prof Stephen Neethling)

Extent: 3 hours per week; Language: English; Number of students: ~50.

Supervision

Researchers/postdocs

Iman Vaezi (Uppsala University; 2024-date). Topic: multiphysics modelling of fractured rocks. Role: primary supervisor.

Chuanyin Jiang (Uppsala University; 2024-date). Topic: multiphysics modelling of fractured rocks. Role: primary supervisor.

Shuaifeng Wang (Tongji University; 2019-2024). Topic: rock mechanics and rock engineering. Role: co-supervisor.

Liang Wang (ETH Zurich; 2020-2023). Topic: landslide modelling. Role: primary supervisor.

PhD students (×13)

Hadi Karimzadeh (Uppsala University; 2024-date). Topic: tunnelling-induced groundwater drawdown and ground settlements in dense urban areas. Role: primary supervisor.

Muhammad Bilal (Uppsala University; 2024-date). Topic: nuclear waste disposal in fractured crystalline rock. Role: primary supervisor.

Muhammad Pratama (Uppsala University; 2024-date). Topic: nuclear waste disposal in faulted Opalinus Clay shale. Role: primary supervisor.

Nicholas Osuji (Uppsala University; 2022-date). Topic: performance assessment of nuclear waste repositories in fractured crystalline rock. Role: primary supervisor.

Wenbo Pan (Tongji University & Uppsala University; 2021-date). Topic: rock dynamics with application to nuclear waste disposal and tunnelling/mining. Role: co-supervisor & overseas host supervisor.

Chenxi Zhao (Tongji University & ETH Zurich; 2019-date). Topic: underground excavation-related coupled hydromechanical processes. Role: co-supervisor & overseas host supervisor.

Junyao Yang (Tongji University; 2023-date). Topic: long-term performance of high-speed railway tunnels. Role: co-supervisor.

Erik Toller (Uppsala University; 2020-2023; now an Associate Civil Engineer at Golder Associates). Topic: groundwater modelling for underground construction in fractured bedrocks. Role: co-supervisor.

Nicolas Oestreicher (ETH Zurich; 2018-2022; now a Postdoc at University of Geneva). Topic: rock slope stability. Role: co-supervisor.

Bernard Brixel (ETH Zurich; 2016-2020; now a Scientific Advisor at Canton of Geneva). Topic: fault zone hydrogeology. Role: co-supervisor.

Kai Zhang (Tsinghua University; 2020-2023). Topic: rock mechanics and rock engineering. Role: co-supervisor.

Xu Zhang (China University of Petroleum; 2019-2022; now a Postdoc at China University of Petroleum). Topic: multiphysics in karstified fractured reservoirs. Role: co-supervisor.

Zehao Lyu (China University of Petroleum & Imperial College London; 2016-2018; now a Project Manager at Sinopec). Topic: geothermal well optimisation. Role: co-supervisor.

MSc students (×17)

Livio Rezzonico (ETH Zurich; 2022-date). Topic: modelling unsaturated flow in fault zones. Role: co-supervisor.

Jiahe Bai (Tongji University; 2022-date). Topic: shield tunnelling in coral reef limestones. Role: co-supervisor.

Mingyue Yuan (ETH Zurich; 2021-2023; now pursuing a PhD at ETH Zurich). Topic: statistical physics and landslide analysis. Role: primary supervisor.

Moritz Lesche (ETH Zurich; 2019-2021; now a Project Geologist at Jäckli Geologie AG). Topic: modelling reservoir impoundment-induced landslides. Role: primary supervisor.

Nadir Dazzi (ETH Zurich; 2019-2021; now a Project Manager at Solexperts AG). Topic: modelling unsaturated flow in fractured media. Role: primary supervisor.

Haonan Yang (ETH Zurich; 2019-2021; now an Underwriting Analyst at Echo Reinsurance Limited). Topic: statistical physics and landslide analysis. Role: primary supervisor.

Johal Simran (ETH Zurich; 2019-2021; now an Engineering Geologist at Arup). Topic: fracture network characterisation. Role: co-supervisor.

Guansi Gu (Tongji University; 2021-2023; now pursuing a PhD at Tongji University). Topic: shield tunnelling for underground construction. Role: co-supervisor.

Sihao Yu (Tongji University; 2021-2023; now pursuing a PhD at the University of Hong Kong). Topic: machine learning-based prediction of TBM performance. Role: co-supervisor.

Chuanyin Jiang (China University of Petroleum; 2019-2022; now pursuing a PhD at Université de Montpellier). Topic: coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical processes in geothermal reservoirs. Role: co-supervisor.

Huandui Liu (Chinese Academy of Sciences; 2020-2021; now pursuing a PhD at Chinese Academy of Sciences). Topic: blasting in fractured rocks for underground construction. Role: co-supervisor.

Zineng Wang (Tongji University; 2019-2021). Topic: hydraulic fracturing in faulted shale reservoirs. Role: co-supervisor.

Samuel Parsons (Imperial College London; 2013-2014; now a Research Fellow at University of Leeds). Topic: modelling progressive development of fractures in extensional regimes. Role: co-supervisor.

James Meacher (Imperial College London; 2014-2015). Topic: fault mechanics. Role: co-supervisor.

Seshane Mahlo (Imperial College London; 2013-2014). Topic: investigation of fracture propagation in shale specimens using foliated and multi-layered models. Role: co-supervisor.

Jing Zheng (Imperial College London; 2013-2014). Topic: stress characterisation. Role: co-supervisor.

Alistair Hudson-Kirkham (Imperial College London; 2013-2014). Topic: block caving. Role: co-supervisor.

High school students (×1)

Michelle Sasson (Kantonsschule Wettingen, Matura project; 2020; now doing a BSc at ETH Zurich). Topic: fracture network characterisation. Role: co-supervisor.