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Angela Casarella is an Assistant Professor in Geotechnical Engineering at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London. She completed her undergraduate studies in Civil Geotechnical Engineering at Politecnico di Torino, Italy and earned her MSc in Geomechanics from Université Grenoble Alpes, France. In 2022, she completed her PhD, where her research focused on the thermomechanical behavior of non-active clays, employing experimental, numerical, and analytical approaches to investigate the particle-scale mechanisms controlling the thermomechanical response of kaolin clay. In 2023, Angela joined Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden as a postdoctoral researcher, where she deepened her expertise in experimental clay micromechanics and led experimental campaigns on clay particle morphology sensitivity. Her work integrated synchrotron-based nano-tomography, Small- and Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS/WAXS), and advanced image analysis techniques to explore the fundamental mechanisms that influence the behavior of quick clays. Angela’s research intersects geotechnical engineering and materials science, focusing on the characterization and design of engineered geomaterials for both civil and non-civil engineering applications.
Specialisms available in Materials for the Energy Transition or Theory and Simulation of Materials.