Dr. Katerina Tsiampousi

Biography

Katerina Tsiampousi is a Reader in Geotechnical Infrastructure at Imperial College London. She specializes in unsaturated soil mechanics and completed her undergraduate studies in Civil Engineering at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece in 2005. Katerina joined Imperial College for her postgraduate studies, achieving an MSc in Soil Mechanics in 2006 followed by a PhD in Geotechnics in 2011. Since joining Imperial College, she has held various academic positions, including Research Associate and Senior Lecturer. Katerina's research focuses on the development of numerical algorithms and constitutive models for both saturated and unsaturated soils, as well as structural elements. She applies her expertise in numerical analysis to the geotechnical infrastructure including engineered and natural slopes, tunnels, urban excavations, flood embankments, and seawalls. Additionally, she has made experimental contributions such as developing novel apparatus and techniques to control challenging boundary conditions. Katerina is particularly interested in the effects of climate change on geotechnical infrastructure and strives to develop affordable solutions to major issues such as gully erosion in Africa. Her expertise lies in testing and modeling geo-materials, as well as reliability and risk assessments of geotechnical structures.

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