Dr. Robert Zimmerman

Biography

Robert Zimmerman obtained a BS and MS in mechanical engineering from Columbia University and a PhD in solid mechanics from the University of California at Berkeley. He has served as a lecturer at UC Berkeley, a staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Head of the Division of Engineering Geology and Geophysics at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences and serves on the editorial boards of Transport in Porous Media and the International Journal of Engineering Science. His research focuses on the hydromechanical behavior of fractured porous rocks, petrophysics, fluid flow in porous media, rock failure and fracture, and the relationship between microstructure and physical properties of heterogeneous materials. His work has significant applications in petroleum engineering, underground mining, radioactive waste disposal, and subsurface carbon sequestration. Professor Zimmerman is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and the American Rock Mechanics Association, and was awarded the Maurice Biot Medal by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2008. He has authored several monographs and textbooks, including "Compressibility of Sandstones" and "Fluid Flow in Fractured Rocks." Throughout his career, he has secured £20M in external funding for major projects.

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