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Senior Researchers

Prof. Sergio Sepúlveda

Professor, FRBC Chair in Resource Geoscience and Geotechnics

Email: ssepulve@sfu.ca

Research Interests: Engineering geology, landslide mechanisms, rock slope stability modelling, applications of remote sensing on rock mass characterization, slope stability and tunnels, debris flows, glacial and volcanic landslide hazards, landslide susceptibility and hazard mapping, earthquake-induced landslides, earthquake site effects relationships with topography and surface geology.  

Prof. Doug Stead

Professor Emeritus

Email: dtead@sfu.ca

Research interests: Application of remote sensing techniques in the evaluation of slope instability, numerical modelling in rock slope stability, applications of mixed/virtual reality in engineering geology, application of rock engineering principles in the evaluation of natural hazards, influence of structural geology and tectonic damage on rock slope instability, open-pit geomechanics, underground mining geomechanics, numerical modelling of hydrofracture, 3D modelling of underground excavations, applications of combined FDEM-DFN in rock engineering, new methods of rock mass characterisation based on connectivity, numerical modelling of underground block caving with special reference to induced subsidence, integrated acoustic emission-numerical modelling of brittle rock fracture.

Dr. Sonia D’Ambra

SFU Adjunct Faculty and  General Manager, Principal Geotechnical Engineer at ITASCA Consulting Canada

Email: sonia.dambra@gmail.com

Research interests: Rock mechanics, rock mass characterization and structural interpretation, rock slope design and stability assessment, open pit design, numerical modelling, excavation/infrastructure interaction analysis, slope stability monitoring.

Prof. Davide Elmo

SFU Adjunct Faculty and Professor at UBC

Email: delmo@mining.ubc.ca

Research interests: Rock mechanics, rock engineering design, numerical modelling, discrete fracture network engineering applications in rock engineering and mining, cognitive biases in rock engineering design. 

Dr. Marc-Andre Brideau

SFU Adjunct Faculty and Director, Cordilleran Geoscience at BC Geological Survey

Email: mbrideau@bgcengineering.ca

Research interests: Rock slope stability, geohazard risk assessment, landslide runout analysis.