Lyesse Laloui
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Laloui is active in the fields of geomechanics, sustainability and geo-energy. His work explores the multiphysical behaviour of energy geostructures, sustainable soil stabilisation, the behaviour of shales, radioactive waste disposal and carbon capture and storage. His efforts have led to publication of 13 books, over 370 journal publications and four patents.
Recognized as one of the world's top ranked scientists in field of Engineering and Technology, Laloui is the current vice-president for Europe of the ISSMGE, the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering and Editor in Chief of the Elsevier journal, Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. A full member of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences, Director of [https://www.acuus.org/ ACUUS], the Associated Research Centers for the Urban Underground Space and recent recipient of two Doctorate Honoris Causae in Engineering from Heriot-Watt University, and from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, he is also the founding partner of the International Joint Research Center for Energy Geotechnics in China and has co-founded several start-ups including [https://geoeg.net/ Geoeg], [https://www.medusoil.com/ Medusoil], [https://www.nesol.net/ Nesol] and [https://enerdrape.com/en/ Enerdrape]. Since 2017 Lyesse Laloui acts as an ambassador of Lausanne Montreux Congress (LMC) which brings together the experts from the economic region of Lausanne and Montreux. In 2024 he was elected to the Academia Europaea. Provided by Wikipedia
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