Lyesse Laloui

Full Professor, Soil Mechanics Laboratory

Lyesse Laloui is a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Lausanne (EPFL), where he directs the Laboratory for Soil Mechanics, and serves as President of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). He is a world-renowned expert in geomechanics and geo-energy; his research into the physical mechanisms of geomaterials has unlocked technologies for addressing climate change, resource optimisation and renewable energy adoption. His awards include an Advanced ERC Grant (2018), an ERC Proof of Concept Grant (2020) and an EiC Transition Grant (2023).