Giovanni Grasselli

Principal Investigator

Email: giovanni.grasselli@utoronto.ca
Phone: 416-978-0125
Office: GB327

Professor Giovanni Grasselli

NSERC - Energi Simulation Industrial Research Chair in Fundamental Rock Physics and Rock Mechanics

Biography

Giovanni Grasselli is a Professor and the NSERC/Energi Simulation Industrial Research Chair in Fundamental Petroleum Rock Physics and Rock Mechanics at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on hybrid finite-discrete element (FDEM) numerical technology, experimental visualization techniques, and geomechanics principles applied to the study of tunneling and hydraulic fracturing. He received the prestigious ISRM Rocha Medal (2004) for best thesis worldwide in rock mechanics and supervised two Rocha Medal winners (2015 and 2017). Through the start-up company Geomechanica Inc., the FDEM technology is currently commercialized and translated to engineering practice.

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Awards

50+

Scholarships

Collaborative PI's

Qinya Liu

Professor

Department of Physics

    Sebastian Goodfellow

    Assistant Professor

    Civil & Mineral Engineering

      Karl Peterson

      Associate Professor

      Civil & Mineral Engineering

      Current Members

      Afeez Popoola

      PhD Candidate

      Aldo Katragjini

      MASc Student

      Alistair Mascarenhas

      Research Associate

      Ang Lu

      Visiting PhD Student

      Brant Zeeman

      MASc Student

      Earl Magsipoc

      PhD Candidate

      Edouard Kravchinsky

      PhD Candidate

      Gang Yang

      PhD Candidate

      Hui Yang

      Postdoctoral Researcher

      James Wagner

      Undergraduate

      Julie Younes

      PhD Student

      Kareem Aboayanah

      PhD Student

      Liang Ding

      Postdoctoral Researcher

      Lei Sun

      Postdoctoral Researcher

      Mei Li

      PhD Candidate

      Pengfei Zhao

      PhD Student

      Tamara Kondrachova

      PhD Candidate

      Thomas de Boer

      MASc Student

      Tianshi Liu

      PhD Candidate

      Yunkun Wang

      PhD Student

      Alumni

      Alexandra Korolev

      MASc Student

      Alvaro Opazo

      Visiting MASc Student

      Aly Abdelaziz

      PhD Graduate

      Sr. Drillings, Completions, and Geomechanics Engineer – PETRONAS Canada

      Andrea Lisjak

      PhD Graduate

      Numerical Modelling Lead – Geomechanica Inc.

      Anton Biryukov

      MASc Graduate

      Data Scientist – Pason

      Aref

        Aref Rizehbandi

        MASc Graduate

        Stantec

        Athena Pirayehgar

        Postdoctoral Researcher

        Geomechanics Consultant – RockEng Inc.

        Ben Cottrell

        MEng Graduate

        Mine Planning – Torex Gold Resources Inc.

        Bryan Tatone

        PhD Graduate

        Technical Lead Experimental Geomechanics – Geomechanica Inc.

        Carolina Saavedra

        Visiting MASc Student

        Daniel Figi

        MEng Graduate

        Engineering Geologist – BTG Büro für Technische Geologie AG

        Gili Lifshitz Sherzer

        Postdoctoral Researcher

        Lecturer – Ariel University

        Grace Hu

        Summer Student

        Hongyuan (Henry) Zhou

        MASc Graduate

        Jiazheng (Jeremy) Hu

        MASc Graduate

        PhD Candidate at McGill

        Johnson Ha

        Research Associate

        Geomechanica Inc.

        Lucas Herzog Bromerchenkel

        MASc Graduate

        Concrete Ontario

        Mark Slater

        MEng Graduate

        Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Supervisor – Teck Coal Ltd.

        Matt Adams

        Senior Industry Advisor

        VP Geoscience – Shear FRAC Limited

        Mostafa Khorshidi

        MASc Graduate

        Nicola Tisato

        Postdoctoral Researcher

        Assistant Professor – The University of Texas at Jackson School of Geosciences 

        Olga Kovaleva

        PhD Student

        Meta

        Omid Mahabadi

        PhD Graduate

        President & CEO – Geomechanica Inc.

        Qi Zhao

        PhD Graduate

        Assistant Professor – Hong Kong Polytechnic University

        Paola Miglietta

        PhD Graduate

        Scientific Collaborator for RESSLab – EPFL ENAC

        Simon Harvey

        MASc Graduate

        Tahirou Assane

        PhD Student

        Director of Operations and Program – Brightline Initiative

        Tyler Hilkewich

        MEng Graduate

        Mining Consultant – Outliers Mining Solutions

        Vahid Afroughsabet

        Postdoctoral Researcher

        Wei Wei

        Postdoctoral Researcher

        Xiaofeng Li

        Postdoctoral Researcher

        Professor – Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics Chinese Academy of Sciences

        Xinglong Zhao

        Visiting PhD Student

        Xinting Zhang

        Visiting PhD Student

        Yu Wang

        MASc Graduate

        Mott MacDonald

        Yuan Chen

        Visiting PhD Student

        Yusheng Qiu

        Research Associate