Editorial Board Member, Discover Civil Engineering Journal, Springer Nature

Dr. Oladoyin Kolawole is an Assistant Professor of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), USA. He is the founding director of the Geomechanics for Geo-Engineering and Sustainability (GGES) Lab. Prior to joining NJIT, Dr. Kolawole was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Texas Tech University, before later working as a Faculty Fellow (Visiting Faculty) at Hope College, Michigan. He pioneered the “biogeomechanics” concept, which studies the mechanical response of rocks due to biological-induced processes. His interest is in experimental and computational studies to fundamentally understand and predict the multiscale mechanics and physical  attributes of porous materials across scales. Dr. Kolawole is a recipient of the Future Leader Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA). He currently serves on the Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering at the U.S. National Academies.