Melis joined the University of Edinburgh in April 2024. Her research mainly focuses on how geostructures can contribute to the sustainability of human activities and resilience to future climate change and energy-related challenges.
Dr Tim J. Aspinall is a Fellow at the School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh. He works in the fields of fire safety, fire science and materials science, specialising in complex defence and security environments.
Continuum mechanics approaches have been used to model the mechanical behaviour of biological (and active) systems at length scales that are large enough.