Nilo Consoli

Positioned as 1st Brazilian Scientist in the whole areas of Civil Engineering according to 2024 "Stanford University" studies. Listed among the 0.70% most influential in the world according to 2024 studies developed by Stanford University. Has experience in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering and Sustainability, acting on the following subjects: mine tailings stacking, eco-friendly (sustainable) geotechnical solutions, development of new geomaterials, lab & field soil special tests, constitutive modelling and numerical simulation of special earthworks, and ground improvement technics. Associate Editor of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Editor of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering and Proceedings of the ICE - Ground Improvement. Member of Editorial Board of Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Geosynthetics International, Transportation Geotechnics and Indian Geotechnical Journal. Awarded with Telford Prize (2001) by The Institution of Civil Engineers – UK for best paper published at Géotechnique entitled “Soil formation from tailings: Comparison of predictions and field measurements” & and Telford Premium (2009) for important contribution to Engineering literature published at Ground Improvement entitled “Uplift of shallow foundations with cement stabilised backfill”. Has 308 peer reviewed papers on the ISI Web of Science (9281 citations and h-index = 54), and 305 peer reviewed papers on SCOPUS (10502 citations and h-index = 57). Author of the book Pathology of Foundations. Invited speaker at several universities, including Imperial College London, University of Cambridge, University of Bristol, University College London, University of Western Australia, & Nanjing University. Innovation consultant for VALE (Brazilian mining company) & PETROBRAS (Brazilian oil company).

Sabbatical lincense carrying out join research with Professor Erdin Ibraim and Dr. Andrea Diambra.

Sabbatical licence carrying out join research with Professor Matthew Coop.

Sabbatical license at UWA carrying out join research with Professor Martin Fahey, Professor Andy Fourie & Professor Barry Lehane.

Sabbatical at University of Oxford carrying out research with Professor Gilliane Sills on tailings disposal.