Dr Róisín Buckley she/her

I am a lecturer in geotechnics and a chartered civil engineer. My main research field is experimental geotechnics, with a particular focus on field pile testing, cyclic loading effects, high strain dynamic pile testing, site characterisation and laboratory experiments.

My research aims to understand the mechanics of and improve the design of foundations for onshore and offshore applications. My group is currently working on experimental and numerical research related to offshore seabed characterisation and foundation design – harnessing large datasets to accelerate the energy transition and working closely with industry.

I currently supervise 6 PhD students at Glasgow, Oxford and Dundee. The curious, ambitious and driven researchers I work with come from a range of backgrounds and we are always keen to speak to potential new researchers and collaborators from geotechnics and other engineering disciplines, as well as earth and computer scientists and physicists.