Dr. Lopez-Querol completed her MEng in Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Madrid, and her PhD in Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Castilla - La Mancha, in 2006. She has been postdoctoral researcher at Imperial College London and CETA (CEDEX - Spain), funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education. Her research interests are mainly on the Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering field. She is currently interested in the constitutive behaviour of sandy material under cyclic loading, from both experimental and numerical points of view, as well as on the effect of dynamic loadings on the foundation of offshore structures and ground improvement techniques.

Dr. Susana Lopez-Querol’s main research interests are:

• Numerical modelling of liquefaction and cyclic mobility phenomena in sandy soils.
• Constitutive behaviour of granular soils under dynamic loading.
• Effects of vibrations in granular soils for ground improvement.
• Design of foundations for offshore structures.
• Meshfree numerical modelling in soil dynamics.
• Time integration schemes in soil dynamics.
• Back analyses of historical earthquakes for their incorporation in seismic catalogues.

He has made contributions across five key areas: research, knowledge transfer, education, university management, and community engagement. His research has focused primarily on the detection of accounting frauds and the key success factors for businesses, with publications in esteemed journals like the Journal of Business Ethics and the European Accounting Review. He has also authored numerous professional articles and books in various languages, contributing substantially to the dissemination of knowledge.

In university administration, Amat has held numerous leadership roles, including rector of Pompeu Fabra University, dean of the UPF Barcelona School of Management, and director of the department of economics and business. He pioneered in Spain a professorial promotion path based on knowledge transfer, leading significant transformations that earned international accreditations for the management school.

Additionally, he cofounded the Catalan Association of Accounting, further showcasing his influence in the economic and educational landscapes.

Undergraduate courses:

Soil Mechanics, Statics, Introduction to Continuum Mechanics

Graduate courses: Soil Mechanics, Numerical Methods in Civil Engineering, Soil Dynamics, Advanced Constitutive Soil Models

Experience in research:

Supervision of more than 100 thesis (master's degree) and dissertations (doctoral degree)

Publication of more than 150 paper in conference processing and journals

Please, write a brief description of your experience in research, teaching and/or education.