Giovanni Grasselli

Dr. Giovanni Grasselli is Professor and Foundation CMG Research Chair in Fundamental Petroleum Rock Physics and Rock Mechanics in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on hybrid finite-discrete element (FDEM) numerical technology, experimental visualization techniques and geomechanics principles applied to the study of hydraulic fracturing. He received the prestigious ISRM Rocha Medal (2004) for best thesis worldwide in rock mechanics and supervised two Rocha Medal winners (2015; 2017). Through the start-up company Geomechanica Inc., the FDEM technology is currently commercialized and translated to engineering practice.