Dr. Rajesh Sathiyamoorthy is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering (Geotechnical Engineering) at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India. Prior to joining IIT Kanpur, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Joseph Fourier, LTHE, Grenoble, France. He was at Tongji University, Shanghai, China, as a Talented Young Scientist and at University of Applied Sciences, Darmstradt, Germany, as a Young Researcher. His research expertise includes hydro-mechanical behaviour of geomaterials, unsaturated soils, environmental geotechnology, numerical and physical modelling of geostructures, ground improvement techniques, geosynthetics, and engineered cover systems. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers in journals and conferences in the area of geotechnical and geoenviromental engineering. He is a recipient of Institution of Engineers (India) Young Engineers Award-2013 (Civil Engineering), Talented Young Scientist Award-2018 from Ministry of Science and Technology China, and Distinguished Alumni Award-2019 (Academic and Research) from VIT university. He is also a recipient of Prof. G. A. Leonards Biannual Award-2011, IGS - Prof. A.V. Shroff Biannual Award-2013, IIT Kanpur Best Instructor Awards and several best paper awards at national and international conferences. He is ISSMGE, TC-106 (Unsaturated Soils) committee member representing India. He also serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of Indian Geotechnical Journal and International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering.