Alessandro Leonardi
Senior Lecturer In Geomechanics at The University of Sheffield
Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAlessandro Leonardi is a Senior Lecturer in Geomechanics at the University of Sheffield with a decade of experience in numerical modelling of natural hazards, specialising in landslides, debris flows and offshore geohazards. He leads development of HYBIRD, a hybrid DEM–LBM simulation tool that bridges particle–fluid physics across scales and supports both academic research and practical engineering. His work couples multiscale, mechanics-based modelling with field data and reduced-order approaches to improve hazard mitigation and infrastructure resilience under uncertainty. Trained at ETH Zurich (PhD) and Padova, he has moved fluid–particle simulation from lab experiments toward full-scale feasibility studies and international collaborative projects across Europe, Asia and Latin America. As an openly queer academic, he also invests in making engineering more inclusive while translating advanced simulation methods into tangible engineering practice.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Structural Engineering, 110/110, Master's degree, Structural Engineering, 110/110 at Università degli Studi di PadovaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Civil Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Civil Engineering at ETH Zurich
Italian, English, Spanish, GermanProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
gnomeCreative/PLES
Jan 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:10 commits, 7 pushes, 2 branches in 6 months
gnomeCreative/HYBIRD
Mar 2023 - Mar 2025
DEM-LBM code for fluid-particle simulations
Contributions:8 reviews, 4 PRs, 13 pushes in 1 year 11 months
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