The research work has been carried out by numerous co-workers from different countries. The research proposals are approved by the foundation board. Currently, the following fellows are financially supported by the foundation:
Dr. Yunteng Wang
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Yunteng Wang is Privatdozent (Venia Docendi) and Principal Investigator at the Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU). His research focuses on computational geomechanics for better understanding of geological discontinuous structures, such as fracture and deformation bands, in response to environmental and energy-related challenges in earth science. He has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles in highly recognized academic journals, such as Nature Communications, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, Acta Geotechnica, etc., receiving more than 3000 citations with the H-index of 27. He has been awarded the Best Paper Prize in 2019 in 'Acta Geotechnica', the Editor’s Choice Award in 2021 in 'Journal of Engineering Mechanics - ASCE', the Best PhD Dissertation Award in 2020 and the Best Prize of Natural Science Award in 2023 (2nd Class) by the Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics & Engineering. He is also on the list of Top 2% Most Influential Scientists in 2023 and 2024 by Stanford University. Furthermore, he has obtained several prestigious research grants, including FWF Lise Meitner project (https://www.fwf.ac.at/forschungsradar/10.55776/M3340), OeaD Scientific & Technological Cooperation project, and two Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Staff Exchanges projects, i.e., LOC3G (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101129729) and MONUGEO (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101182721), as the Principal Investigator and (Co)-coordinators. For the academic activities, he has organized several mini-symposiums and workshops at some international conferences, such as EMI 2024-IC (Vienna, Austria), ECCOMAS 2024 (Lisboa, Portugal), ICCES 2023 (Shenzhen, China), WCCM 2024 (Toronto, Canada) and WCCM 2022 (Yokohama, Japan).
MSc. Ivan Zaboev
MSc. Ivan Zaboev is a PhD student at the Institute of Geotechnical Engineering at BOKU. He completed his master’s degree in Structural Engineering at Tyumen Industrial University in 2022, focusing his master’s thesis on the behavior of spiral micropiles in soil. His doctoral research centers on multiscale modeling of geomaterials as multiphase media. MSc. Zaboev has experience in numerical modeling using the finite difference multiphase model and Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) methods, as well as conducting laboratory tests across various scales.
