Mateo Acosta
Lab head
- Assistant professor of geomechanics @ VT-Geos (2025 - onwards)
- Research scientist @ Caltech (2021-2024)
- D.Sc. Mechanics-Geophysics @ EPFL (2016 - 2020)
- M.Sc Engineering @ Grenoble INP (2012 - 2015)
CV
Current Postdocs & Graduate Students
Rahi Abrar
Grad student
- PhD student @ EMES (2025 - 2029)
- Undergraduate @ IIEST, Shibpur (2019 - 2023)
Lily Maddox
Grad student
- MSc student @ EMES (2025 - 2027)
- Undergraduate @ University of Utah (2021 - 2025)
Current Undergraduate Students
Seamus Chappell
- Undergraduate research (2025)
- Physical mechanisms of fluids and particle infiltration under low stress conditions
Maddie Benedetti
- Independent project (2025)
- Physical mechanisms of wave propagation under low stress conditions
Gus Stach
- Undergrad assistant (2025)
- Fluid flow through rough fractures
Past Postdocs & Graduate Students
Past Undergraduate Students
