Chris Massey

Dr Chris Massey is an engineering geologist with more than 25 years of consultancy and research experience in the investigation and analysis of complex geological and geotechnical data for landslide and slope stability including landslide monitoring, foundation design, underground/surface rock support and groundwater problems. He has applied these skills to geohazard risk analyses and assessments, and to oil and gas pipelines, highway, railway, mining engineering and town planning projects in Africa, the Himalayas, Europe, South East and Central Asia and Australasia. Chris has a degree in geology from Leeds University, UK; a masters in Engineering Geology from Imperial College, London, UK; and a PhD in engineering geology from the University of Durham, UK. Dr Massey’s research interests are in rock mechanics, engineering geomorphology and in particular landslide processes and mechanisms of movement. Dr Massey has published many peer-reviewed journal papers and has given lectures and workshops around the world.