People

Faculty Leadership

Jason T. DeJong, PhD

Director of the Center for Geotechnical Modeling
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dan Wilson, PhD

Associate Director, Center for Geotechnical Modeling

Bruce Kutter, PhD

Former Director (1996-2009)

Ross Boulanger, PhD, PE, NAE

Former Director (2009-2023)

Katerina Ziotopoulou

Katerina Ziotopoulou, PhD, PE

Faculty Advisor

Alejandro Martinez

Alejandro Martinez, PhD

Faculty Advisor

Michael Gardner

Michael Gardner, PhD, PE

Faculty Advisor

Staff

Karissa Alarcon

Karissa Alarcon

Admin Assistant

Chad Justice

Development Technician

Calvin Robertson

Calvin Robertson

IT Systems Administrator

cbrobertson@ucdavis.edu

Erik Rött

Operations Manager

Former Leadership

Jim Cheney, PhD

Founding Director (1977-1989)

I. M. Idriss, PhD, PE, NAE

Director (1989-1996)

K. Arulanandan, PhD

Key Contributor