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Professor Maria Kashtalyan holds a Personal Chair in Engineering at the University of Aberdeen, where she serves as Director of the Centre for Micro- and Nanomechanics (CEMINACS). She joined the University in 2002 as an EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow, progressing through roles such as Lecturer (2004), Senior Lecturer (2007), Reader (2011), and ultimately achieving her current rank in 2014. Prior to this, she held postdoctoral positions at Imperial College London and the University of Cambridge, supported by prestigious fellowships like the Royal Society/NATO Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (1998).
Her research focuses on solid mechanics, composite materials, and their applications in aerospace, marine, and civil engineering. Key areas include anisotropic heterogeneous materials, functionally graded materials, and thermomechanical coupling in layered systems. She has authored over 190 publications, including highly cited papers in European Journal of Mechanics A/Solids and International Journal of Solids and Structures.
Professor Kashtalyan leads the Applied Composite Materials journal as Editor-in-Chief since 2020. She has secured significant grants, including Royal Society International Joint Projects on composite modeling and plate theory. Her teaching spans undergraduate and postgraduate courses in nonlinear mechanics, composite materials, and engineering fundamentals.
- Affiliations: Member of EPSRC Peer Review College, Royal Society grant panels, and international conference committees.
- Labs/Teams: Leads CEMINACS and collaborates with global institutions like Imperial College London, Monash University, and the National Physical Laboratory.
