Aleksej Aniskin was born in 1979 in Odessa, Ukraine. He graduated with a MSc from Geotechnical faculty, University of Zagreb in October 2003 in Geotechnical engineering. He worked in the field of road construction and design in the company “Cesta Varazdin” (now Colas Croatia) and Cesta projekt Ltd for tree years. From 2009 he working in Department of Civil Engineering at University North. He received his doctorate (Geotechnical engineering) at the Odessa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture in 2017. He became a assistant professor at University North in 2018. At University North he teaches lectures on Technical Mechanics, Strength of Materials, Theory of construction and Geotechnical Engineering. He actively working on scientific work and research and laboratory tests, especially within the various tasks in the field of geotechnical engineering and building materials. Participates in practical project designs in Civil engineering. Membership in several professional international associations: ISSMGE International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Ukrainian Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. One of the initiators of several agreements on international cooperation with: Odessa State Academy of Construction and Architecture, Odessa State Academy of technical regulations and quality, National Transport University in Kyiv (Ukraine) and the University of Maribor, Faculty of Civil Engineering. Fluent in English and Russian