Dr. Gabriele Chiaro is a Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury. He holds a B.Sc. degree and an M.Sc. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy, and gained a Ph.D. degree in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering from the University of Tokyo, Japan, in 2010. His career involves 17 years of work in the academy, including 5 years in Japan, 3 years in Australia, and 9 years in New Zealand. His accolades include the JGS Best Paper Award (2022), the IABSE Outstanding Scientific Paper Award (2021), the NZSEE Otto Glogau Award (2020), and the JSPS Research Fellowship (2014). He was the Team Leader of the 2016 NZSEE “Learning from Earthquake” Mission in Kumamoto, Japan, and Team Co-Leader of the 2015 JGS/JSCE “Learning from Earthquake” Mission in Nepal. He has authored or co-authored over 150 technical publications and serves as an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering. He is also a member of the ISSMGE TC101 “Laboratory Testing” and of the ISSMGE AsRTC1 “Geotechnical Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change-induced Geo-disasters in Asia-Pacific Regions”. His research interests mainly include, but are not limited to, Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering and related problems, constitutive modeling for geomaterials, and the development of advanced laboratory testing devices.