Arcady Dyskin is a Winthrop Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, School of Engineering at the University of Western Australia. He graduated in 1975 from Moscow Oil & Gas Institute and in 1980 from Moscow State University. In 1986, he obtained a Ph.D. in Mechanics of Solids from The Institute for Problems in Mechanics, USSR Academy of Sciences. In 1991, he joined the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Western Australia. His areas of expertise include topological interlocking, rock mechanics, fracture mechanics, and the mechanics of solids.