Prof. Raphael Grzebieta

Dr. Raphael Grzebieta is Professor Emeritus at the Transport and Road Safety Research Centre in the School of Aviation at UNSW, Sydney and Adjunct Prof. at Monash University’s Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine and the Dept of Forensic Medicine. He graduated with a BE & MEngSci (Hons) from Poland’s Tadeusz Kosciuszko Technical University, Krakow Poland and a PhD (structural crashworthiness) from Monash University’s Dept of Civil Engineering. Over his 25 years at Monash and 11 years at UNSW, he supervised numerous PhD graduates, co-authored over 350 research papers and led major Australian Research Council, government and industry funded research projects on vehicle and road infrastructure crashworthiness, motorcycle safety, cyclist safety, injury biomechanics, heavy vehicle safety, structures subjected to impact loading and lately quad bike safety. He regularly provides expert evidence for Coroners, Police, Public Prosecutors, Work Regulators, CTP Insurers and legal firms. More recently, he was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for his significant service to the transport industry through road safety research and promotion.