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Career Chat with Prof. Dr. Nina Stark

Early Career Researcher Opportunities in the US / Canada

Dr. Nina Stark

Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
Alumna of MARUM and GLOMAR

https://www.cee.vt.edu/nina-stark-asst-professor-ay-civil-environmental-engineering/

11 March 2020

The speaker

Nina Stark received her master’s degree in geophysics from the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Germany. In 2011, she received her doctorate in marine geotechnics at MARUM. Nina was an active member of the graduate school GLOMAR.

Following her PhD, Nina moved to Canada for a Postdoc in the Department of Oceanography at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 2013, she joined the Virginia Tech faculty in Blacksburg, Virginia in the United States.

Nina’s research examines the larger field of coastal sciences and engineering, including increasingly changing shorelines in response to extreme events, sea level rise, and climate change, as well as naval applications, such as beach trafficability and the detection of unexploded ordnances. She is working to introduce and expand a geotechnical perspective on coastal sediment remobilization processes and coastal sediment characteristics through the development of new methods, field measurements, improved understanding of processes, and application in coastal engineering and for naval issues.

In 2018, Nina received both a National Science Foundation Career Award to study soil mechanics in response to hydrodynamic forcing and morphodynamics, and an Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, to further her research into geotechnical soil characterizations from remote sensing for the assessment of coastline strength, stability, and trafficability.

Nina’s leadership of the post-disaster reconnaissance activities associated with Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Hurricane Irma in Florida demonstrated the high regard with which she is held in the geotechnical community.

Location and Time

Room 2060

11.00 – 12.30 hrs.

There will be time and opportunity for discussion and to ask questions.