Rate My Professor Minna Karstunen

Karstunen has 84 peer-reviewed publications listed on the Chalmers research portal, including the highly cited paper 'Modeling time-dependent behavior of soft sensitive clay' (Yin, Karstunen et al., Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 2011). Other notable works encompass 'Numerical simulations of stone column installation' (Castro and Karstunen, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 2010), 'From soft soil modelling to engineering application' (IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2021), and contributions to proceedings such as the Nordic Geotechnical Meeting (NGM2024) and Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering (NUMGE). She has secured funding for multiple national and EU projects, strengthening collaborations, including with Aalto University's Department of Civil Engineering where she taught numerical methods and supervised doctoral work. In 2023, Aalto University appointed her Honorary Doctor for her pivotal role in advancing geotechnics. Karstunen chairs the ISSMGE Technical Committee 214 on Soft Soils, delivers keynote lectures at international conferences, and heads research initiatives bridging advanced modelling with practical geotechnical engineering challenges.