Benyi Cao
Nation/Region-nominated Member
United Kingdom
Name: Benyi Cao
Position: Associate Professor, University of Birmingham
Birthdate: September 1991
Email: b.cao@
Benyi Cao is an Associate Professor and 125th Anniversary Fellow at the University of Birmingham, and previously served as Head of the Centre for Civil Infrastructure Systems and Engineering at the University of Surrey. He obtained his PhD in Geotechnical Engineering from the University of Cambridge in 2020 and is a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow. His research focuses on energy geotechnics and thermo-active geo-infrastructure, with high-impact publications in leading international journals.
His investigations have been translated into full-scale infrastructure demonstrators, including the UK Department for Transport (DfT) TRIG trial and the Surrey Lane Rental Scheme modular thermo-active road project. He is Project Lead of a UKRI–Norway Research Grant on energy micropiles, alongside multiple national research projects.
He was selected as a member of the UKRI Engineering Early Career Forum and contributes to ISSMGE and British Geotechnical Association (BGA) initiatives. He serves as an External Examiner in Civil Engineering at Abertay University and is committed to global leadership, cross-institutional collaboration and early-career engagement through the ISSMGE Future Leaders Board-Level Committee.