Dr Ieronymaki is an Associate Professor of Geotechnical Engineering and a Research Affiliate at MIT, in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. She holds Bachelor and Master degrees from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and Master and PhD degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Her research deals primarily with data analysis, and mathematical and numerical modeling for predicting the soil and structure response to tunneling and deep excavations. During her PhD, she collaborated closely with the Crossrail construction consortium (BAM-Ferrovial-Kier) and she performed part of her research on the construction site in England. Dr. Ieronymaki is a licensed professional engineer in EU and member of the Technical Chamber of Greece since 2007, an Associate Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), member of the ASCE/Geo-Institute Underground Engineering and Construction committee, and Future Leader of the American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA).